DIY FFB Steering wheel (MMosFFB ) (In Progress)

Hello. I am really interested in Your project; Did it succeed, is Your idea fully working? I would be so grateful for Your answer.

use only one ibt2 for that engine? what amps does the blockage have? do you notice the gear of the magnets?

Only one Monster Motor driver is needed as you can set it up to handle 30A.
The motor only draws about 16A peak.
No cogging of the motor is felt because of the gearing, however chain drive is not so forgiving if you do not line up the drivetrain 100%.

I have however scrapped this idea due to not feeling enough fidelity in the wheels response and due to it being a bulky behemoth.

I have decided to build a direct drive wheel with a 450W motor.
Here is my current progress:

Motor and encoder encapsulated in a much smaller package.


Cooling of the motor is done via multiple holes in the front and rear plates of the motor. The rear plate has a case + ducting to direct airflow trough the motor far more efficiently.

Here you can see the rear plate case with a duct outlet. This is set up to have a fan pull air out through the motor. The duct is sized to match the surface area of the drilled holes in the front plate to increase air velocity.

Here is a pic of one of the holes in the front face plate.

This is the extraction duct + fan


Plenty of work to be done yet and free time is limited at the moment so progress is slow.

Why did not I notice fidelity with gear? Have you tried a strap or only with a chain?

the new engine that nm can get to the block?
I came to the head to use a motor of 350w direct and two of 150 by pulley and run 6: 1, is it possible or just crazy?

With a belt/chain some of the finer details are absorbed by the elasticity/play in linkages. A gear driven system can feel a bit rough aswell.
Yes two motors will work just fine.

I have seen 20mm straps that hold 200n I do not think they have much elasticity, where I can see a tutorial on how to do electronics?

[CITA = "auryza, Mensaje: 140.818, miembro de: 8,439"] Hola,
Sólo Leonardo, Unidad de motor y cepillado de motor, nada más. , Funciona con CUALQUIER juego, INCLUSO Si No Es de Carreras. :RE,
Y se me olvido algo, Fuente de Alimentación. : INFORME SUPUESTO.
retroalimentacion de fuerza Se Siente muy bien. [/ Quote]
[CITA = "auryza, mensaje: 140.818, miembro de: 8,439"] Hola,
Sólo Leonardo, unidad de motor y cepillado de motor, nada más. , Funciona con cualquier juego, incluso si no es de carreras. :RE,
Y se me olvidó algo, fuente de alimentación. :REpor supuesto.
retroalimentación de fuerza se siente muy bien. [/ quote]
Hola, auryza, he estado pensando que yo no ir a través de este hilo y veo muchos cambios y avances. He estado buscando en este proyecto con Arduino desde hace algún tiempo, pero tengo una duda. Cómo funciona el FFB con todos los juegos?
Buen trabajo y gracias a todos por las contribuciones a este hilo.

[QUOTE = "vicente34, post: 155817, member: 8882"] [QUOTE = "auryza, Post: 140818, member: 8,439"] Hello,
Leonardo only, Unit brushed motor and engine, nothing more. , It works with any game, even if there is racing. :RE,
And I forgot something, Power Supply. REPORT ALLEGED.
force feedback feels great. [/ Quote]
[QUOTE = "auryza, message: 140818, member: 8,439"] Hello,
Leonardo only, brushed motor unit and motor, nothing more. , It works with any game, even if not racing. :RE,
And I forgot something, power supply. : Repor course.
force feedback feels great. [/ Quote]

Hi, auryza, I've been thinking that I did not go through this thread and I see many changes and advances. The state looking at this project with Arduino from does SOME TIME, but I have a doubt. How does the FFB work with all the games?
Good job and thanks to all for the contributions to this thread.

