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Cruis’n USA FFB motor question

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SailorSat:
That would be the H-Bridge IC. I'll check my boards for a part number, maythe we can just replace it (though soldering will be p.i.t.a.)

Where in europe are you located? I have a few of those boards from wrecked wheels (kids tend to break the physical limiter)

lilshawn:
maybe an LM293D would work? its a chip commonly used with arduinos and whatnot. it's available in a standard DIP package anyways. you'd just have to solder some tag wires to the pads.

not impossible with some soldering skills.

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: MikeAlex on November 25, 2015, 02:40:01 am ---Badmouth, the chip that desoldered itself is in the red square, I believe it's not a mosfet but then again, I'm not electronic engineer... :) Only the FFB is not working, the rest works fine!

Thanks Howard, I'm considering the immersion board but I’ll be waiting for one to be available closer to where I live (Europe) because the postage costs are prohibitive (for me).

--- End quote ---

yep, that's a chip! sorry to doubt you. 
I too am no electrical engineer.  If it's big, burnt and has numbers on it I try replacing it, but nothing like the skilz lilshawn & SailorSat have.
If shopping for another wheel, try and get the exact same model you had.
Most of the people who used a driving force EX http://timwheatley.org/www/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/drivingforceex.jpg
experienced a "wobble" effect where the centering feedback would slingshot the wheel back and forth past center.
The solution was to turn the centering feedback way down, which kinda defeats the purpose.
I don't know for sure that using that wheel was the issue, but I did notice the two people who were happy with the hack were using the older wheel in your picture.
(the one that was used in Mark Shaker's original tutorial)

SailorSat:
The (fried) chip would be a A3953SLB

MikeAlex:
SailorSat, I’m located in Greece and It would be really nice if you have such a board and if it’s no trouble! I would pay for the postage of course! Soldering the chip though is beyond my soldering skills  :)
Badmouth, Yes, I’m aware of the “wobble” effect with the EX, that’s why I chose the older model. The thing is that before I blew the chip up, I tested the wheel with the Logitech configuration program and though the ffb demos worked perfect, the effect was amazing, the wheel wouldn’t center, it would go all the way to the right once the effects stopped…but that’s a discussion for later, once I get the ffb fixed!  ;)

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