Rainier Lamers
Well Known Member
I am getting a lot of queries regarding our autopilot developments so please allow me to write where we are and where we are going.
Originally we started with the development of our own servos which has progressed to early prototype stage. During my visit to the U.S. and Oshkosh in particular I had opportunety to have a chat to the great folks at Trio at their stand not far from ours.
As a result we decided to support and back Trio's servos and put our own servos on the backburner.
We will be supporting Trio's digital servos as well as PWM servos (i.e. any servo that can be contolled using a standard PWM 1-2mS signal such as Navaid etc).
This means we are moving away from the CAN interface for this so for all our current panels you will need our COM extender unit which gives you an additional 4 RS232 serial ports as well as 4 PWM servo signals plus servo power control. It's an inexpensive add-on though at around $150.
We delayed submission of the COM extender for production until the servo issue was sorted out (as it might have needed a CAN interface for Enigma). But now we have given the go-ahead for this unit.
After having had a very good look at the Trio servos internals and general usability and build quality and further coupled to Trio's preparedness to offer these at a competitive price the choice to back these units was quite simple and I think it was a good one.
Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics
Originally we started with the development of our own servos which has progressed to early prototype stage. During my visit to the U.S. and Oshkosh in particular I had opportunety to have a chat to the great folks at Trio at their stand not far from ours.
As a result we decided to support and back Trio's servos and put our own servos on the backburner.
We will be supporting Trio's digital servos as well as PWM servos (i.e. any servo that can be contolled using a standard PWM 1-2mS signal such as Navaid etc).
This means we are moving away from the CAN interface for this so for all our current panels you will need our COM extender unit which gives you an additional 4 RS232 serial ports as well as 4 PWM servo signals plus servo power control. It's an inexpensive add-on though at around $150.
We delayed submission of the COM extender for production until the servo issue was sorted out (as it might have needed a CAN interface for Enigma). But now we have given the go-ahead for this unit.
After having had a very good look at the Trio servos internals and general usability and build quality and further coupled to Trio's preparedness to offer these at a competitive price the choice to back these units was quite simple and I think it was a good one.
Rainier
CEO MGL Avionics