SIC Connections Manual

S.I.C. Connections,
Wiring Diagrams
&
Schematics

© TRC Development 2005

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Contents
1. Standby Instruments Controller Connections .................................................................. 3
Instruments controlled by the S.I.C. ................................................................................ 3
Software ....................................................................................................................... 3
2. The Standby Instruments Controller board ...................................................................... 4
List and position of the I/O connectors ............................................................................ 4
Regulating the Light ....................................................................................................... 4
4. Connectors and their I/O lines ........................................................................................ 5
The S.I.C. needs 2 different positive voltages of 5 volts.................................................... 5
Modified Servos ............................................................................................................ 5
Rotary Encoders............................................................................................................ 5
Potentiometers .............................................................................................................. 6
The Connectors ............................................................................................................. 6
CN5 Attitude Indicator .............................................................................................. 6
CN6 Compass......................................................................................................... 6
CN7 Airspeed Indicator............................................................................................ 6
CN8 Heading Indicator............................................................................................. 7
CN9 Altimeter.......................................................................................................... 7
5. Schematics................................................................................................................... 8
6. Wiring Diagrams ........................................................................................................... 8

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1. Standby Instruments Controller Connections

The S.I.C. can drive a set of Standby Instruments and is designed to be used in Airliner
Cockpit simulation.

+5 Gn d Gn d +12
CN4 CN5
CN8
CN6

CN9 CN7

CALIBRATED
TO 20.000FT

VACUUM

(Note: the connections in the above picture between the different instruments and the S.I.C. board are just
for illustration only. Please see Chapter 2 for exact connections)

This document describes how the instruments are connected and how they are driven by the
S.I.C. and what the signals and their description mean.
Although that the document is very clear and can be read by non-technical persons, for full
understanding we do recommend that the reader has a basic knowledge of electronics

When you like to expand your airliner cockpit with more instruments and gauges, for example
for the overhead panel, we do recommend the use of the Multi Controller, an expansion board
offering 23 I/O lines, which are each programmable to read out a switch, to drive a LED or to
drive a single pointer gauge per each I/O line. Up to 32 of these board can be configured in
addition to the S.I.C.. All controllers (including the S.I.C.) are connected to the PC via USB.

Instruments controlled by the S.I.C.

- Attitude Indicator
- Altimeter
- Heading Indicator (with or without Autopilot Heading Bug)
- Airliner Airspeed Indicator 450 Knots
- Wet Compass

Software
The driver software to connect the S.I.C. to Microsoft Flight Simulator is the same software as
used for the CCU1 controller board. The S.I.C. is actually a smaller version of the CCU1.
You can download the driver software from the support section of the SimKits website. Please
download version 2.xx and use the software installation manual for the TRCLink software
2.xx/

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2. The Standby Instruments Controller board

Power Connector List and position of the I/O
USB Connector
connectors

+5 Gnd Gnd +12 NOTE: The position of the texts on the

picture on the left is not identical to the
Attitude Indicator position of the text on the board itself.

Wet Compass CN4 Light Regulation

CN5 Attitude Indicator
CN6 Wet Compass
CN5

CN6

CN7 Airspeed Indicator

CN7 Airspeed Indicator
CN8 Heading Indicator
Heading Indicator
CN9 Altimeter
CN8

CN9

Altimeter
Regulating the Light
CN4 The Light can be regulated or can
be switched on permanently.
Light Regulation
To regulate the light, connect a
Test Connector potentiometer of 10Kohm to CN 4,
(used during production only)
where the wiper needs to be
connected to the middle pin.

Regulating Light Lights always on When the light needs to be on all

CN4 CN4 the time, just connect the middle
and left pin (as in the drawing)
together.

Potentiometer 10Kohm

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4. Connectors and their I/O lines

The description below informs you on what the I/O lines of each connector mean.

