I have been thinking along similar lines. I think one of the problems is
that all the different analog gages one might encounter would need some sort
of intelligence between them and the computer to convert their measurements
into something the computer could understand. Most likely a microcontroller
and and Analog to Digital Converter (ADC). The microcontroller would handle
the gathering of the digital data and forwarding it to the main computer in
some sort of "standard" format such as a NMEAlike string. I am kind of
thinking a on-board LAN might work. There is some software out there that
does this with NMEA talkers already.

Anyway, it is doable but at what price?????

HTH

Vic

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