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Old 02-19-2015, 04:41 PM
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Default World's first: dual color touch screens on a transmitter.

Hello all.
This is a development I have conducted on the BAT 60 and BAT 64.
The concept is to use a relatively inexpensive Samsung Galaxy S3 and configure it as a portable WIFI access point with FoxFi. Then connect to the BAT to the network via Wifi ( the BAT is the only radio on the market with proven wifi capability at this stage ) and enter the radio OS from the phone. You can then display any page of the menus and telemetry on the phone and access programming as well.

Picture 1 shows a typical flight mode. Home page on the bottom screen, telemetry page on the top screen.
Any telemetry configuration can be shown on any of the 2 screen. The touch capability is available on both screen.





Picture 2 shows a dual programming screen for throttle curve.
This is a very powerful mode, where one can adjust the trim curve of the function on one screen and seeing the effect on the complete servo curve on the other screen.
The servo curve can then be changed on the fly to your needs.
This is typically very effective on throttle curves as shown below:



I have laser 3D printed a specific mount for the S3. It puts the screen above the highest switch and gives full access to the rotating knob.
I have developed a similar process for military ground stations where the radio can be directly accessed from the station operator. But this is for a different type of use...

Last edited by olnico; 02-19-2015 at 04:44 PM.