Warning: connecting hardware to this I/O lines which draw excessive current, input high
currents or short circuit outputs may damage the delicate electronics on the board. Damages
caused by improper connection of hardware are not covered by the limited warranty.

For each connector the signal names are mentioned. These signal names can be found back
on the schematics (last page).
When necessary a description of the signal is given.
- The term “Digital Input” means and input towards the S.I.C..
- The term “Digital Output” means a signal which is coming from the S.I.C. towards
the device.
- The term “Analog input” means that this input can read an analog value between
0 and 5 volts with a resolution of approx. 1024 different values.
- The term “Analog output” means that this ouput can produce a voltage between 0
and 5 volts which can be set by a digital value of 8 bits by software.
- The Term “Ground” or “Gnd” is the common ground of all electronics signals.
- The term “+5v.” or “Vcc” is the 5 volts power needed to drive the electronics on
the S.I.C. board and some electronics inside the gauges.
- The term “+5v. X” is the 5 volts power needed to drive the servo motors and is
derived from the separately connected Power Supply.

The S.I.C. needs 2 different positive voltages of 5 volts.

One 5v. is supplied through the USB connection from the controlling PC and is used to power
the electronics except the servo motors. The other 5v. (marked as 5v. X in the schematics and
literature) is powered by an external (PC AT) power supply via CN42. This is designed in this
way because the servo motors draw more power than can be delivered through the USB
connector from the controlling PC.
Both 5v. supplies must be connected in order for the electronics and gauges to function
properly.

Modified Servos
In some instruments, lilr the Wet-Compass, the Heading Indicator and the Altimeter, so-called
modified servos are used. An normal servo is and electro motor driven by electronics inside
the servo motor. Via a number of gears, a small electric motor drives the output axis. The
output axis is also connected to a normal potentiometer. The output axis is limited in
hardware to turn maximum of approx. 180 degrees.
The potentiometer is used to feed back the position of the output axis to the electronics of the
servo. The output axis of the servo can be controlled by a pulse width applied to the servo to
turn it into a certain position. This feature is used in most gauges.
However, some gauges need a continously rotating movement. For this we have choosen to
use a standard servo motor and modify it in such a way, that the output axis can turn
clockwise and anti clockwise without limitations. Due to such modification, the position of the
output axis cannot be determined anymore by the built-in potentiometer.
Therefore the mechanics inside the gauge now are also connected to 360 degrees turnable
potentiometers, called PIHER position sensors.
These position sensors however, only measure a part of the 360 degrees. Their electronic
sensitivity is approx. 240 degrees. By using 2 of such sensors and placing them in line but
180 degrees shifted, the S.I.C. electronics and software now can pickup the position of the
output axis over the full 360 degrees. Finally, by software a precise position of approx. 0.5
degrees is being calculated.

Rotary Encoders
A rotary encoder is a mechanical dual switch which can rotate continously. During this
rotation the 2 switches are closed and opened over 32 times for a full revolution, but not
exactly at the same time.
The direction of the turn can be determined by the phase of which of the 2 switches are
closed first and which last.

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The software of the S.I.C. reads out both switches and translates this into a signal telling the
flight simulator software that the certain knob is turned left or right and at what speed.

Potentiometers
In principle, all analog inputs do measure the position/value of a potentiometer (turn or slide).
Throughout the whole design of all instruments, a 10Kohm potentiometer is used which is on
one side connected to +5v. (Vcc) and on the other side to Ground. The wiper of the
potentiometer is connected to the analog input on the S.I.C..
Potentiometers are used in a.o.: Yoke, Throttle, Mixture, Propeller, Flap Switch, Trim and the
Piher Sensors (in essence a potentiometer) in the gauges Altimeter, Heading Indicator, ADF
and Compass.

