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Another rookie learning

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by totostao, Aug 1, 2020.

  1. totostao

    totostao New Member

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    My name is Carlos and I am from Madrid, Spain.
    Some time ago I started my own motion simulator (a couple of years actually) and finally finished it. I put some photos so you can see it, and it was all thanks to this page.

    taller 01.jpeg taller 02.jpeg taller 03.jpeg

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  2. totostao

    totostao New Member

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    Now that I'm done with the mechanics, I want to work with the electronics, and in order to work calmly, we also built a small model to test and continue to test and learn as much as possible before putting everything in its place.
    The idea is to use the SMC3 Arduino program, so I will count the progress that I receive within my limitations, a greeting
    saludo maqueta 01.jpeg maqueta 02.jpeg
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  3. noorbeast

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    What motors do you plan on using for the rig?
  4. totostao

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    Well, you're right, I did explain.
    the idea is to use two 12V wiper motors.
    And the question is, what power supply would I need to keep up with, how many watts?
    Thank you.
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  6. totostao

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    I've already taken care of isolating the engines to ground, thank you very much for reminding me.

    And I don't know if I can put ebay links to advise me about a source I have found, but basically it is a DC12V LED source Driver switching transformer power supply for 600w LED/CCTV/MR16 strips. I guess this will have enough, right?

    Thank you very much.
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    about your psu, just never ever ever use a regular pc psu (you can use a server psu) but the regular pc psu aparently gives you the power you need, but just with no warning turn of and you get mad searching on your cables, arduino, computer etc the reason... and at the end. is the !"#$!"$# psu... if you use a server one, you are just fine (and they are super cheap)

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  8. totostao

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    good afternoon
    I update a little, this afternoon I have started to modify the motors to be able to place the flexible coupling and the potentiometers.
    I have a couple of questions.
    It is worth to go directly from the normal potentiometers to the hall effect ones?
    As for the electronics, I followed the tutorial https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...3dof-motor-driver-and-windows-utilities.4957/ scrupulously.
    and the taste is bittersweet on my part... I manage to make it work sometimes, but every time I plug it in different things happen, this week I'll upload pictures explaining what's going on with me.
    In principle I'm happy because I'm moving forward, even though it's very slow.
    thanks to all of you

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    If SMC3 is not working as expected then you need to get that sorted.

    What actually happens or is inconsistent?

    It would assist troubleshooting if you post pictures of all of your settings.
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    the problem I have, mainly is that the results are inconsistent as you say, every time I turn on the model, the results are different.
    Sometimes it works halfway well, but the next day I can't get it to move, other times it starts working but for no reason it only reads me in one direction... I don't know if it's a problem with the potentiometers... I'm thinking of switching to hall effect ones.
    This week at the end I have it complicated with the work and then I will be some days out, but as soon as I can I send photos and videos with everything.
    Thank you very much in advance.
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    It could be hardware and I do think Hall sensors are worth the investment. But it could also be something like an Earth issue.
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    Thank you very much, I hadn't thought of it... I'll keep an eye on the earth thing
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    Good morning, I've been thinking about the problem with the land and it occurred to me that I could laugh at this.

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    It is a capacitor that I placed to reduce possible interference, and it is the only thing that is not in the schematic I followed to mount it.
    What do you think? Could it be? Or is it just my nonsense...