How to use a Stepper Motor with Flight Simulator X | Captain Bob

Forgot this in the video! When you put a lot of steppers, you need an external power supply to avoid exceeding the power delivered by the arduino. Thank you Javier Enrique Traid for pointing this out!

Have you ever wanted to make your own flight simulator gauges but didn't know how?
Today I will talk about using stepper motors with a program called MobiFlight to link a stepper motor and arduino to FSX. With this you will be ready to make your own flight simulator instruments

📦Arduino Mega: http://ebay.us/6OCrco
📦12V Power Supply for Arduino: http://ebay.us/Htl86R or http://ebay.us/S1NXTS
📦Stepper Motor: http://ebay.us/aS1yyZ
📦Jumper Wires: http://ebay.us/kH8k89 or http://ebay.us/xVu5KF
📦 Switec Stepper Motors (I have not bought or used these yet, but I hear they are great for flight simulator instruments. Hard to configure from what I hear. I am not sure about wiring, so refer to the datasheet) https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53...

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