{"id":615,"date":"2025-04-08T09:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=615"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:32:19","slug":"sfs-interconnect-cable-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=615","title":{"rendered":"SFS Interconnect Cable is done!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before I can get the VPForce-based control loading system installed in the F-15, I needed to build a cable that connects the SFS wiring harness in the cockpit to something that can read the switch inputs from the grip.  In this case, that device is the VPForce Shift Register board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1.png 936w, https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-768x291.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VPForce Shift Register Board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a lot smaller than I expected. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SFS (Stick Force Sensor) box is where the flight grip is mounted.  It has a post that bolts to the flight stick base in the cockpit.  In a real SFS box, the grips mating plug is part of an assembly that contains a load cell.  This is where the &#8220;Force Sensor&#8221; part comes into play.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1294\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png 1294w, https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-768x490.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Location of the load cell &amp; mating connector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see how I built the SFS for this project at this blog entry: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=272\">https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=272<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video I made that shows how the new SFS interconnect cable was made, and where it was installed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8fHs_51rHa8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8fHs_51rHa8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I can get the VPForce-based control loading system installed in the F-15, I needed to build a cable that connects the SFS wiring harness in the cockpit to something that can read the switch inputs from the grip. In this case, that device is the VPForce Shift Register board. It&#8217;s a lot smaller than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}