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    edit: 25 June 2018: Added a significant amount of additional servos, especially the smaller series MiGe units, for those that might want to use a smaller-footprint and lower torque servo. 8x MiGe and 3x Kollmorgen servos added. See the highlights in blue. Use this Rev6 file now, please.

    Link to thread on Granite Devices Community Forum here: -> https://community.granitedevices.com/t/servo-ioni-a…n-guide/1018/19

    Cheers,

    Beano

    Bonne nouvelle, visiblement le développement du firmware avance très bien puisque la version 0.7 en beta fermée vient de sortir et on devrait pouvoir tester la beta ouverte mardi prochain :sleurp:, après la sim expo, sauf si des bugs imprévu faisaient leur apparition sur cette nouvelle beta.


    Yes, correct, feedback from Mika over at iRacing - so almost there, guys, just short few days!! See below quote as well :)

    Cheers, Beano


    Mika Takala a écrit :

    Profile management closed beta has now been released. There is going to be a hotfix tomorrow, but looking good. Planning on an open beta release after returning from Simexpo on Monday.

    If people recognize me at Simexpo this weekend, it might be beneficial to ask for URL for the closed beta. I just might have some handy links printed out.....

    Just a short update:

    Australian Alpha-Monkey doing Bootloader testing with Mika. Going really well, flash on PC A and reflash on PC's B, C and D working wonderfully well. This simply means, once you flash the new Bootloader via the DFUseDemo, you won't ever have to play with the hardware switches again.

    All future flashes can then be done directly via the GUI, without moving the Switch S1. Nice :)

    Cheers,


    Beano

    Below sequence of pictures will tell the whole story.. apologies if I am verbose, but I am just excited...

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    Thanx for looking, guys!

    @Davyn: I am using some aluminium stand-offs, and then milled some grooves to hold the pcb. (I have Vario BF46 milling machine at home) Tolerances are quite tight, so as I am bolting the standoffs down, they are squeezing/clamping the pcb just enough so it doesn't move anywhere. No mounting screws needed in this case for the BBi32 board.

    Thanx Guys :)

    @ All: Was going to wire and test the wheel over the weekend before flying out to Jakarta, only to realise I had no more 24AWG Turnigy silicone wore left, only 20AWG.

    Well, that is a bit to big in dia, so instead I decided to do a semi-decent job out of this and ordered 24AWG dia from Hobby King. It should be delivered this week, as they now have a warehouse in NSW - local shipping, yeay. Just received the shipping confirmation this morning, so I guess I will be wiring it next weekend.

    More soon.

    Next step, I had to spent an hour on the milling machine to machine a few slots and shaved a bit of material off the standoffs separating the wheel and shifter plate - why?

    Well, firstly, the button controller has to sit underneath the shifter plate.....and secondly, I have changed my mind on which controller to use for this.....the one I was going to use doesn't yet support ELMA dual encoders, so I will revert back to the trusty old Bodnar BBI-32 board, with its configurable inputs.

    It happily supports the dual encoders. I am hoping one day Leo will revise the board and make it slightly narrower, as there is room on the sides to remove 3-5mm each side - this will be enough to fit it almost anywhere. Another mod I would like to see is grounded vias on the 4 mounting holes. This is such a great controller, the above will make it even better!!

    Anyway, as mentioned, the standoffs are machined for slots as well, and the BBi-32 sits snug in those. As soon as I tighten the standoffs down, it actually wedges the board pretty tight between them, more than good enough for a secure mechanical mounting without actually needing any mounting holes. Neat, hey?

    On the weekend, I will begin wiring the switches, but I can only finish it off once I receive the ELMA rotary selectors sometime in the next 10 days.

    The obligatory progress shots:


    What remains to be done?

    Well, awaiting the delivery of a special small-sized rotary selector, from the ELMA 01-series. They are expensive, but the only thing that will fit in the available space. They should arrive next week hopefully, all good, as I will be in Indonesia anyway. So the build will continue once they arrive.

    Of course, I still have to wire the controller, and switches, but that is quick and easy.

