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Showroom FlyPT - 6DOF Brushless DIY Actuators

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by pmvcda, Aug 29, 2017.

  1. Flymen

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    you have the 3D in Mover moving and the output shows values changing? yes

    Are you sure the serial speed is correct? yes !
    Should be the same you have in the sketch. yes

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  2. pmvcda

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    @Flymen ,

    I'm without ideas... o_O

    So Mover sends data...
    Calibration is made...

    What happens after calibration?
    Do the actuators stay at minimum travel, middle or maximum travel?

    Try with and without Mover output connected
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    What happens after calibration?
    Do the actuators stay at minimum travel, middle or maximum travel?
    Answer : when the calibration is finish ( actuator down) I have no more power on them , but after , when I put serial outputs * connect * on Flypt Mover 2.7.4 automatically I have power active on each actuators ( they want to go down again ) .

    I will try your sketch before the new one 11.0 if the actuators return in the middle !
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  4. pmvcda

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    @Flymen,

    Looking at your images, the output from limits is inverted...

    Maximum is negative.

    Try changing direction up and down.
    Swap the low with high just to test (in the sketch)

    Need to think better about it..., but try it.
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    No, please try what I said above before going to an old sketch
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    like this :
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    Swap the low with high just to test (in the sketch) :
    No , nothing move like this !
    I will swapp back in the sketch
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    Edit: Ignore this one, see two posts bellow

    Wait, thought better.

    This is going to make it go up instead of bottom. Change this instead:

    Code:
     // Move all actuators to minimum
      // =============================
      for (int n = 0; n < NUMBERACTUATORS; n++)
      {
        digitalWrite (actuator[n][DIRECTION_PIN], DOWN);
        ledcWrite(actuator[n][PWM_CHANNEL], CALIBRATION_SPEED);
        actuator[n][FOUND] = false;
      }
      found = 0;
      while (found < NUMBERACTUATORS)
      {
        for (int n = 0; n < NUMBERACTUATORS; n++)
        {   
          // Read limit switch position (we are looking for zero)
          if (!actuator[n][FOUND] && (analogRead(actuator[n][LIMITS_PIN]) + analogRead(actuator[n][LIMITS_PIN]) + analogRead(actuator[n][LIMITS_PIN]) + analogRead(actuator[n][LIMITS_PIN])) <= 0)
          {
            ledcWrite(actuator[n][PWM_CHANNEL], 0);
            actuator[n][MAXIMUM_POSITION] = -actuator[n][CURRENT_POSITION] / 2; // <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< REMOVE THE - <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
            actuator[n][MINIMUM_POSITION] = -actuator[n][MAXIMUM_POSITION];
            actuator[n][CURRENT_POSITION] = actuator[n][MINIMUM_POSITION];
            actuator[n][FOUND] = true;
            found++;
    
            // Send info to serial monitor for debug (use 500000 in serial speed to work with the Arduino IDE)
            Serial.println();
            Serial.print("Actuator ");
            Serial.print(n);
            Serial.print(":  Minimum=");
            Serial.print(actuator[n][MINIMUM_POSITION]);
            Serial.print("  Maximum=");
            Serial.println(actuator[n][MAXIMUM_POSITION]);
          }
        }
      }
    }
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    EDIT: Ignore this one, see next post

    In the marked line with REMOVETHE -,

    Remove that minus signal

    Keep the rest equal


    actuator[n][MAXIMUM_POSITION] = -actuator[n][CURRENT_POSITION] / 2;

    should be

    actuator[n][MAXIMUM_POSITION] = +actuator[n][CURRENT_POSITION] / 2;

    But that is not really correct. the problem is that it's counting steps backwards
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    @Flymen

    OR WAIT AGAIN!