The Connectors

CN4 - Dimmer
Pin 11 – Dimmer POTM, Analog Input. A potentiometer of 10Kohm is connected between
Ground and 5 volts. The input (pin2) is connected to the wiper of the potentiometer.
Pin 3 – +5vX.
Pin 1 – Ground

CN5 Attitude Indicator

Pin 1 – Ground
Pin 2 – +5v. X
Pin 3 – Attitude Indicator ATT1 Digital Output Servo Signal
Pin 4 – Ground
Pin 5 – +5v. X
Pin 6 – Attitude Indicator ATT2 Digital Output Servo Signal
Pin 7 – Ground
Pin 8 – Lamp
Pin 9 – NC
Pin 10 – NC

CN6 Compass
Pin 1 – Ground
Pin 2 – +5v. X
Pin 3 – Compass CMP1 Digital Output, Servo Signal
Pin 4 – Compass CMP2 Analog Input for position sensor 1
Pin 5 – Compass CMP2 Analog Input for position sensor 2
Pin 6 – +5v.
Pin 7 – Ground
Pin 8 – Lamp
Pin 9 – NC
Pin 10 – NC

CN7 Airspeed Indicator

Pin 1 – Ground
Pin 2 – +5v. X
Pin 3 – Airspeed Indicator AIR1 Digital Output, Servo Signal
Pin 4 – AIR2 Analog IN, not used on this instrument, but patched to CN16 pin 6 to provide an
analog read out of the position of the Trim Wheel.
Pin 5 – AIR3 Analog IN, not used.
Pin 6 – +5v.
Pin 7 – Ground
Pin 8 – Lamp
Pin 9 – NC
Pin 10 – NC

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CN8 Heading Indicator

Pin 1 – Ground
Pin 2 – +5v. X
Pin 3 – Heading Indicator HED1 Digital Output Servo Signal
Pin 4 – HED2 Digital Output Servo Signal (Not Used)
Pin 5 – Heading Indicator HED3 Digital Input (Rotary Encoder)
Pin 6 – Heading Indicator HED4 Digital Input (Rotary Encoder)
Pin 7 – Heading Indicator HED5 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor
Pin 8 – Heading Indicator HED6 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor
Pin 9 – Heading Indicator HED7 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor
Pin 10 – Heading Indicator HED8 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor
Pin 11 – Lamp
Pin 12 – + 5v.
Pin 13 – NC
Pin 14 – NC

CN9 Altimeter
Pin 1 – Ground
Pin 2 – +5v. X
Pin 3 – Altimeter ALT1 Digital Output Servo Signal, drives Modified Servo for 100 feet pointer
Pin 4 – Altimeter ALT2 Digital Output Servo Signal, drives Servo for pressure scale
Pin 5 – Altimeter ALT3 Digital Input (Rotary Encoder)
Pin 6 – Altimeter ALT4 Digital Input (Rotary Encoder)
Pin 7 – Altimeter ALT5 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor, for position of 10,000 feet
pointer
Pin 8 – Altimeter ALT6 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor, for position of 100 feet pointer
Pin 9 – Altimeter ALT7 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor or Photo Interruptor, for position
of 10,000 feet pointer
Pin 10 – Altimeter ALT8 Analog Input, Piher Position Sensor, for position of 100 feet pointer
Pin 11 – Lamp
Pin 12 – + 5v.
Pin 13 – NC
Pin 14 – NC

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5. Schematics
The following schematics are included in this document:

Standby Instruments Controller

Attitude Indicator

Altimeter / ADF / Heading Indicator with Zero Indicator (combined schematics and PCB for 3
different gauges)

General Instrument (Airspeed Indicator)

