May 20, 2006

I got a shed load of electrical stuff done today, including the FADEC SBC wiring. The notes from the Aerosance knowledge base say to run a ground wire from the RS232 output that is for a laptop only, for the MFD ground. I decided to do this by mounting a D-Sub 9 pin plug on a rib, and running the cable from there. That way, I can just unplug the connector and hook it into a laptop if I need to do some diagnostics anytime. Simply reach in, unplug and play!

Here’s the other side. It’s all a bit wonky because I need to buy some mounting hardware for the socket.

For the J9 connector, I made a hole in a rib. One half of this connector is actually a bulkhead fitting. This worked out quite well to take up and support some of the wire that is in this harness. Lot’s of it too!

For the SBC, all I need to do now is tie up the MFD #2 cable and shrink wrap the ends. Hopefully, it won’t act like an antenna!