DIY Console Motion Simulator

Do you connect the signal of force-feed back motors ? just 1/0? or do you get the PWM? i think thats the solution to your excessive force

@Glam78 , I dont see anything on that page with regards to they are being controller by a console.
I can only see PC there.
In regards to consoles and using them for motion, there are HUGE licencing fees to pay for to get the data from the console makers and to translate that into motion.
It could be done privately if you find a way to hack the data from the console game and then run it through a computer, but it would have to be kept quiet.
Ive heard rumors that console people find such simulators at shows and things and tend to speak harshly to the owner and demand to know how they did it.

Ok then.
I dont know the method on how they get motion, @yobuddy , do you have any idea?

they allow indy (independant) game releases on their consoles, but I suspect at a cost.

a pirate way of doing this, (i dont know if it is a good idea, considering the time invested) would be contact the guys that program the console emulators... and maybe they could do some trick... but again, it would be piracy anyway

i mean piracy because as far as i know, in order to get data out of the game you need to pay a licence.

of course, if you do it just for yourselve nobody will know D:

Id say if simtools guys havent done it yet, its probably not going to happen in a hurry.
Buy a decent PC and get on with it

I love the idea of been able to have motion simulation on console game.

How about having some sort of adapter that duplicate the USB signals, the extra USB is attached to PC and using the wheel driver to get user input and maybe read forceback value???

Hello friend pretty old thread and hope you have completed the project successfully.. Even I am working on similar project so can you help me out? Hope you will reply soon..

hi

can you share structure drawing ?
is there more mechanical information such as force and momentum required for specific angular velocity and acceleration ?
tnx

Hi guys, it's been a long time since I created this topic.
Since, I created my racing rig. (PS4, T300RS+T3PA, BassPumps (like Buttkicker), Video projector, curved screen, wind blowing turbine, ...), BUT it's still STATIC.


Added PSVR these last years (video: ).

I now really wanna make it dynamic. I'm sticking to console heart (Playstation 4), and I don't want any PC in the equation.

I need your help guys on this: I want to make this Dynamic addon as simple as possible:
- 2 DOF
- 2 potentiometers (1 on the Brake/Gas pedals, and 1 on the Wheel axle), that will give front/rear & left/right positions for the platform. (I uploaded a simple drawing of it).


What I'm searching for is:
- An electronic board that can take as an input 2 potentiometers, and as an output control 2 powerfull motors. (would be nice to be able to adjust the sensitivity of the input, and the speed at which the motors reach there destination position - don't what the motors to react too quickly to potentiometer position changes.
If the board can multiplex the 2 potentiometer input to control motors that would be behind the seat, like most of your setup guys) it would be even better than controlling each motor sperately. I don't know if there is an electronic board "of the shelf" that can handle that, or if I need to go Arduino + some program ?

- 2 powerfull motors (Rig will be on a central pivot, under the seat position, and it allready heavy without the pilot installed).
- AC/DC power source

I know this is very basic, but that's the way I've been creating working things for decades now, and again this is for console compatibility, without a PC.

Hope you'll be able to help me on this, finding the right hardware.

Regards,
The2jakes