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    Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 11:48am
I hesitate to ask this, for fear that it has been answered previously or that it is somehow painfully obvious, but here it goes....

What are the two holes that I have shown circled in red and yellow near the bottom of the front panel for?

The one on the left (circled in red) sure looks like a camera.  I thought the other one was a photocell, but the ambient light sensor is in the upper right.


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Unused functionality for potential use in the future.   At this point, they do nothing.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pburger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 1:12pm
Hmmmm.....  I wonder what surprises Avidyne has in the works?   

I swear that one on the left looks like a camera!  I might put a piece of tape over it, just in case
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it records video, so after the crash the NTSB can determine if the pilot was paying attention
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From looking at what is stored in the IFD540 files,  it is almost a black box
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The holes could be used with a tiny microphone for voice recognition commands ( change frequency,
direct to, mayday 121.5.   Maybe IR transducer for a handheld remote control?
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I've figured it out:

The IFD-540 is actually running off of an iPhone platform - hence the nice pinch-zoom touchscreen.  The hole on the left is the iPhone camera, and the hole on the right is the flash for that camera.  These will be used for a new surprise feature to be announced sometime next year called "Aero Selfie"  

Okay, I'm up waaaaay too late...
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You nailed it.
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