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Still unsure of a seat mover or going full rig?

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Tags..(VR), Jul 7, 2018.

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anyone dealing with a wooden rig ready for 6 DOF? what was your thoughts and ideas?

  1. Can this wooden rig have 6 or 4 DOF?

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  2. Should this just be a seat mover with G-SEAT?

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  1. sam poole

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    The idea is to create a closed loop circuit for each motor so that they don't interfere with each other the grounding is not needed
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    sure enough i ordered 2 seperate moto monsters each motor will have its own control panel. or just go but 2 different motors?there seems that there arent any color coded wires inside the motors themselves. getting frustrating.
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    well i have a couple weeks until the chip boards arrive . so i have time to figure something out. one way or another
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    Good luck did you get sparkfun monster motos? I got some cheap ones then I found that 90% are faulty and can catch fire so ended up paying the 90% extra in price for the genuine sparkfun ones just for peace of mind something you dont want happening with a wooden rig!
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    Alloet Dual VNH2SP30 Stepper Motor Driver Module Monster Moto Shield Replace L298N
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    now im worried. they were cheap on amazon and there coning out of a china. i have cooling fans for them but....................
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    I would say you should get your money back but It does postpone the build it takes forever with parts
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    here is the diagram i was planning on using 2motomonster.png
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    the motos wont be here until the 1st of aug at the earliest so..
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    yeah because i cant decipher which of the 3 wires inside the motors are the grounding wires. the photo that i was going by , the one you sent me....does not look any thing like the inside of my motors, ive scoured the web for wiring diagrams for my motors but nothing pops up. i have 3 wires inside leading to the top 2 are the same , 1 is not, there not color coded and i cant get into the casing where the wires lead to. the 2 that are the same are labeled c1 , c2 the 3rd lead off to a weired kind of plug and is off from the other 2. but they are all leading up into the plastic case.
    i really dont want to go cutting wires unless i know.
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    there are only 3 wire pins that come up out of the motor to connect to.
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    So wipers have 3 brushes low high and earth you want very simply just 1 wire to red and 1 to blue and make sure they don't touch the motor casing as that will earth them

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    thats the part i cant get into , no color coded wires are in my motor from the side i can see...........but i noticed that the earth ground was off from the other 2 if you were to look from the other side. so maybe the 3 that is off from the other 2 is the earth ground that i have on mine? i got to get off to work soon.. need coffee
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    i guess i will try that cable, cut it solder a wire to it and see what happens. hopefully i wont be trowing another 20 bucks out.
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    we will see, and i post it up
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    ive already been inside the motor .
    ive described in detail what i see when i get in there. theres not color coded that i see just 3 unshielded wires. 2 that look similar and one off on its on with a strange looking plug but all leading into a plastic casing the 2 that are similar are labeled c1 and c2 the 3rd off on its own , i cant see a label for it.
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    Sorry I see now what you said can you take some photos of the things you mentioned?