Wet Compass

6. Wiring Diagrams
The following wiring diagrams are included in this document:

Cable Light Regulation

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 +3.3V IC4 +5V CN2.
* CN2
MC33375-3.3V +3.3V+3.3V +5X +12X Diskdrive
+3.3V 8 Out KV1 32x20 +5X
In 1 R6 R7 +12V
1
C32 3k30 3k30 yellow
1u00 IC1 AN2131Q C36 C35 5 4 C34 C33 CN1 0603 0603 IC3 M24C02 POTM T1 * C39 2
nc On GND
25V 25 66 1u00 10n0 10n0 1u00 USB-B 5 1 TIP120 C38 C37 1u00 black
Reset Wakeup 25V - - Ref- 25V SDA A0 1u00 220u 25V 3 GND
R1 1 6 2 +5X R120 lamp 25V 6V3
7 6 3 2 + SCL A1
10k0 100k 4 +5V
R3 red
67 NC1 USBD- 77 7 TST A2 3
27E0 2 D-
0805 Vss Vcc
C30 R4
19 XTALin USBD+ 79 3 D+ 4 8
27p0 27E0
XT1 0805 C3 +5V
12Mc 4
R5 T
C31 Discon 1 10n0
20 XTALout 1k50 88
38
27p0 0805

4 CLK24

SDA 64
61 BKPT
SCL 65

24 CN3
EA Program
80 +5V
PSEN DCS4
PA6 / RxD0out 75 1

76 DCS5 2
PA7 / RxD1out IC8 TLC1543C
40 DCS6 3 ADCCK 18 1 CMP2
PC6 / WR CLK A0
41 DCS7 4 2 CMP3
PC7 / RD A1
19 EOC
3 HED5
A2
7 ADCAD 17 4 HED6
A0 ADDR A3
8 A1
9 68 5 HED7
A2 PA0 / T0out ADCCS A4
10 A3 15 CS
11 69 6 HED8
A4 PA1 / T1out A5
12 A5
15 70 16 7 ALT5
A6 PA2 / OE Dout A6
16 A7
26 71 ADCCS 8 ALT6
A8 PA3 / CS +5V A7
27 A9
28 73 ADCCK 14 9 ALT7
A10 PA4 / FWR Ref+ A8
29 A11
34 74 ADCAD 11 ALT8
A12 PA5 / FRD A9
35 A13
36 A14 13 Ref- A10 12
37 A15 Vcc Vss

20 10
+5V C8

D0 D[0..7] 10n0
48 D0 PB0 / T2 44
49 D1
50 45 D1
D2 PB1 / T2EX
51 D3
57 46 D2
D4 PB2 / RxD1
58 D5
59 47 D3
D6 PB3 / TxD1
60 D7
52 D4
PB4 / INT4
53 D5
PB5 / INT5
54 D6
PB6 / INT6
55 D7 IC9
PB7 / T2out SEL2
9 8

+5V
R10
10k0
R2
470E PC0 / RxD0 30
IC9
LD1 31 11 10 SEL15
PC1 / TxD0
red
PC2 / INT0 32 R23
IC9
10k0
12 13 39 PC5 / T1 PC3 / INT1 33

PC4 / T0 38
+3.3V

21 AVcc Vss 78
+3.3V 72
Vss
C26 Vss 56
Vss 17
10n0 18 AGND Vss 14
C27 13 IC9 74AHCT14
Vss
Vss 6
10n0 Vss 5
Vcc Vss
C28 Vcc
Vcc
Vcc
Vcc Vss
Vss
Vss
Vss +3.3V +5V +5V +5V
14 7
10n0
C29
6242222 3 234363 C41
PM1
* C40 C42 C43 IC9 IC9 IC9 +5V C9
SI controller
+3.3V 1u00 220u 1u00 1u00 3 4 5 6 1 2
25V
PM2
6V3 25V 25V
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ATT1

R32
1k80

ATT2

R33
1k80
IC12 IC25
74HCT541 74HCT541
SEL2 1 19 SEL2 SEL15 1 19 SEL15
OE1 OE2 CMP1 OE1 OE2
D0 9 11 D0 18 2
R28
D1 8 12 D1 17 3
1k80
D2 7 13 D2 16 4

