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display for custom pedals

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by mario73, Sep 28, 2013.

  1. mario73

    mario73 New Member

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    Hi guys i use a type s load cell and it work for 0 to 100kg ,my brake pedal is equipped with adjusting screw to adjust the hardness, but I can not determine exactly how many kg. for this I thought to display them on a display.
    now to run my pedals use the buo836lc, it would be possible to use arduino (or other card that gives me the ability to view kg or on a display or directly in the settings-gaming of windows) to interface my pedal board to the PC? in order to be seen by rfactor thganks for the help

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    Hi Mario !

    The load cell spec should give you the conversion between Volt and Kg

    If not, you can say that 100kg max would be 5V and apply a proportional rule.

    Simply use DxTweak to see the result in live when you will press the pedal.
    http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm#DX Tweak 2

    You can have a look on what I did here

    from this french post google translated http://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.gamoover.net/Forums/index.php?topic=28158.0&act=url
    RacingMat, Sep 29, 2013
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    how are you planning to interface the cell with the usb port - joystick side?

    best regards

    fer
    ferslash, Sep 30, 2013
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  4. RacingMat

    RacingMat Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    @mario73: did you manage to calibrate your load cell?

    @ferslash: there are several ways: leobodnar board, dismantled USB joystick... let's wait and see what Mario has chosen
    RacingMat, Oct 5, 2013
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  5. mario73

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    in this moment i use a buo836lc but my idea is:display reading kg in the configuration screen gaming of windows( see the photo for one example) this is a optimal work for an calibration of the brake pedals ,but I do not know what it takes to make this work thanks

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    thats a lota buttons!
    bsft, Oct 6, 2013
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    eaorobbie Well-Known Member SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    A custom app could be written in Visual Basic, not sure if a base code is available. Need to Google that one.
    eaorobbie, Oct 6, 2013
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