Sorry, I was wrong to copy and paste in the google translator

The games communicate by an already defined pattern (maybe by microsoft, i dont know). This part should be abstract (forget ) if you want to develop only the hardware

The devices report their characteristics (buttons, axes, effects ...) through an HID descriptor that is sent in communication via USB. If you are interested, see this document "Device Class Definition for
Physical Interface Devices (PID) ", they explain how it works.
http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/pid1_01.pdf

[Quote = "Fernando Igor, message: 155832, member: 26352"] Games are connected by an already defined pattern (perhaps Microsoft, do not know). This part must be abstract (forget ) if you want to develop hardware only

The devices report their features (buttons, axes, effects ...) through a HID descriptor that is sent in communication via USB. If you are interested, see this document "Device Class Definition
Physical Interface Device (PID), "explain how it works.
http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/pid1_01.pdf [/ QUOTE]


First of all, thank you very much for the quick response.
I have already installed the code.Hex in the Arduino Leonardo and I have been able to verify that it works perfectly as a game pad, both the axes and the buttons, what I do not know is, if later the engine could transmit the FFB in all the games , although I interpret for the document sent, that must transmit it.
Thank you very much again.

sorry man, I don't speak Spanish, I'Brazilianan so portuguese and a bit of English.
I haven't made much progress so far because I'm still waiting for my stepper motor arrives from chine. I bought a little one, free chiping only for test and that is wy it's taking so long.

I uploaded my program so if you want to have a look follows the link below.
https://github.com/97289034/Stepper...b/master/wheel_v1.3_first_test_fast_speed.ino

I tried to comment everything but you have any doubt or suggestion feel free to contact.

on this video, you can see the first test of my program. (I,m sorry about my bad English, I'm still studying English) The program is reading the PWM well in my opinion, and the plan is to execute the program as fast as possible so we can have more readings in a fast refresh rate, and feel the minimum effect on the wheel.

As I wrote in the other post, my idea is to use the reading of this signal(in percentage) to set the percentage of current applied to the stepper coils. I also have the plan to use this percentage to set a multiplier for the speed of the wheel. this TB6600 driver as the most on the market works with pulses, so one step per pulse. This way if the effect percentage is high, the Arduino will send pulses at a higher frequency, making the stepper spin faster.



At the end of this next video, you can see the current chop of this driver, and this makes me confident that it's gonna work and feel good to drive. on the next couple of weeks, my stepper must arrive so I can post the progress

I see that this thread has another project totally different then mine, so I decided to create another post to my project, if anyone is interested to follow this is the link bellow
https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...drive-using-tb6600-driver-cheap-option.11973/

What a good aspect this project has. I will follow closely, thank you very much for sharing

If somebody interesting, here is the code of Arduino Leonardo, actually you can use and other Arduino, but only Leonardo has feedback option.
Less words, more pictures.
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And one more option for Monster Moto Shield, only what you need is NPN bc547 Transistorand couple resistors 5Kom, i have tried with other NPN transistor and is works well.
And you need to choose PWM+ DIR mode on wheelconfig advance settings.

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And Here is files Necessary for set up your wheel.

Have a fun [/QUOTE]
Hi, i've done this project but im not able to calibrate the wheel, i'm using a rotary encoder, the dbs36e-s3ek00100.

Tell me if you need more information.

Hi. I am from Argentina. I am new at this. I tell you that I have a Genius speed wheel force feedback, which I almost did not use because I bought it late and has no drivers for the current operating systems. I want to make it work with Arduino taking advantage of the most of the wheel. I would like to know how I can do. If you can help me, I would be very grateful. Thank you.

You need to reverse engineer the axis reading function (whether it is rotary encoder or potentiometer, and which wires) and the buttons (if they work individually or if there is a shift-register or other mode).

Once you understand this (or part of it), you can use Arduino Leonardo or STM32f407 to receive information (axes and buttons) and H-bridge to control the engine.

Thank you. If I upload some photos, could you help me? With respect to the Arduino, are firmwares obtained to use it with force feedback? And the H bridge depends on the engine, right?

Even with photos it can be difficult to help, but I can try.
Arduino Leonardo (atmega32u4) there is firmware ready for joystick with FFB (RFR Wheel Ai-Wave).
H-bridge depends on the engine you use, if it is a very large one, you may need to add more than one in parallel