2DOF with wheelchair motors

Thanks, @speedy
I will soon take videos of the sim and shifter.

Do not be so modest ! What we see you are great programer !

I was asked to post the Arduino and Processing3 files from my post:
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/2dof-with-wheelchair-motors.7905/page-2#post-125188

Meant just for the sake of interest.

At this moment these codes are NOT meant for members without Arduino- and Processing- programing skills.
They are written to meet my hardware requirements. (2 motors with quadrature encoders, bluetooth interface, Sabertooth 2x32)

About SMC3 and Quadrature encoders:
In my opinion it's not possible without big changes. The SMC3-code reads the analog inputs(feedback pots) and calculates PIDs about 4000 times per second. So it's too busy to do deal also with encoders. But this high rate is not necessary. The values from SimTools come only 100 times per second(every 10msec).
So i've decided to do PID calculations(now with floating point numbers for a better resolution) 125 times per second(every 8 msec). So there is enough time for the encoders and serial transmissions.
Quadrature encoding needs a lot of Ard. performance. (max frequency is about 100kHz)
For example:
A motor with 3600 rpm and encoders(with 500 pulses per turn) mounted on the motor shaft = 30kHz count frequency.

Because i needed other adjustment possibilities, but having no access to the SCM3Utilities-code, i've decided to write my own GUI with Processing3.

Here is an overview:

Processing is used to set the PID parameters and watch the movements of the sim.
But it is unhandy to work with an extra PC to do this.
The good news:
Because Processing is based on Java, it has an Android mode to write Apps.
My goal is to transfer the Processing sketch to an App running on a tablet.

For those members who do not know Processing:
It is a sister project to Arduino and meant for all kinds of visualsations.
It's also open source, has a simular gui, almost the same syntax and as many libraries available as Arduino.
But it's based on Java, in contrast to the arduino code, based on C++.
Arduino and Processing are a perfect combination.

Hi @Bernd Manger @
I have everything what i need, except rotary encoders, i'm still waiting for them to arrive. Definitely will try this kind of setup. But what i see above in this thread , gonna be a lot of questions.

Here are 3 videos about Arduino & quadrature encoding:

Thanks for sharing the experience

Hi

Hi, i work on my own sim 2dof with Wheelchair motors. I have no motor brakes on it and have a big problem with the backdrive. How do you avoid the backdrive effect if the motors are not powered.
Any ideas welcome

HI and WOW great work.. how would i add 2 more of the exact same motors? Copy Paste and reassign? thx

hi and thx for your great work..

I have tried to copy what u have done to the letter, I have a few questions if you could.
1- are the resistors on the encoders necessary?
2- 1 limit switch per motor?
3- im using 4 motors 2 12/32 2 uno's i can simply change the pins that differ in the sketch?

THX im almost done soldering and wiring this week super excited THX

hello i have some programing skill ive played with both programs
im having a hard time complying your sketch right from download ive watched the vids u posted i have not used the bluetooth or the extra leds this is all i have X2
look forward to ur reply and thx for all your work ive been trying im just lost
any chance you could delete the nonrelative data?
thx Che´

What is fungtion of motor on shifter sir???

I love the cokpits made with wood, for me they are the most beautiful, the wood is the most versatile, it reminds me of the recreational machines of the 80s, but this is more beautiful if possible, great work very nice.

Hi @Bernd Manger,

I'd love to get SMC3 running on my rig but I'm using encoders.
I thought your SMC - S was the solution but just to be difficult I'm using-
"MODE2 for a 43A "Chinese" IBT-2 H-Bridge".
I'm using two motors/drivers now but will have three in the future.
Can you give some guidance on the pin assignments for the IBT-2 as opposed to the
Sabertooth 2x32?

Thanks

I have a little test bench set up with UNO(on COM 4), IBT, small 12v motor with a reduction gearbox and pot.
Have edited SMCutils.cfg > "COMM_PORT=4"
SMCutils is loaded to board but can't establish comms with arduino smc.
The motor does respond to pot input.
Is there a baud rate or something else I'm missing?

Ha!,,, I had serial monitor on in IDE.
now I'm cooking with gas.
thanks for the pinout info