D3 6 14 HED1 D3 15 5

D4 5 15 D4 14 6 +5V
R43
1k80
D5 4 16 D5 13 7 R116
47k0
D6 3 17 D6 12 8
HED2 HED3
D7 2 18 D7 11 9
+5V
R44
Vcc Vss 1k80 Vcc Vss
R117
20 10 20 10 47k0
+5V C12 ALT1 +5V C25 HED4

+5V
10n0 R45 10n0
1k80
R118
47k0
ALT2 ALT3

+5V
R46
1k80
R119
47k0
AIR1 ALT4

R29
1k80

CN4 CN6 CN8

Dimmer Compass Heading ind.
+5X +5X
1 1 2 1 2

2 POTM CMP1 3 4 CMP2 HED1 3 4 HED2

+5X +5V
3 CMP3 5 6 HED3 5 6 HED4

7 8 lamp HED5 7 8 HED6

9 10 HED7 9 10 HED8
+5V
lamp 11 12

CN5 CN7 13 14
Attitude indicator Airspeed ind.
+5X +5X
1 2 1 2
CN9
ATT1 3 4 AIR1 3 4 Altimeter
+5X +5V +5X
5 6 ATT2 5 6 1 2

7 8 lamp 7 8 lamp ALT1 3 4 ALT2

9 10 9 10 ALT3 5 6 ALT4

ALT5 7 8 ALT6

ALT7 9 10 ALT8
+5V
lamp 11 12

13 14

SI controller
0 300603 PC0321 BS/Ontwerp
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 CN1 Straight
Ser vo

1
+5X
2

CN2 +5V +5V

Flatcable
+5V +5V +5X * R4 R1 +5V
1 2 1M00 1M00
+5V R2 * R3 1206 axial P1
1M00 1M00 3 4 10k0
P2 axial 1206 +5V t op
10k0 5 6
bot
7 8

9 10
* CN3
lamp

Compass
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 C N 1 Angle
Servo 1

1
+5X
* C3 C1 2
470p 470p
1206 radial 3

C N 2 Angle
Servo 2

1
+5X
* C4 C2 2
470p 470p
1206 radial 3

CN5
F l a t c a ble
+5X
1 2
+5V +5V +5V +5V
3 4
+5V * R1 R5 R6 * R2 +5V
1M00 1M00 5 6 1M00 1M00
P1 axial 1206 1206 axial P2 C N 3 Angle
10k0 * 7 8 1 0k0 D i g i Pot
top bot
9 10 1
+5V +5V +5V +5V +5V
11 12 2
+5V * R3 * R7 R8 * R4 +5V
1M00 1M00 13 14 1M00 1M00 3
axial 1206 *C N4 1206 axial P4
P3 * lamp 1 0k0
10k0 bot
top

+5V +5V

C N6 R9 * R10
M MHF 330E 330E
1206 axi al
1

3
+5V +5V

4 R 11 *R 12
4 k70 4k70
1206 axial
5

4 1 6 1 2 02 P C 0 2 39 B S / C 3 m o v e d
3 1 5 1 0 02 P C 0 2 29 B S / n u lsensor
2 ALT+ADF -2
1 8 0 7 02 P C 0 2 23 B S / + 4 7 0 p F , 3 p . conn.
1 2 8 0 502 P C 0 2 18 B S / c o n n ectors
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Light regulation connecting cable

Total length 70 cm.

Top View
Potentiometer

To CN7

Potentiometer 10Kohm

Rev. Date Remarks Product

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Ser vo Connector (Black wire = pin 3)

1
+5X
2

Connected to CN21, CN 22 or CN23 of CCU

via 10 wire ribbon cable
+5X
1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10
* CN3
lamp

Gen. Instr.
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Servo B Connector
(Pitch)

1 Roll (Servo A)
+5v 2
3
Servo A Connector Pitch (Servo B)
(Roll)
To CN 24 of CCU
via Ribbon cable 1
+5v 2

1 2 +5v. 3

3 4
+5v.
5 6

7 8

9 10
Lamp

Attitude
1.0 230603 CR/Design Indicator
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