My Kerbal Controller

Background

Here's a list of links that I referenced while creating. Some were purely inspirational, while others were copy-pasted code.

Master Documents

https://kerbalsimpitrevamped-arduino.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

https://github.com/Simpit-team/KerbalSimpitRevamped

https://github.com/Simpit-team/KerbalSimpitRevamped-Arduino

Build Guides and References

https://www.instructables.com/Kerbal-Controller-the-Basics/

https://github.com/ErinaceusLinnaeus/Kontrol

https://github.com/jacobcargen/KSPController

https://github.com/c0untzer0/MyKerbalController

https://github.com/CodapopKSP/Coda-Kerbal-Controller

https://github.com/Richi0D/KerbalController-Simpit

What is this?

This is a custom peripheral/controller that is intended for use with Kerbal Space Program (1). This utilizes a mod called KerbalSimpitRevamped, available in the Kerbal mod manager CKAN. This controller has a wide array of built-in functions like SAS mode selection, throttle controller, stage & abort arming and triggering, LED bar graph indicators for each of the fuel types, and more.

Due to the absurd amount of IOs (70+ LEDs and more than 40 buttons or joystick inputs), this project utilizes Shift Registers to minimize the amount of pins required on the Arduino. With the number of shift registers used, I decided to design a circuit board that will house all the shift registers and provide pads for soldering all the IO connections required.

Disclaimer

Please forgive my terrible programming practices. This is my first programming project, and I'm a mechanical engineer, not a programmer. You'll notice a lot of commented out "test code", lack of comments, and probably some inefficient methods.