rel4y
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Hey there, I received a bunch of 3D printed parts yesterday (see below) and now I'm in the process of assembling a new batch of sensors. The cougar stick sensors are mostly done already. Tomorrow I will start accepting new orders again! Sorry about the wait guys, I will answer all emails that piled up in the second half of August. I will also announce a few new and interesting products soon. I have a truckload of novel project PCBs incoming next week. The Force sensing is progressing very well. I am currently in cooperation with some very talented simpit builders from the Falcon BMS community to make the new force sensing base as close to the original as possible. I hope to improve on Arends already great FCC3 in a few points. Btw if anybody can help me out in how to build a website/ online shop (not shopify please) I'd be very interested. The email system is not very efficient sadly.
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Looking sexy! The manual prop pitch on the german throttle should say "größer" though, it is a "ß" (sharp s) and not a "b". :) Do you have a multi material FDM printer?
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Sorry for the long radio silence. Good job @ maz0r! Sexy looking CH Throttle! ;) I have been working day and night the last weeks. And I would like to get right back to it, so just a few quick updates for now. :) I have a working contactless prototype for the ANT elevation pot of the Cougar and the ANT RNG pot is in progress, though unusually tricky. There are also more interesting Cougar mods coming up, but I will reveal these later. Since I got a few questions about them, CH Fighterstick gimbal and dual stage trigger are on hold for now. I am currently setting up production for metal parts of the Force sensing stick. My force sensing option will finally be a unit to original F-16 specs and fitting sim pits again (since Arend, the FCC3 mastermind has sadly passed away). Furthermore there will be adapter plates for the Cougar and Warthog. Initially the FCC will come as a Cougar mod (using the Cougar electronics), but the Warthog and standalone version will follow suit soon after. The Warthog laser cut adapter plates will be made within the initial contract. Currently I am setting up a laser cutting contract for the stainless steel plates needed. The CNC milled Cougar/ Warthog stick adapter parts + special parts of the electronics will be quite expensive, so I might need to set up a kickstarter to cover initial production costs. Since everybody loves pictures, here you go. :) For all that didnt get an email response from me in the past days, expect one today. Overall I am pretty much out of stock on Cougar mods (expected back in stock within two weeks), but I have made a few more CH sensors and CH upgrade mainboards if anybody is interested. :)
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I cant direct you to any parts, because the sensors are completely hand made. The cases are my designs 3D SLS printed from Shapeways and the PCBs are also my designs hand assembled by me.
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Yes, thats correct. I still cant ship to the US. Only via UPS which is like 25€. :(
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These are MagRez and a 1to1 replacement for the original pots. :thumbup: As a reminder, this is how they look: The mail service still doesnt accept packages to the USA. Well I can apparently send it via UPS, but shipping would be around 25€... :(
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I have made ten CH sensors and three CH mainboards today. If anybody is interested send me an email over at mtwsims@tutamail.com
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I have made ten CH sensors and three CH mainboards today. If anybody is interested send me an email over at mtwsims@tutamail.com :) As a reminder, this is how they look:
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As per request I have just added a few MMJoy2 TLE5011 / TLE5010 sensor PCB options to OSH Park free to use for all you DIY guys. Type B and C have the same borehole spacing as GVL MagRez and RAMS sensors. v2: 30mm borehole distance, 2.54mm pitch header pin connector https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/DSH0FhMU ver B: 34,4mm borehole distance, 2.54mm pitch header pin connector https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/QlLrcnAk ver C: 34,4mm borehole distance, 1.25mm pitch connector https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/z9ofDZsD
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Thanks, sirrah and bones1014! As per request I have just added a few MMJoy2 TLE5011 / TLE5010 sensor PCB options to OSH Park free to use for all you DIY guys. Type B and C have the same borehole spacing as GVL MagRez and RAMS sensors. v2: 30mm borehole distance, 2.54mm pitch header pin connector https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/DSH0FhMU ver B: 34,4mm borehole distance, 2.54mm pitch header pin connector https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/QlLrcnAk ver C: 34,4mm borehole distance, 1.25mm pitch connector https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/z9ofDZsD
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Just cut the loops open with a wire cutter. :)
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Sadly, no. These are DIN connectors, but its a 5 pin Mini DIN. I have found similiar ones with longer brackets, but the original is only 28x15 mm wide. I have searched everywhere for these... It looks like this:
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Hey Debolestis, have you found a place to buy this female mini DIN connector? I have been looking forever for this damn connector.
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Ah, OK. Yes, that sounds like a more severe issue then. No you wot need CCP/ FOXY anymore with the USB adapter. It makes the device dxinput compatible and all axes + buttons will be recognized normally within DCS. The calibration will be done over MMJoy and I will attach a PDF manual on installation/ calibration.
