marios

Hello I am able to do some programming in C and C++ and hopefully i am improving my skills. I am building my Bell 206 simulator and i want to use real gauges. I do not have money to spend on ready gauges but i have time to try making them. So i do not intent to buy ready gauges and interface cards. After spending some time in the forum and Google i could not figure out how the gauge information can be extracted. I do have the fscuipc software but i never played around with the SDK. Also i believe the gauge information can be found in FSX software if i have the SDK installed isn’t it or directly from FSUIPC software or both or i am wrong :?: . Actually i prefer to use the FSUIPC bcause from these i read the simconnect option may give me more problems..... I am asking for some help, tutorials or relevant information. I thing if i can understand how values can be extracted and work i can design a PCB that will drive a small servo motor (like Futaba or similar) to get the gauge needle spin. Did anyone tried to make real gauges as well. Thank you very much