Ultraforce GS-4 DIY - Software

Hello,

my Name is Martin and i´m from Austria.
I have built a GS-4 for the poor ones.
I have used 10 Jumbo á 33kg Servos. 3/in each Bottom Plate and 2/Rear Plates.
And a Teensy 3.1 to Controll the four Axis.
My Problem is that Simtools start in the middle way at 0° and works between -90° and +90°.
I have 2 Split the -90° to the left Axis , and +90° to the Right axis. I dont have a negative Way .
I need nearly the full way to use the full torque of the Servos
The same problem is on Throttle (only on the Axis X/Y) and Braking(only on the Axis R/L)
Is there a any Range-Filter i dont see like these:
(DOF1/Axis1/Surge/50 - 100%) (DOF1/Axis2/Surge/50 - 100%)
(DOF1/Axis3/Surge/0 - 50%) (DOF1/Axis4/Surge/0 - 50%)


Standart Position of all Plates should be flat. (not like this Pic)

so i hope You understand what i mean.

SRY for the bad English.



Maybe theres a Way 2 change the Code

#include <Servo.h>

Servo myservo1;
Servo myservo2;
Servo myservo3;
Servo myservo4;
char kind_of_data;
int valLSP = 15;
int valRSP = 15;
int valXSP = 15;
int valYSP = 15;

void setup()
{
myservo1.attach(6);
myservo2.attach(7);
myservo3.attach(8);
myservo4.attach(9);
myservo1.write(valLSP);
myservo2.write(valRSP);
myservo3.write(valXSP);
myservo4.write(valYSP);

Serial.begin(115200);
}

void loop()
{

while (Serial.available() > 0)
{

kind_of_data = Serial.read();
if (kind_of_data == 'R' ) Read_RightServo();
if (kind_of_data == 'L' ) Read_LeftServo();
if (kind_of_data == 'X' ) Read_RechterServo();
if (kind_of_data == 'Y' ) Read_LinkerServo();

myservo1.write(valRSP);
myservo2.write(valLSP);
myservo3.write(valXSP);
myservo4.write(valYSP);
}
}

void Read_RightServo(){

int RightServoPos = 0;
delay(2);
int RSP100 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int RSP10 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int RSP1= Serial.read();
RSP100 = ((RSP100)-48)*100;
RSP10 = ((RSP10)-48)*10;
RSP1 = ((RSP1)-48)*1;
if (RSP10 < 0 && RSP1 < 0){RSP100 = RSP100/100;RSP10 = 0;RSP1 = 0;}
if (RSP1 < 0){RSP100 = RSP100/10;RSP10 = RSP10/10;RSP1 = 0;}
RightServoPos = RSP100+RSP10+RSP1;
valRSP = map(RightServoPos, 0, 255, 15, 165);//already testet (RightServoPos, 127, 255, 15, 165)
}

void Read_LeftServo(){

int LeftServoPos = 0;
delay(2);
int LSP100 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int LSP10 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int LSP1= Serial.read();
LSP100 = ((LSP100)-48)*100;
LSP10 = ((LSP10)-48)*10;
LSP1 = ((LSP1)-48)*1;
if (LSP10 < 0 && LSP1 < 0){LSP100 = LSP100/100;LSP10 = 0;LSP1 = 0;}
if (LSP1 < 0){LSP100 = LSP100/10;LSP10 = LSP10/10;LSP1 = 0;}
LeftServoPos = LSP100+LSP10+LSP1;
valLSP = map(LeftServoPos, 0, 255, 15, 165); //already testet (RightServoPos, 0, 126, 15, 165)
}
void Read_RechterServo(){

int RechterServoPos = 0;
delay(2);
int XSP100 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int XSP10 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int XSP1= Serial.read();
XSP100 = ((XSP100)-48)*100;
XSP10 = ((XSP10)-48)*10;
XSP1 = ((XSP1)-48)*1;
if (XSP10 < 0 && XSP1 < 0){XSP100 = XSP100/100;XSP10 = 0;XSP1 = 0;}
if (XSP1 < 0){XSP100 = XSP100/10;XSP10 = XSP10/10;XSP1 = 0;}
RechterServoPos = XSP100+XSP10+XSP1;
valXSP = map(RechterServoPos, 0, 255, 15, 165);

}
void Read_LinkerServo(){

int LinkerServoPos = 0;
delay(2);
int YSP100 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int YSP10 = Serial.read();
delay(2);
int YSP1= Serial.read();
YSP100 = ((YSP100)-48)*100;
YSP10 = ((YSP10)-48)*10;
YSP1 = ((YSP1)-48)*1;
if (YSP10 < 0 && YSP1 < 0){YSP100 = YSP100/100;YSP10 = 0;YSP1 = 0;}
if (YSP1 < 0){YSP100 = YSP100/10;YSP10 = YSP10/10;YSP1 = 0;}
LinkerServoPos = YSP100+YSP10+YSP1;
valYSP = map(LinkerServoPos, 0, 255, 15, 165);
}

cu Martin

Hello Martin!

