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Showroom 6DOF racing platform 12v dc 3.6kw arduino and mm/SMC3

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by bruce stephen, May 3, 2016.

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  1. DreamsOf2DOFw/TL

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    Hey Bruce, do you still plan on using the e30-150 motors?
    Also, do you plan on uploading your enclosable carrier bearing design? Im curious to see it :cheers
    DreamsOf2DOFw/TL, May 14, 2018
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  2. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    yes i'll use the 150's to start. I can upgrade to the e30-400's if necessary. I've got a couple small revisions then i'll post more files for sure.
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    bruce stephen, May 15, 2018
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    Any news about it? Would be nice to see your 6dof running!:cheers
    mariano68, Jul 28, 2018
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  4. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    soon... i received some more parts the other day but havent had any time off yet to work on it. the next part is the u joint mount for the bottom.
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    bruce stephen, Jul 28, 2018
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    hello, I wanted to know if the encoders work well, and if you use the controller Arduino uno? Because the encoders that I have worked well but the values are not stable!
    thanks
    Flymen, Aug 27, 2018
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    Recently I have experimented with STM32F1 (blue pill the same that Thanos is using on his Encoder2Position module) on my 3000 RPM servo with 2500 PPR encoder (which gives 10000 positions per revolution) and I recommend it. It works flawlessly! Not even a single miss. It is relatively easy to program - you can use arduino IDE. And it is really dirt cheap :)
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    lromaniuk, Aug 27, 2018
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  7. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    I am using a rs232 connected to a kangaroo and sabertooth 2x60. The encoders work flawlessly
    bruce stephen, Aug 27, 2018
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  9. Gadget999

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    was this using the 50 ppr encoders ?

    be interesting to see the difference with more resolution

    that is bad ass actuator :)
    Gadget999, Aug 28, 2018
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  10. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    Ty for the kind words. Yes same motors although for the rear I'm thinking of using the e30-400 because of heat. But the motors are the same size except for length. This only requires longer spacers.
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    bruce stephen, Aug 29, 2018
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  11. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    The older one is still using the 50ppr and the newest design used a 200 ppr. Although there were many more references points I could not see a noticable difference in movement.
    bruce stephen, Aug 29, 2018
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    Bruce - i may have asked this before but what do you think the budget for 6 actuators is ?
    Gadget999, Aug 29, 2018
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    my best guess is about $500 each so i would say $3000.us should build the actuators(including kangaroos and sabertooths). there are some ways of getting the bearings for free from igus and ordering the encoders and other items in bulk to save money. also shipping on some of the items may cost more or less. I am only about 4hours drive from Dimension Engineering so shipping is really cheap from them. the encoders ship from us also.
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    I also took advantage of an openbuilds free shipping weekend for the rails.
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  15. bruce stephen

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    summer is almost over here so I will restart building on my sim when I can no longer stand the weather outside.
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    what is the cost of the motors ?
    Gadget999, Aug 29, 2018
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  17. bruce stephen

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    bruce stephen, Aug 30, 2018
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    Hey , my mine have 1250 ppr and each time is not stable with arduno uno ( skipe some number ) may be is my code who is not correct … which is yourss ?thanks
    Flymen, Sep 4, 2018
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    Try less pulses 360 is plenty enough
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    Hello! I'am using different micro controller (STM32F1) which has hardware timer with encoder interface. On Arduino you could try to use interrupts to read encoder pulses but still it might loose some pulses with 1250 PPR at high speeds.
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