AMC-AASD15A servo controller

You could use something like this:
www.amazon.com/dp/B083XTKV8V/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_dlT4_K5ycGb8RVN775

There are several issues using such non stop continuous actuator for 360 operation with most important the wiring wrapping...

Also which speed and gear ratio you would need to use? How fast would it make the whole 360 degrees rotation?

Is this for one axis only? Or multiple ones? Or combined with normal actuators?

Thanks for the response!

Not too worried about wrapping wires, as a prototype I will hang a cable and if I think its as good as Force Dynamics says it is I will use a slip ring.

I am making continuous yaw like these guys to see for myself just how well it communicates to the body.


I will use 3 80st-m0425 motors with either 10:1 or 16:1 gearboxes I have for them with 4" casters in a circle that's currently 130.5 in circumference. And if I don't like the torque/speed from those options I will buy whatever makes more sense. I would definitely prefer to adjust the resolution manually. This could be a simple steps per 360, I can do the math.

I only have 2 of your control boards and am using most of the outputs so I will need to buy another board if you can make the firmware work. That means you can apply this code to the whole board like you currently do with rotary vs linear. Although it would be nice to be able to adjust per axis if it is rotary, linear, or continuous.

I understand that nobody builds sims like this. I understand that you're not going to provide one off code to every little request that comes along. Like the torque mode request I made back in December of 2019, I just thought I would ask.
My backup option is to modify the arduino code @cubexxx generously provided.

Hi Thanos,

I've taken to using my E-stop button to stop motion during quieter periods (at night for example) - but activating the switch initiates a pretty violent hard shunt.

Is it possible to smooth out the kill function so it rolls off gently - but still relatively quickly, rather than instantly?

Thanks

Mark

Use the Force Offline switch instead... it will disable motion and keep actuators parked and it will smoothly transition into live data motion when you need.

E-stop is only for emergencies, it will force recalibration of the actuators when used.

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Thanos

Thanks Thanos

Thanks @Thanos.

I have the AMC connected to a 'traffic light' switch - presumably this is the yellow button? (not quite as easy to find as the kill switch with a VR headset on ;-) )

You can mount a E-stop type mushroom switch wired on Force offline screw terminal, if its easier, it can be used in parallel with Bajer "traffic light" button box...

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Thanos

Hi Thanos,
I really like the Sim Racing Studio - it is easy to use I'm just wondering if you will ever add the Reaction Speed setting feature into Thanos AMC-AASD15A servo controller? The Sim Racing Studio support could only give me few tips on how to simulate the Reaction Speed, but the result wasn't what I'm after. So I would be really happy if you could add this feature to Tahnos AMC-AASD15A servo controller fingers crossed it's possible!

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Jerry

Hi Jerry,

I'm not aware of this Reaction Speed feature. What does it do? Do you have any example to see if it can be implemented?

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Thanos

Thanks Thanos for the response!

Reaction Speed: Limits how quickly the motors will move to get to the desired position. This is a major factor that impacts the “jerkiness” of the platform.

Sim Racing Studio "Reaction Speed" this setting is not available for PT Actuator platforms relating to feature in AMC.

SimTools - Profile Editor "Intensity Level"




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Jerry

The intensity level on Simtools, is an overall motion filter that adds virtual data points in the motion path and and deliberately lags the response timing to be less than real time.

SRS doesn't do that in software as they use as much realtime data is available without delays that can cause latency.

The closest thing that exists on the AMC controller that can mimic the Simtools Intensity level is the "Pulse Filter Crv" which has 5 levels of filtering and smoothing of the motor pulses. It was designed to filter fast occurring and low amplitude spikes and motion data noise, creating smooth curve trajectory path for the motor to move to the target positions with less noise and less vibration. As you increase the Pulse Filter Crv level it adds a bit latency to the motion (Reaction speed) which is close to what you may need. You can see the effect each of the 5 levels have on the motors on this video:





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Thanos

See the basics for wiring power to the servo drives and why you should use line filter:

A more complete guide to shield, add line filter and ground your sfx100 or pt-actuator or other 6DOF rig:

http://motionsim.blogspot.com/2021/03/emi-filter-guide-by-john-spanos.html

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Maybe wouldn't be so depressing if some motion was added

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Still building the SFX actuators, but at least now I have a way to control them!

@Thanos Thanks again for builiding this great board. I am VERY new to the scene and you seem to be one of the most helpful people I have come across in all of my early research so thanks for that too!

I am about to start the build for the Bajer style "traffic light" E-stop/standby, and I am a little confused about yellow and red switches, in one video you posted () when you click yellow it, it looks (and sounds) very much to me that it's a latching switch, and that red is a momentary, but the directions I see on the MyMiniFactory page https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-e-stop-amc-aasd15a-155887 notes that it's a momentary switch for yellow and that red is latching.

Can you clarify a couple of things about how the board interacts with the switches?
1) Which type of switch do I need for the yellow switch, momentary or latching?
2) Which type of switch do I need for the red switch, momentary or latching?
3) Green does not need to be a switch at all, correct?
4) Are all switches normally open?

Thanks for your time!

First of all, there are two switches and 3 leds you can wire.

The switches are:
1: e-stop, cuts the power to the motors by disabling the S-ON signal to the servo drives. In this case the actuators might drop free fall if the actuators can be back driven by the load.

2: Force Offline, which ignores incoming motion data and places the controler offline and parks the actuators.

Some prefer to wire the yellow led to the force offline switch and some wire the force offline switch to the red button like in the link you shared.

The official led order I always described is to use the yellow led on the force offline switch as its more relevant. And the red led functions as monetary button to also toggle the platform between park or Standby positions and is wired on the e-stop signal. As long you don't hold it will toggle positions, but if you latch the e-stop signal using the large mushroom type switch it will disconnect the power to the servos.
Here is a button box that is built upon this principle:
https://www.tindie.com/products/bajer/emergency-stop-switch-with-led-indicators/

Mike just finish upgrading his projector system on his full size 737-800 hexapod platform to 4K so he made a new video describing the power up and power down sequence of the platform in this very impressive video:




If you want to see this platform in action watch this next video:


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Thanos