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Tutorial TM1638 Multiply page display with GameDash

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by eaorobbie, Dec 17, 2013.

  1. eaorobbie

    eaorobbie Well-Known Member SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    Ok for a while now I have been playing with dashboards with simulators, about 1 1/2 years ago some one showed me the TM1638 from Dx.
    http://dx.com/p/jy-mcu-8x-red-light-digital-tube-8x-key-8x-double-color-led-module-104314

    This simple little led driver can be setup in GameDash and be set to show mutiply pages selectable by the buttons on the rear or by wiring them from a remote box to the back of the TM1638 board.

    This code uses Rpm , Speed and Gear for now but looking through the code it can be streached into a lot more.

    RpmGearSpeed_only___TM1638.zip
    Ard UNO - TM1638 Display - EaoRobbie..png
    Base code for this is as follows in this example of race07,

    Dash1.png Dash2.png Dash3.png Serial Out.png


    Output Settings.png
    This is fairly straight forwards to setup, once you have done one game, very easy to add more.

    Ok now I have taken this one step forwards and have included button control for the above code.
    Button one (far left) puts the Dash into Speed as it the 7segs display Gear and Speed.
    Button two puts the Dash into Rpm as in the 7 segs display Gear and Real Rpm Value.
    Button three Rev the car to the max rpm in the pits and press the button now the bottom 8 leds will max out when the max rpm is reached in game, this can be handy when changing from a slow diesel to a high speed F1.

    Ok now I managed to mangle my Tm1638 code with the Shiftlight code in my previous tutorial and placed,
    RpmGearSpeed_ShiftLights___TM1638v3.zip
    Button four is used to select the desired Shift point that the Shift LED comes on.

    arduino Shift Light - ShiftLight Complete_bb.png
    Note the buttton from this is removed.
    , more to come........
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    nice, it seams that i will finally take out my arduino from the
    "later drawer"

    best regards from mexico

    fer
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    eaorobbie Well-Known Member SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    This is work in progress what I have works, has been tested by 2 other members to its death and it seems stable, so time to make it grow, if you download the zip you will see in the code a lot of the variables have been commented out, this was the base code I used to help another fella send 20 variables to one dashboard, worked well.
    More to come.
    P.S Nice to hear from you mate, hows the sim going.
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    can i use Game dash on Dirt3
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    I tried this solution with an arduino nano v3. Game dash settings always says" device on com port not found" .
    I tried to replace the ftdi driver of the nano which did not help.

    Will i need an ard uno or what am i doing wrong? Thanks for any hints

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    Here some screenshots. Settings / code and Output rules are set like in the start post.
    1.JPG 2.JPG 3.JPG
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    not yet, plugins have to be re-worked for that.
    I would like dash support for codemasters games as well, at least GRID2 and Dirt3. A mate of mine would like f1 2012 dash support.
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    Not sure what you have done wrong, works for several members as is.
    And one is using a nano.
    mmm will look into it, Why you not using the other software anymore, gives me a bell and we can sort SimTools out for you, motion is so much nicer.

    I would try to reinstall the Ard drivers again, the board should identify itself as a Nano, not a Usb serial port like ya picture above.

    Secondly make sure not Serial.print lines are not commented out, they are there for debugging in Ardunio Serial Monitor, which you should test before using SimTools.
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    I've ordered this display at dealextreme last week.. Looks like I got all my packages coming in the coming 3 weeks.. Then I finally can start building.. Great project!! thanjs
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    I have mine attached to a plexiglass board and embedded in my center console. Anyone mount this in a box?
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    You can put it in the box too with some nice plexiglass in the front of the board, but then the best would be to attach the wires on the other side of the board, so that they don't get in the way for plexyglass.

    These wires on the left side
    img_led-display-2jun12.jpg
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    Yes, I have 5 of them chained together with solder points on the rear and the female end removed from the face. I was thinking something like a gauge cluster type look. Something like a triangle shaped project box. Just haven't seen anyone really package them up to look like something other then a pcb board with LED's.
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    with the small buttons, unless you rewire them or have other buttons written into the code and also you make a new LED row set up, its a bit hard to do more than what it is. A segment display.
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    I have mine in a box with a smoked plexiglass on the front so when lcd is off you can not see it. Plus I have another one connected to it with 8 buttons so all the buttons can be relocated else where and are useable allowing me to to set multiply pages or settings , like being able to set the max rpm, change the speed readout to rpm since you drive some cars like nascar by rpm not overall speed. The button add on can be handy and is easy to add on.
    plus as is it has a usb connection coming out and mates do comment on where I bought it from, sorry DIY. Handy for moving on different pcs as son used it on the static sim in rfactor.
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    Something I built ages ago and have working under GameDash, the underside contains a barebones DIY Uno too. So just connect via Usb
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    Not sure what your asking mate, but will try and answer,
    Yes I use a 7 port hub , to connect 2x Jrk12v12 (my motor drivers), Keyboard, Mouse, G25 Wheel, custom button box, GameDash.
    Only issue that may happen is that some cheap usb hubs will roll the comports everytime the machine fires up, BAD. Mine doesn't , I was lucky.
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    ? this code is for running dashboards not complete sim rigs. The app used is separate to the Game Engine which controls the motor for the simulator.
    You can run two separate Arduino , one to control motors and another to control a dashboard. Game Engine will support up to 6 Arduino's and GameDash can only support one, all on separate ports.
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    Hello I wanted to know if there was a construction of the dashboard if yes with which material(equipment) and for which price(prize) thank you