DIY Steering Wheel Base

[dennisnojack]

Does a Arduino PRO MINI ATMEGA328 5V/16M MWC avr328P Development Board @3$ work?
In such a case, event button boxes would be really cheap!

I programming my 2560 Mega on Windows Platform with Flip.
In FLIP there is no ATMEGA328 to choose.

[RacingMat]

Thanks for having checked that!
I'll look further cheap compatible arduino...
(About the arduino mini I linked, I mistook: it has no usb socket! only fdti... )

Good luck dennisnojack for the last part: implementing FFB!
yours

[dennisnojack]

[suckiden]

is this project still alive, I am very interested and would love to see some results

[tronicgr]

Not sure how this can be done with arduino...

You need something more powerful anyways... like real servomotor with integrated driver...
FFB Wheel test drive 3: http://youtu.be/phHcsRGeF5U

I used an arduino nano on this just to read the shifter and parse the gears to the main 32-bit microprocessor that actually handles the FFB...

[suckiden]

tronicgr looks nice so far. Do you have to use the x-sim software for FF and what micro controller do you use? I would really like to build my own controller but like the possibility of a g27 steering wheel to just "plug and play" so maybe just hack into a xbox360 steering wheel controller.

[RacingMat]

@dennisnojack: how are you? What's up?

@suckiden: if you're interested in DIY FFB wheel, you can have a look there:

http://forum.virtualracing.org/showthre ... vo-Lenkrad (german)

http://forum.virtualracing.org/showthre ... Controller (in german)
http://www.racingfr.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47981 (in french)

a complete step by step tutorial
http://www.racingfr.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=46898 (in french)

[dennisnojack]

I'm still trying... My experience with coding is novice =D

I use an Arduino Due with 32 bit Arm.

[TheXRacer]

Hey all Chris is back with DIY Peripheral Project ,

....i buield my own Steering Wheel ... with a 200W DC motor for ge-forces ..

I use X-Sim to transfare the G-Forces to the motor from the Sim ( Assetto/ Rfactor) ...it works great at the moment ...not a V2 Fanatec or an t500 or an kind of a servo drive direct wheel ! ? .... it is different .....not better or terrible ..... it is strong and give me directly feedback from the road ! ....At the moment i have some problems with the encoder ... i use a pot wit 270° rotation, this is to little to drive a car exact....next i buield a translation ...yet i can use 540° 12Bit resolution.... it is great but not sufficient ... .

Now i need a option to produce 900° or 1080° ...., witch encoder can i use .... i used a 10turn pot it was not the best the precision droped down ...the resolutuion from the BU0836A ( Leo Bodnar ) 12bit was to small to handle a good driving experience for 5 full turns 4096/ 5 = 820steps per rotation

Witch way is the best .....optical encoder (Hall effect) like T500Rs or Frex Sim wheel Pot (?) ......

any tutorial or instructions please help me for the last step ....when it works fine in the future i will make a selfmade DIY report to build a great SRW for under 100-150 Euro .......

i wait for your reply ....

Best regards Chris

[TheXRacer]

Check out the wheelbase pictures
link: " gallery/album.php?album_id=168 "

regards Chris