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For the USB standalone adapter you will only need the Throttle PCB, but this PCB is "dumb". This means there are no active elements on it, only a bunch of diodes and resistors. The USB standalone adapter + digital GMR sensor will work with both the older 3.8V and newer 5V throttle mainboard! So by getting this option you will not have to worry about your boardtype at all. The USB adapter is volatge supplied via USB and has its own internal 5V voltage regulator, which then also powers the digital GMR sensor. I also have a USB upgrade mainbaord for the stick base ready. It will be based on a 32 Bit ARM processor and will read out 12 Bit resolution on the axes. The layout is done, but due to the current virus situation I cant get it manufactured under reasonable terms. Though this erratoc output points very much to old and broken pots on the X and Y axis. I had the very same problem and thats the whole reason I developed my stick sensors. I think the fix to your solution will be X and Y axis sensor replacement. Have a look at my opening post in this thread, there you will find my MR stick sensors. :) Ebay Kleinanzeigen is something like a German Craigslist. Most likely google translate will mess up the links on that page. But in the first post I listed my email several times over which I process orders: mtwsims@tutamail.com Hope that clears things up! :)
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I am still around, but doing business is very hard currently. I am not allowed to ship outside of the EU and the mail service refuses to tell me when it may be possible again to do so. I cant get the hall ICs procured for the Cougar Throttle analog hall sensor, Farnell gives me a shipping date of 19.10.20... So supply lines are absolutely messed up. I also cant get hold of some parts for the CH upgrade mainboards.. Its just no fun at the moment. What I do have in stock and can deliver within the EU only are: -Cougar Stick MR sensors -Cougar Throttle USB standalone adapters + 14 Bit digital sensors -CH sensors
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Sadly, there is no basis for operation at the moment. I can only ship within the EU, because the german mail service doesnt allow to ship outside the EU for some unknown reason. And then even that isnt working properly as one package to Sweden is stuck "due to Corona"... Absolute abysmal service! Deutsche Post tells me, but you can ship within Germany no problem. That is too kind, thank you! Edit: Resolved, world wide shipping is possible again!
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Amazing work on your latest release! Thank you for supporting several external ADCs and all these other great features! FreeJoy is now basically the new DIY community standard. You rock! :thumbup: -
I posted this over in my Thrustmaster thread. Currently I am sold out and with the virus situation basically my supply lines are cut off. Most of the parts needed I still have lying around, but a stuck shipment of PCBs, cables and ball bearings is halting production at the moment. To that I have a bunch of business trips coming up, so the next weeks will be very busy anyway. I will start making the sensors and boards again once the smoke clears, which will hopefully be at the end of March.
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First of all, I am by no means an expert on ADCs. Magners has a point in saying that mostly the bad board layout is to blame. I just checked the STM32F103 ADC specs and they look decent. The STM32f103 just like the ATmega32u4 has +-2 LSB max error and a bit higher nonlinearity error. The main problem is the horrible blue pill voltage supply, the 3.3V reg is absolute crap. I will try to circumvent/ replace it. Another problem is that analog and digital supply/ ground are not seperated properly. In terms of digital filtering, thats what I referred to earlier. That certainly helps, but you are sacrificing sample rate. Looking at the transients posted in the IL-2 forums, you may get away with "medium" filtering at 80 ms, but "high" at 200 ms is already too much for my taste. It results in noticable input lag.
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Amazing work! Thank you very much and please keep development active. :)
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PMed you cyberadje. I am currently on a business trip and because of the coronavirus situation my supply lines are pretty much cut off right now. I have a few CH sensors still in stock, but overall everything else is sold out and I can't tell you when I get my next PCB shipments. (CH upgrade mainboards e.g.) There is also a shipment of Cougar cables stuck in Hong Kong, so I can't make these sensors currently.. It's annoying, but I can't do much about it.
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Sorry, I have a bad cold currently. I will try to answer the emails in the next days. There may be a solution to this problem, Ill have to test around if it works. The solution could be graphite bearings instead of ball bearings. However, how to integrate the push button is beyond me currently.
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You can recalibrate your Microstick in MMJoy, especially reset the center of your Microstick correctly. You can also increase your deadzone in MMJoy. If it is still drifting afterwards, most likely your Microstick is failing. The Cougar Microstick sadly is not of the best quality.
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The magnetoresistive CH sensors are 22€ per piece and these are in stock. The 12 Bit CH upgrade mainboard is 30€. Although the 10 mainboards I made so far are already sold out. If you are interested simply write a mail to mtwsims@tutamail.com. I will make a PDF tutorial on how to install the sensors and boards. I was waiting for Gary to send me some pictures, so the tutorial could be a bit clearer. He sent them over today (Thank you mate!), so I can start with the PDF now. It is technically possible for the upgrade mainbord to be recognized by the CH manager. I have not played around with it and dont see much sense in it. I can explain how its done via mail, but I am not giving any support on it.