A DIY Gseat is a very good project! I'm sure we will find a solution with you

In your code, can you take the absolut value of <Axis1>?

Can you give more details about what you have and what you want to get?
Mat
PS: I'd like to see more pictures of your work!

Hello again,

now the code works, but the output bit Range at 8 Bits is to low for 4 axis.
and if i change the Rate to 16 bit, then the Servos working not correct.
what can i do?

thx

Seat from a Renault Clio RS
The Servos from Hobbyking

The Servos under the Seating Surface



The Hinge on the Seating Surface


The Servos on the Backrest



The Linkage of the Backrest





and the Power Supply is a Meanwell 5V/55A @5,8Volt

ahh simtools supports up to 6 controller
So i order 2 arduino nanos now.
1 arduino per 2 axis is the easy way

Wow cool project man. Never thought of Turnigy's for big 1/4's before.

Very good looking! your pics are nice, thanks!

Yes, it's very easy to configure 3 serial interfaces!
So, if you can afford to buy to more arduino, you won't have to divide your bandwith by 3.

For someone who would like to start a Gseat building , what advice would you give to him? what mistakes should he avoid to do?
yours
Mat

The Servos are strong and fast enough @ 5,8v and they are cheap.
if you dont have the weight like me (135kg / 297.7 lbs) i think 2 Servos for (190-200lbs) / Bottom-Plates are enough. The Hinges of the Plates should be at the Position where the most Weight pivoted is (depands on the size of the butt ;-)) 30mm Servo-Horns (inkludet by these Servos) are far enough. 5,5cm Travel-Way sounds not much, but on a chair this is enormous.

Test the servos and their ways with a RC-Transmitter and adjust the Push Rods.......

think thats all

today i tested first time iracing with the seat, makes a lot of fun, but theres a lot of work to adjust Simtools and my code 2. and this will take much more days than today.............

Great!

Thansk for the information, I found them Turnigy TGY-S8166M

the specs are weird. Torque isn't in kg/m and speed very very low: some mistakes I suppose. But if it suits you, it's certainly fine!
Torque: 33kg
Speed: .21 deg / sec

The cost is 27$ per servo: x8=220$
Maybe 3 wipers could do the job as well: bigger place needed but cheaper.

I found the specs here: http://www.servodatabase.com/servo/turnigy/tgy-s8166m
@6V
Torque: 458.3 oz-in (33.00 kg-cm)
Speed: 0.21 sec/60° -> 48 RPM

why only 3 wiper-motors?

Sorry! I meant 4.

The Smolka are 120kg.cm and 48 RPM @35€
That could be fine as well ;-)

I'm eager to see your sim in action :-D

@RacingMat I still think about this kind of project with wipers instead of servos too.

@Schluzu very nice project. I have seen it in the virtualracing forum and I am sure you will get it running nicely.
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Code is for only 8bit, lol contains some of my original code copied onto the other site, lol.
Can easily be modified to support 16bit, but with several servos , more than 3 that code begins to lag badly, its why I wrote a new code here to drive servos more efficiantly. Is used often to drive servo models under simtools.

@yokoyoko surprised to see a xsim moderator over here, Welcome back. I think wiper will be an overkill for this.

@eaorobbie
i test your rc-model-code and it works really fast.
the newer version v2 wont work 4 me, the servos only twitches around.

@eaorobbie
Sure it is kind of overkill, but as racingmat said if you compare the price for big scale servos and for the wipers - it could be interesting. Specially if you have the wipers in stock

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Ok makes sure Serial.print is comment out or the serial out it performs will lock up the comport, check what baud rate it is set at too. You can test it in the Ardunio Serial Monitor too before using it in SimTools.

I have attached a code modified with the serial print lines commented out, let me know if it works and from reading through it , you should be able to add the other two servos too. If not let me know and I will rewrite it to run the 4 servos for you. And it runs at a baud rate of 9600, which you can change in code too, have tested it to 115200 too.

@yokoyoko: yes, I've to choose DIY pedals or DIY Gseat...
I'm stuck in the middle! and finishing my steptronic shifter first!

I'll do some Gseat tries soon and come back to share with you, guys!

Hi Martin. Great project and leads me to look at what might be done with a Kirkey seat. Sure it's more expense but the total cost would be much less than a GS-4 and therefore available to a lot more sim racers. If you have time is it possible to sketch out a quick connection schematic of the Arduino controller boards and the servo's ? Looking forward to seeing updates on this post.

Searching the web I've come across some very useful info and some construction photo's on a sub folder of the old Ultraforcesim web site. Accessing the main page simply diverts you to the Simxperience web site but access to the sub folders is still available (at the moment anyway).

http://www.ultraforcesim.com/pub/