Showroom New DIY 3DOF dynamic workstation project UPGRADE 4DOF

Mobile base


Anti-overturning trolley

Work progress 4DPOF upgrade

Hello,
I assembled everything and as planned, I was a little worried .... but everything works perfectly.
the upper base is the same as 3DOF.
I added the wheels, left and right I put as many as possible to distribute the weight, in fact 70% of the weight is placed on the side wheels.
Under the side wheels there is an anti-overturning trolley that serves above all in the chicane when the weight moves quickly from one side to the other, see the previous video.
The leverage of the loss of traction is about halfway between the fulcrum and the rear wheels, the total travel of the liva corresponds to about 14 cm of rear movement.

Sir, How did you resolved that?

I solved it by reversing the + and - cables on Sabertooth or on the motor.
The suggestion came to me from the forum, I don't remember where I read it.
I don't know why, but by reversing the polarities everything worked ....

I appreciated your reply. Anyways I just did what you said and it works only to motor 1 and 3, but motor 2 was still uncontrollable. Any ideas?

Ok engine 1 and 3.
Also for engine 2 you have tried the two possibilities .... + and - or - end +.
Sorry other suggestions I don't have.
Even for me, electronics is the most difficult perte for me ....

Actually even if I move the motor 1&3, the motor #2 is suddenly move/rotating by itself but if I click the center Its stop but shaking a bit.

This looks really awesome, and is quite a compact design, I really like it!

Hi Menandro, how many sabertooth do you use?
Motor 1 and 3 are conneted to the same card?

Hi Menandro,
I looked at your project and I'm happy that you took the idea from my project.
Seems like all the links are ok.
Have you tried to invert the polarity of the motor cables n. 2?

Then, be careful that Wanegain's Arduino code provides a 360 ° reading potentiometer.
Inside the code are the reading values that you need to change based on the gear ratio

For a good reading I recommend these hall effect potentiometers with 360 ° reading 6127V1A360L.5FS HALL

Update scheme 4 DOF Milani Fabio

Hi Fabio,
Yes, Indeed. After several months of reading and almost giving up, thankfully that I found your project. I'm so grateful because your project has easy guides that I think I can do as well. (Thank You for that). Just like you, I just not have any electrical oriented that's why I'm having a hard time too as well as the codes. As you've advised seeking assistance to other sites, I've met Mr. Simon of simukit.com and he willingly and really helps me a lot for the interface settings and the inverting polarity (Thanks to him). But still, I'm having a problem with Motor #2 it's still uncontrollable. They advise me also to try to transfer the motor #2 to available slot intended for motor #4 and changing the interface settings as well and the pin for pot but in result the same problem.

Yes, I inverted also the polarity for all motors.

I have no other options and I only suspected was the potentiometer on motor #2. As you can see to my post, originally my potentiometer is not a 360 ° reading and I manage to cut off the tab inside so that it free to have a 360 ° rotation. The potentiometer you've recommend is a bit pricy and it takes months for the delivery here in my country that's why I used a local available potentiometer in my country. But I guess I have no other options but to buy that thing.

I'm so frustrated to get done this project because to the next 2 nor 3 months, I planned to join my project in the exhibition to inspire my countrymen, especially kids, to prove that don't lose hope, we can make it DIY instead to buy an expensive one. Well, my country is listed as a third world country, which means most of it can't afford such expensive.

Hoping to solve and get it done the soonest.

Thank you Fabio for your inspiring project and the support, as well as @noorbeast

Do you have any ideas about what in particular codes that I need to change?

Hello Fabio. I am building a very similar motion sim as you did. Difference is I'm using 4 Cytron 30 amp motor drivers with 4 power supplies. Im wondering if I should go with 1 or two Arduino boards? What did you use for programming? Very nice rig by the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Hale,
I don't know the Cytron 30 A, I used 2 Sabertooth 2x32 A which control 4 motors, because each sabertooth can control 2 motors.
So I connected 4 potentiometers to arduino uno
If I wanted I could put 4 sabertoot for 4 engines, so I think you can connect 4 Cytron ..... but better informed ...
For the arduino code I used the @Wanegain ..... you have to ask him.
Hello

I was under the impression you required one uno for 2 pots. I see you are using one uno for 4 pots. Is using 6 pots (6DOF) as simple as connecting them to A5 and A6, and then which pin for the sabertooth - I see you're using 8 and 10, would it be 9, or 12?