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DIY Home Steering Wheel
twistedsymphony:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 08, 2014, 03:16:41 pm ---The 360 wheel, while software-wise is worthless, has some interesting hardware designs a person might want to copy. I think it used a full on optical pot module, which is a design element a person would want as it means zero maintenance and no risk of breaking the pot via over-steering. I think the gearing system was particularly good as well.
Just don't copy the heat sink or power supply as those things tended to catch on fire. ;)
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ooooh... I do like optical encoders now that you mention it... it strikes me as weird that they don't do that with arcade machines... I'd figure non-mechanical non-wear parts would be worth the extra cost in that setting.
hall-effect sensors are cool too, but probably too inaccurate for a FFB wheel.
Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 08, 2014, 03:16:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: twistedsymphony on May 08, 2014, 02:31:58 pm ---...
- an official Xbox 360 console wheel
so if anyone needs to me to take a closer look at any of those parts for reference purposes I can do so.
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The 360 wheel, while software-wise is worthless, has some interesting hardware designs a person might want to copy. I think it used a full on optical pot module, which is a design element a person would want as it means zero maintenance and no risk of breaking the pot via over-steering. I think the gearing system was particularly good as well.
Just don't copy the heat sink or power supply as those things tended to catch on fire. ;)
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Something like the opti whiz / opti-pac or Rablack97's interface I can't find a link to? Or something different?
Derp
Mouse hack?
Howard_Casto:
Nah man, that's the cool part. They've got some kind of converter going on. Physically it's a encoder wheel, but it shows up and wires up like a regular pot. If you are doing ff though then your AVR will control the inputs as well, or else it can't read the current position of the wheel and FF won't work properly.
Generic Eric:
The motor says 90VDC, 2174RPM 1.51AMPS 67 in/oz TORQUE
BTW, I think patents for software are dumb. Why not patent English?
brad808:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 08, 2014, 02:33:34 pm ---Using a Logitech PCB with a Happ wheel has the issue of the centering feedback flinging the wheel past center and overcorrecting, causing the wheel to shake violently back and forth when left unattended.
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Just wanted to comment on this and say that mine is still working perfectly. I was just playing on it tonight. It's been working perfectly for over a year now at least. I find it hard to believe that other people had such a hard time with it.
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