Question Pneumatic G Seat

Hi guys. I am starting to build a pneumatic g seat. I have ordered a couple of arduino unos, servos and bladders to get me started. I have a static sim pit so thought this would be a good start as a first project. I have loaded and altered code to arduino before for button boxes etc. However i have no idea what the code should be for this project. Apologies if it is on the forum and I havent found it. Does anyone have sample code that would get me started. Many thanks.

I see there seem to be 2 main approaches to a g seat.
a. Paddles behind and below the seat driven by actuators/ servos.
b. Inflatable bladder operated by another bladder which is squeezed by a servo.

Has anyone tried a hybrid solution were the paddles would be moved by a bladder behind them. Bladder inflated as per option b. Think it might give a better feel.
Interested in your opinion. Cheers

Thanks noorbeast for pointing me in the right direction.

Quick question guys. Arduino, power supply and a 35 kg servo have arrived. I am going to connect the positive and ground from the servo straight to the power supply. Then tie the ground from the power supply to the arduino. Then the signal wire from the servo goes to the arduino board. Am I correct that the power supply does not go through the Arduino uno power socket. Thanks in advance would hate to blow something up on day one!

Hi, here You have purpose and how to about arduino not on servo butlogic is similar.
https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...3dof-motor-driver-and-windows-utilities.4957/
Do You play with arduino before?

Hi Seuszok
Thanks for coming back to me. I have a small amount of experience with arduino, building button boxes with pots and rotary controllers etc. I am using small servos so no motor controllers. Starting with a simple project to build my experience.

Hi @Turbo Tim ,
the ground connection of the servo power supply needs to be connected to the Arduino ground, but the positive power cable only goes to the servo and not to the Arduino.
The following picture (taken from here: https://forum.arduino.cc/t/servo-external-power/468635/2) shows the wiring.


On my previous rig, I controlled up to 10 servos with a single Arduino, some of them supplied with 6V and others with 24V.

Here are some related forum links: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/how-to-drive-rc-servo-with-arduino-and-simtools.30/

If you want to use paddles, I recommend connecting them directly to the servos instead of taking the indirect way via a bladder that in turn moves the paddle. The direct connection gives you more accurate feedback.

The advantage of bladders is that you can easily position them anywhere you need them, like under your thighs or behind your back.

Thanks Marcus for the information and feedback. I have read many of your posts around gseats etc all great info. Think I will go with just bladders for now. I want to keep this project as simple as possible to ensure some success and introduce me to the concepts and software. Its great having this community to help and advise.

I have mocked up what am trying to do with micro servos. The next stage is to try and test if I can get some movement using simtools. Am i correct in assuming i should be able to move the servos from the output testing screen in the game engine? I will attach some screen shots of EAOROBBIE arduino code I am using plus settings in simtools. Cheers guys

I know the code is for 2 servos and i am using 4 however they connected to 2 pins. I assume this should be OK.

yes here are a good wiring and a bad one

Thanks Racing Mat for confirming my wiring is correct. Result noorbeast, that fixed it. Never been so happy to see a servo move. I had read through the simtools user guide but had not understood how to relate the code to the settings in simtools. Very happy to be moving forward. Thanks again guys. Legends

https://uk-m.banggood.com/DSSERVO-D...mjgLyWSNT4-LWVOqm6Ow9miXhBwzM0F0aAojJEALw_wcB

Was thinking of using these 60kg servos. Would be interested in any opinions. Has anyone bought from banggood before?

Selecting a servo, check voltage, speed and not only torque.

I've gathered some info there:
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/2dof-harness-tensionner-with-fly-ptmover.194331/

I used bangood years ago but I prefered Aliexpress as you can check seller reputation.