    More to come, watch this space.

    Cheers,


    Beano

    Starting to test-fit things to see if there are any issues, but all going pretty well at the moment - nothing unexpected and unforseen...

    The rear plate-assembly with the shifters fitted, glad I designed slots into the plate, but even so, the paddles itself provide for a good amount of adjustability:

    I wanted to stray away from the standard where one would drill holes through the button-plate to mount it....I opted for a different process here, making life easier assembling and disassembling the wheel - but also possibly looking a bit better without bolt-heads on the front? Not sure, but I like it.

    I got some 50mm stainless bolts and cut the heads off. Drilled out the pilot holes on the wheel to 4mm metric and threaded it to M5. Screwed the studs in and secured them with a washer and bolt from the back. Pretty rigid setup, happy with it.


    Then, I am using some very strong 3M high-strength industrial double-sided tape - I doubt this will ever move, I tried my best after putting it in place, and it isn't going anywhere. I quite like the look, came better than I anticipated.



    I also used a very thin 3M double sided tape, almost as thin as regular cello tape, to secure the tiny labels in their pockets. This is also pretty good, whilst still allowing me to remove them and change them out for others if I so wish...

    Below, labels fixed in place and plate secured to the wheel.


    Hey Guys,


    I have just received my plates in from Brett at HRS, and they came even better than expected. He did a fantastic job finishing them off as per my design and requirements, cannot be happier. Much appreciated!

    Here is the shifter plate that will carry the shifters, as well as cater for both the BT u-HID and Bodnar BBI32 boards. I will however, not be using any of those, rather one based on the STM32F1 controller. It is compact and powerful and have just enough inputs to cover my requirements - I think there might be one button spare, but I might use a slightly different board though, which may give me the exact amount of IO - not that extras are a problem, the other board though have 4 mounting holes ;)


    And below the button plates with custom machined pockets to receive the laser-engraved labels - these make all the difference in the final appearance I think, just rounding off the wheel to look pretty professional. Please note the plate just loosely placed ontop of the rim, don't mind the misalignment...I was in a rush to see what it would look like, but it will be properly aligned before affixing it to the rim.

    I am hoping to be running it on the weekend, need to go and get M5x55mm studs, fingers crossed I get them in time...

    Enjoy, I will post final updates quite soon now.

    Hi guys,

    Building something for myself.

    Here is the candidate, you might agree on the looks, the Rex of wheels, I guess (stock photo downloaded from the Interwebs)



    The plate design Batman, anyone?


    A render example:


    And the final plate, I will show pictures next weekend after I receive them:


    @Closed Beta Testers: V0.5.0 is out, GUI looking better than ever. Mika has now implemented the Bump-stops as well, so things are progressing nicely.

    Get testing :)

    PS: Next on the list is the Bootloader which will significantly ease fw updating, I guess we will see it move to open beta at that point. Mika can confirm yes or no.

    Hello Guys,

    As promised earlier, a video, with me doing some talking and some driving - should give you an idea how the wheel is behaving with the new firmware.

    It's about 15 minutes long. Hopefully it answers some questions.

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    It is quite common on many forums to find those that doesn't believe in the contribution a good wheel can make.


    Let me show you the consistency you can have with a low-latency input device, with quality FFB - in the below screenshot, I am doing groups of 4 laps each (1 outlap/3 hotlaps) testing in the Moocedes around SPA. This the new open-source fw running on my OSW.


    I am running around 20NM torque here, weather was at 24deg C track temp.


    Consistency through the roof. The slight variance between the different groups, eas me playing with the rear toe to stabilize the back due to a very loose oversteer on/off throttle set I developed.


    I will just leave this here. Please note I am no alien, just an old fart with poor eyesight 8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif

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    Beautiful work, I would also like to make such a wheel one day for the Moocedes GT3 for iRacing, I race thst for the Mad Cows, it is such a fun car to drive, but need the right wheel.

    Yours serves as an inspiration for me to start :)

    Cheers,

    Beano