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another DIY Wind Simulator

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by DJ_reaper, Aug 21, 2019.

  1. DJ_reaper

    DJ_reaper Sim racing fan Gold Contributor

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    After reading here about wind simulators, I looked into building my own.

    I got all the parts and copied the various plans but ran in trouble with Arduino code outdated and app code not working on windows 10 and confusing settings about frequencies and fan noise.

    I decided to have a go at building my own from scratch with the goal of it being very simple and low cost. It gave me an excuse to understand the iRacing telemetry API, Arduino sketch coding and and whole lot about PWM and arduino timer frequencies.

    This design uses PWM Controlled PC cooling Fans. It only needs a low cost Arduino to drive it. No Motor Shield or Monster Moto driver is required because of the use of PWM controlled fans, no Inductors or costly power supplies.

    The following link provides plans for how you can make a very low cost simple Wind Simulator for iRacing.

    I designed this to use only easy to get parts with minimal coding and soldering needed.

    https://github.com/Crypto69/Wind-Simulator-Project

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    You can see a video of it in action here:


    It would be very easy to get Simtools to drive this design.

    Let me know what you think.
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    DJ_reaper, Aug 21, 2019
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  2. Daniel M.

    Daniel M. New Member

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    I’m currently building this and followed the read me file. However, when I get to the iracing wind simulator software link I don’t see the link to download. Would you mind sending me that?

    thanks,

    Dan
    Daniel M., Mar 18, 2020
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  3. xGroot

    xGroot New Member

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    That looks great! I'll just finish installing the brake pads and v-twin shocks and I'll try this project. Gonna follow your leads here.
    xGroot, Apr 7, 2020
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