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Tronic's AMC motor motion-controller with pwm/servo output

Discussion in 'SimTools compatible interfaces' started by tronicgr, Aug 30, 2007.

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  1. tronicgr

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    No!!! Your 2DOF is super very realistic! Good job!!!
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  2. bsft

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    yes I saw that link , its a good design
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  3. bsft

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    your comment
    "Hehe, exactly like coin-op arcades... lol"
    I resent that. LOL on end or not
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  4. tronicgr

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    Oh noes... someone stole your idea...

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    Fully agree. Only when you have 6 completely independent axis – which is certainly not the case with a Stewart platform – you can use the 3 rotations and 3 accelerations straight out of the plugins. Otherwise you will first have to translate them into the position of the 6DOF platform. And this is where a math plugin would come into play.
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    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    Because you can mix the outputs in SimTools itself, One motor can output multiple DOF's.

    let's take for example a Rock'n'Ride vs SimForceGT (frex)
    Let's take an old Rock.n.Ride as an example.
    It would use 2 motors - one for Sway and one for Surge.
    The axis assignments would look like this.
    1.jpg

    Now take a SimForceGT style char (frex).
    Where they have 2 motors in the back.
    The motors need to work together to achieve Sway and Surge.
    So the axis assignments would look like this.
    2.jpg

    Both simulators produce the same output to the rider, but both simulators have their motors in completely different spots.
    I hope this helps!
    yobuddy
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  7. tronicgr

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    And you can mix heave with pitch to get this...




    But still.... that would work only on 2D plane surface math... we are talking about carefully coordinating the motion of 6 actuators that have to move in parallel to recreate positions of the platform, with desired offset of the COG and crossover limits... Just too complicate to achieve the inverse kinematics math by just mixing a couple of values.

    Last time I checked the equation was going like:
    L(i)= sqr( ( (plx^2)+(ply^2)+(plz^2)+(rp^2)+(rb^2) ) + ( 2 * (r11 * p(i)x + r12 * p(i)y) * (plx - b(i)x) ) + ( 2 * (r21 * p(i)x + r22 * p(i)y) * (ply - b(i)y ) ) + ( 2 * (r31 * p(i)x + r32 * p(i)y) * plz) - ( 2 * (plx * b(i)x + ply * b(i)y) ) )

    And that is to calculate only one of the legs... o_O
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    But of course, there are members here that already storming my PM, cause they don't like to have real 6DOF math... that's fine... Cya...
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  9. yobuddy

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    There is no reason SimTools could not have a math section.
    It's just that no one has asked yet is all.

    A Stewart platform can for sure be driven the way you suggest,
    but I can't really think of any others types of simulators that would use a math plugin?
    I would have to explore more of what we would need in a math section and what other types of sim's would use it.
    I know there is the older "6DOF Master" software around here somewhere I could take a look at. (anyone know where it is?)

    I'm always willing to extend SimTools as far as I can (and time allows lol).
    yobuddy
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    Hi
    @yobuddy YES PLEASE !!

    At the moment I have a design where the base motor pairs use the same pivot point on the top platform, so in theory without the 6 dof math's, I can use 4 dof, The two that are a problem are Surge and Sway. But with a plugin I can use all six.

    regards Terry

    6dof final base with mod motors position1.jpg
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    Hi
    Not taking anything away from the wiper motor rig its a great effort, but there must be some mixing of the dof outputs, the demo video that best shows the 6 dof independently is this



    Sim Tools makes available the 6 dof force values, but for a true stewart platform these values need to be processed to give the required platform movements without one dof affecting the other.

    I'm not dissing anyone's efforts to create a 6dof platform just using Sim Tools but there must be some interaction and stress on the motors.

    regards Terry
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    Telfel, that explains the questions that you had posted in my thread. Sorry that I did not understand at the time. Nice video.
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    Imho, the 6dof, as implemented here, is only possible due to its limited range of movement with short levers, and the motor connection points at the platform being spread out evenly and far apart, which allows equal distribution of the platforms weight, but further limits movement while allowing more overshoot/undershoot the system can handle without binding up. I would be willing to bet though, if you could track its motion, it does not track accurately and gives false cueing. Without a math plugin making minor adjustments to all the motors allowing them to work properly in unison, the lack of such adjustments must be borne out in the motion instead!

    But that’s not to take away from the excellent results achieved without using 6dof math and just making a few minor adjustments in the SimTools axis settings!
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    Hi everyone,
    I am having difficulty in finding a program that can decode this .cod file into .Hex format.
    Tronicgr, or anyone else, can you please advise what program is suitable or can be used?
    Thanks
    Gianni, Jun 26, 2014
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    Thanks again..
    I cannot access this site? Will try later..
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    Can anyone help me? My controller was working well for 3 years, and suddenly starts to show those results(see photo). Left wiper motor is always at maximum values, instead both in middle positions. What could be wrong? Is it left pot?
    [​IMG]
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    ask on his blogspot http://motionsim.blogspot.com.au/
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