Yep

On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:42:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Well, you're certainly right that my original post is generally incomprehensible to anyone who is not already familiar with an IOIO interface. But, in my defense, the post was not really meant to describe how to actually build one - its pretty clear that Sean was already experienced with it.

This gets me thinking, though, how many people may actually be interested in putting an Android XCSoar device in their cockpit, connect it to their 302 or Flarm, etc. but are afraid to do so because of a lack of very detailed instructions. I wonder if there would be much interest in an article in Soaring Magazine that shows in detail how to build and use an IOIO based solution? Anyone out there want to read such an article?

Robert


On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 11:53:27 AM UTC-5, kirk.stant wrote:
On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 6:31:13 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Kirk - I'm not sure I understand your point here. Are you saying that choosing to "roll our own" custom HW interface solution is a negative? If someone either doesn't have the skills or simply doesn't want the hassle then they can purchase any one of a number of pre-built cables and interface solutions that will work with XCSoar. This is no different than hooking an Oudie up to instrumentation - you can "roll you own" or buy a pre-made cable and interface kit. Maybe I missed the point...

Robert, perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. I think it's great that you guys are putting together systems to integrate new displays with new software in interesting ways - but please go back and look at your previous post; to most of the glider owners in my club it would be totally incomprehensible! For them (and me, largely because I'm not interested in spending the time putting together a custom made system) even as simple a system as the Oudie seems too complicated. So when Sean makes long statements about how superior his custom approach is to something like the Oudie, he doesn't realize that for many, his approach is totally out of the question.

I personally like SYM because I can customize it to do exactly what I want. I'm sure XCsoar can be setup equally well, but I'm not interested in learning a whole new UI for no real performance difference. TopHat looks interesting on a Kobo mini eink tablet as a stand-alone device for club ships.. I've used WinPilot (OK) and tried StePla (too "german"!); even looked at LK8000 (too many numbers that I really don't care about) - but keep coming back to SYM because I'm used to it.

iGlide looks really interesting...

Anyway - whatever a person uses is fine if it makes the soaring experience more fun and safer!

Cheers,

Kirk
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