Checking in after 10+ years of looking into building my own FFB joystick; learned the trade of CNC a
Checking in after 10+ years of looking into building my own FFB joystick; learned the trade of CNC aluminium milling and building CNC machine, C-programming, learned 3d printing etc, all to develop a good, solid FFB joystick. I have had many mechanical design iterations, but always hit a brick wall on the software side. This project/product seems to be rocksolid on the software side and quite impressive on the hardware side.
Always envisaged to design something that would be of interests by other fellow simmers, particularly heli pilots (trim is a very import control in the heli, particularly sims!). However during these 10+ years, I got a daughter, a house to build and a job to show up to. I am quite excited about this project, particularly the software side of things. However...I am also aware the torque could be considered a bit limiting, particularly used in conjuction with an extension bar.
My software skills are next to nothing compared to these projects, but mechanically I have learned a thing or 2 both from my personal projects as well as from my real life job.
My questions would be:
What would be the possibilities to tap into the controllers mounted to the stepper (technically servo's with feedback loop) and take off the raw inputs to motor/controller and send it to an outside controller to i.e.:
I can imagine though taken away the motor of the loop, might be problematic for the damping/springy feel though, but keen to discuss how a DIY can improve torque with VPForce software
Very keen to elevate it to next level!
Always envisaged to design something that would be of interests by other fellow simmers, particularly heli pilots (trim is a very import control in the heli, particularly sims!). However during these 10+ years, I got a daughter, a house to build and a job to show up to. I am quite excited about this project, particularly the software side of things. However...I am also aware the torque could be considered a bit limiting, particularly used in conjuction with an extension bar.
My software skills are next to nothing compared to these projects, but mechanically I have learned a thing or 2 both from my personal projects as well as from my real life job.
My questions would be:
What would be the possibilities to tap into the controllers mounted to the stepper (technically servo's with feedback loop) and take off the raw inputs to motor/controller and send it to an outside controller to i.e.:
- control JMC servo's (huge torque, self contained tunable PID), accepts step/dir / ethercat
- SimpleFOC with outrunners to do away with cogging mechanically and much higher torque (i.e. like the FFBeast)
I can imagine though taken away the motor of the loop, might be problematic for the damping/springy feel though, but keen to discuss how a DIY can improve torque with VPForce software
Very keen to elevate it to next level!
