MIP: Preparations for EFIS

As of now there has been only some preparations done to make EFIS module, see the below picture. It's due to the fact that I was not quite sure whether to buy MCP along with EFIS or not.

Finally, MCP was ordered from OpenCockpits without EFIS module. And, I took a decision that EFIS engraved panel which intend to be dummy panel on FO side would become functional module. The plan is to complete the work by the end of April 2013 and then connect to FSBUS IO card.

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GENERAL: PC System setup and high-level architecture

PC: FSXMain

• Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5(256bit) HDMI/dualDVI, DP, PCI-E
• GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3, P55, Dual DDR3-2000 MHz, RAID, GLAN, ATX
• Intel Core i7-870, 2.93 GHz, 2.5 GT/s Transfer, 8MB, LGA1156, 45nm
• Patriot GAMING EP 2x2GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL 9.9.9.24
• WD Caviar Blue, 3.5'', 1TB, SATA/300, 7200RPM, 32MB cache
• HEDY 600W ATX 2.2 14cm FAN Activ PFC
• LG SuperMulti SATA DVD+/-R22x,DVD+RW8x,DVD+R DL 16x,SecurDisc

PC 1: FSXPilot

• Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.8 GHz (dual core)
• Kingston 2x512Mb RAM
• On-board Intel 82865G Graphic Card  
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 40 GB, 7200 RPM,3.5"

PC 2: FSXEicas

• Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.8 GHz (dual core)
• Kingston 2x512Mb RAM
• On-board Intel 82865G Graphic Card  
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 40 GB, 7200 RPM,3.5"

PC 3: FSXCoPilot

• none

Displays

• Scenery: 2 x 32" Samsung LCD monitors (1366x768)
• Glasscockpit: 3 x 19" 4:3 LCD no-name flat panels (1024x768)
• CDU: 1 x 5,6" LCD VGA display (800x600)

Audio

• none

Other

• TP-Link TL-WR841N Wireless Router 300Mbps N
• TP-Link TL-WR543G Wireless Router 54Mbps (in AP clinet mode)
• ATX power supply (300W) 5V and 12V for electronics and back-lighting

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