    sorry, but even better, just change this function in the sketch:
    Code:
    // ====================================
    // Update current position of actuators
    // ====================================
    void updateCurrentPosition(byte n)
    {
      int angle = digitalRead(actuator[n][HALL_1_PIN]) * 4 + digitalRead(actuator[n][HALL_2_PIN]) * 2 + digitalRead(actuator[n][HALL_3_PIN]);
      if (actuator[n][LAST_SUM] > 0) actuator[n][LAST_SUM] = stepUp[angle][actuator[n][LAST_ANGLE]];
      else actuator[n][LAST_SUM] = stepDown[angle][actuator[n][LAST_ANGLE]];
      actuator[n][LAST_ANGLE] = angle;
      actuator[n][CURRENT_POSITION] += actuator[n][LAST_SUM];
    }
    To:

    Code:
    // ====================================
    // Update current position of actuators
    // ====================================
    void updateCurrentPosition(byte n)
    {
      int angle = digitalRead(actuator[n][HALL_1_PIN]) * 4 + digitalRead(actuator[n][HALL_2_PIN]) * 2 + digitalRead(actuator[n][HALL_3_PIN]);
      if (actuator[n][LAST_SUM] > 0) actuator[n][LAST_SUM] = stepUp[angle][actuator[n][LAST_ANGLE]];
      else actuator[n][LAST_SUM] = stepDown[angle][actuator[n][LAST_ANGLE]];
      actuator[n][LAST_ANGLE] = angle;
      actuator[n][CURRENT_POSITION] += -actuator[n][LAST_SUM];
    }
    
    Just change the signal in that last line of code to minus.
    I think like that it should be correct and you get calibration as it should.
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    Please, see my last post. With that solution it keeps counting steps in the wrong direction.
    It's not going to work, try what I have in the last post and put that one back to a minus sign.

    Sorry for so many changes...
    But let's put it working!
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    I swapp back !
    Look good too !:thumbs

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    So you see the actuator go up, then down and stop at low, with those results.

    Test now with mover :think
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    Good news !
    I can see move now ! with Flypt mover shine !:cheershug:
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    :cheers Finally!!!

    Was thinking on what can cause this inverted counting. Can be:

    - Different arrangement of the coils in the motor
    - Wrong connection order of the wires from the hall sensors

    Can you measure the travel you have in the actuator? From minimum calibration point to maximum calibration point in mm.
    Want to know how many steps you have for each rotation (5 mm if you are using 1605 ball screw)
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    For the moment , it 's only one who move up and down !! (actuator number two ) .
    actuator 1 goes up and stay there and number 3 goes down and stay there …
    Give me more time to analyse this !
    Thanks a lot !
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    For 810 steps on each direction, you have 2x810=1620 steps travel.
    @ 6 steps per turn you get 1620/6=270 turns each 5mm, so 5*270 = 1350 mm WRONG

    You don't have 1.35 m travel do you?
    So something is wrong there. Do you have a link for your motor specs? I will look for it.
    Take a look at the halls connections, they can be swapped.

    EDIT:

    We need to know the number of poles/phases of the motor.
    Just to know the resolution you get.


    Steps per revolution are given by:
    Electrical_angle = Number_of_poles/2 * Mechanical_angle
    In a 6 pole motor we have 6/2*360º = 3*360º = 3 electrical angles per mechanical revolution
    Since we have 6 step in each electrical revolution, we have 3*6=18 steps in each electrical revolution
    Nanotec DB59 - 6 poles - 18 steps per revolution (the motor I use)
    ACT/Longs/Wantai 57BLF03 - 8 poles - 24 steps per revolution (alternative cheaper motor, more resolution, but slower)
    So in reality, I have 18 steps for 5mm travel witch is a resolution of 0.28mm.

    So if that's the same you have, the above calculations are wrong. You have:
    1620/18=90 turns @ 5mm = 450mm More realistic
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    spec motor :H-344-H-0000 - KOLLMORGEN
    https://www.kollmorgen.com/sites/default/files/public_downloads/Silverline Motor Catalog.pdf

    Spec Kolmorgen H-344.png
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    It has 3 pairs of poles, so 6 poles. Same has I have. So you should get the 18 steps per revolution.
    That's 0.28 mm resolution in a SFU1605 and it makes you values realistic.