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Tutorial Arduino RevBurner driving a tachometer.

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by jamesdio, Oct 11, 2014.

  1. jamesdio

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    Hi,

    This is Jason from korea.

    I would like you guys to show my arduino-powered rev burner.


    (sorry for the noise on the video. it came from my old Logitech G25 Steering wheel)

    and let you know how to make it work.


    # Parts list (model - quantity)


    # Wiring Diagram
    ※As of Oct 17th, 2014, I corrected the Wiring Diagram and uploaded it. refer to the picture below.

    TachoDiagram.png


    In general, After market tacho. uses signal for Green wire like below.
    images.jpg

    Mine is Autometer Monster tacho gauge, so I refered to wiring diagram above.
    But I think this diagram can be adapted to other after market tacho.



    # GameDash Settings

    Serial (2).png

    GameDash_Output_Settings_-_복사본_-_복사본.jpg

    GameDash_Output_Settings_-_복사본.jpg
    Dash1_Output_Rules.jpg
    # Arduino Code
    the whole code is attached below.

    That's it.
    It's kinda easy, right?


    Thank you.

    Attached Files:

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    Good stuff man!, what games does it support?
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    Thanks, bsft.

    You can work this gauge with assetto corsa until now,
    because the assetto corsa plugin for SimTools is the only thing which can extract dashboard data from game AFAIK.
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    Very very nice, @jamesdio! Just wish I had skills to help somehow to bring iRacing support for Gamedash.
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    Oh. My mistakes! I drew wrong wiring diagram. don't use above.

    I'm going to redraw and upload ASAP.

    So sorry for my mistake!
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    I posted wrong diagram again on Oct 13th, 2014.

    Now I've corrected it and uploaded.
    please refer to the diagram on the main thread.
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    Very good! :cool:
    Do you inted to light on the Dash Lightning?

    Maybe you could screenshot the GameDash profile while the game is running so you could figure out the names of data
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    Thanks you, RacingMat.

    I'm so sorry I didn't get what you mean.

    Do you mean the "Dash Lightening" is the shift light?


    The Autometer is adjustable for the rpm range which triggers turning on the shift light.

    On the movie, I'd just set the shifting point too high, That's why the shift light was not turned on at the rev limit.
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    Okay! Thanks, I got the point! the shift light is already driven by the Autometer!

    "dash lightning" was written on the drawing o_O
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    Sorry to make you confuse :)~:)
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    Hello ,

    what arduino UNO version do you use?...can i do the same with UNO R3?...
    also...don't you connect the power supply to arduino board?
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    Hi, f1simgames.

    You can use arduino uno r3.
    I've confirmed arduino nano, uno and mega all of them are working fine for tachometer.

    And the answer for the second question is 'No'.

    The arduino is powered by USB connector.

    Any questions are welcome. :)
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    Thank you for your answer.Is there any delay on tachometer?..I have seen some of tachos that have delay on response at sim games.Also,can work with other games or only with Assetto for now?
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    I'd tested two types of tachometer,the one is aircore powered which has no delay at all, and the other is servo powered from china which has lots of delay.

    I recommand you not to buy the imitation tachometer from china.

    Anyway, I think there is only a few simtool plugins which can extract dashboard data from game, such as Assetto Corsa plugin as far as I know.

    Why don't you look for plugin descriptions? :)
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    Thank you very much for your help , all of you!....This is my tachometer....thank you again for your great code and design work!

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    Great jobs, f1Simgames.

    I really love your beautiful F1 steering wheel, BTW. :cheers
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    Thank you very much Jason for the tuto and great job
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    Thank you, abs.

    I'm so happy you like it. :)
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    Built this, works like a charm, thanks for instructions :)

    However, some of the plugins give rpms ten times too little, for example if true rpm is 1000, in Gamedash it is 100 rpm.

    Formula MATH * 10 doesn't seem to work. Any ideas how can I get Gamedash output ten times greater? Output is given in hex format in Arduino code and in Gamedash output.
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    Please, let me know which game you are playing doesn't give you right rpm values.