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Re:The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018) by paleogizmo on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:51PM (#23343194)
I recall that there were some pretty long threads here after the US warship hitting some commercial vessel. The big issue wasn't using a screen but that the designers had taken advantage of having screens to create a multi-functional interface so one station could serve different functions, or functions could be moved between stations. Flexible, but confusing. I think the move is not to analog control, but back to single-purpose controls. Also, even if mechanical controls replace touchscreens, I'm sure that there will still be an optical encoder and field bus behind everything.
Re:The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018) by pbhjpbhj on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:23AM (#23350270)
Why not physical analogue controls that are motorised like in some aeroplane controls. You can turn the dial, or the computer can turn the dial - and supposedly (737Max aside) allow physical control to override.

Being able to replace a physical station seems a great benefit in a warship.

Re:The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018) by jayelbe on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:14AM (#23348243)