How To - DIY WindSim - Hitting a New Level of Immersion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มี.ค. 2020
- Hello and welcome, this is the The Simpit and the star of today's show is: a DIY Wind Simulator that you can make yourself with minimal effort, and access to a 3D printer.
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Parts List:
Arduino Uno - $13.98 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Adafruit Monster Shield - $22.86 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
200 CFM Brushless Server Fans - $20.98 x2 = $41.96 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
12 Volt Power Supply - $9.99 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
3d Printed Shroud - $priceless
My Cost $88.79 plus 3d printed parts.
Step 1: Insert Pin Connectors into the arduino board.
Step 2: Place the motor shield onto the pins
Step 3: solder the connector pins to the shield
Step 4: add power jumper to motor shield
Step 5: isolate and prep fan power and ground wires. You can ignore the signal wire.
Step 6: Insert power and ground into positions M1 and M2 on the motor shield. (power/usb Side)
Step 7: plug power supply into arduino board and power(wall, surge protector, etc.)
Step 8: Plug USB into Arduino
Step 9: Plug usb into computer
Step 10: Turn on Simhub Software
Step 11: On Left Side click on arduino
Step 12: On top menu click on My Hardware
Step13: Open Arduino Setup Tool
Step 14: On Left Side under general give your windsim a title
Step 15: scroll down to ShakeIt Adafruit Motorshield V2 and click on 1 and make the PWM 400
Step 16: on right side Under Board select arduino uno and on serial port you should see arduino uno, click that also
Step 17: Click on upload to arduino and when finished click “ok” and then close the setup tool window
Step 18: On the left side of simhub click on Shake it Motors and then on the new top menu click on Motors Output
Step 19: Now you want to enable the Force Feel Pad and then also enable Arduino Motors and Fans
Note: for the arduino it will show “4 motors connected”, and for Forcefeel Pad it will show disconnected
Step 20: Click on the drop down for arduino Motors and fans
Step 21: At the Top are Channels 1,2,3 and so on. We are using channels 1 and 2 and will be turning on effects for both channels 1 and 2. Turn on Acceleration G-Force, Deceleration G-Force, Gear Shifts, Road Impacts Channel1 for front left and channel 2 for front right, and then finally speed
Step 22: Click The Output Tuning Button
Note: This area is where you will play with these numbers to get the results you want (for me it was 5 and 15)
Threshold (remove smallest effects) : minimum effect to start the output on the device (from 0 to 100),
Example : A threshold of 20 will remove any outputs from effects below 20%, so 20 - 100% will be outputed as 0 - 100% on the motors
Minimum force (raise output for smallest effects ) : minimum force when the output is started, this is intended to balance devices not starting or too weakly at low voltage/output
Example : A mimimum force of 20% will transform 0 - 100% effects to 20% - 100% to ensure than smallest effects are felt.
Step 23: Hold your fans so they don't jump and watch your fingertips,then click on Test Now for channels 1 and 2. If all goes well you will see and feel your fans spinning for a quick burst. Next to the output tuning menu you can also see a graph of the signal strength being sent to the fans. The first column being channel 1 and the second being channel 2. If you are satisfied with the output, you can move on to step 24, if not go back to step 22 until desired effects are achieved.
Step 24: Add 3d printed fan shroud to front and back of fan. I used the standard fan screw to hold them in.
Step 25: Add lower Mount, Add a nut and bolt to the mount
Step 26: Attach mount to rig: I used 2 wood screws per mount on the left and right uprights of my monitors.
Step 27: Fire up your favorite Simhub compatible sim
Step 28: Enjoy the Wind
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For anyone having issues with this guide not working, I think the fan wire diagram is slightly incorrect. The ground is the middle pins and the power is the outside pins (ones labeled M1 / M2 etc), effectively just swap the fan cables from what is shown in the video.
Yeah, I also had to invert the wire diagram. But I think he says correctly that the GND wire must be near the GND connector.
Fantastic guide Shaun, amazing stuff thank you!
Thanks for the great tutorial, it helped me get it all running
Hey Shaun loved the added comedy content about the wind blowing through your hair. You're a funny guy....lol. Thanks for the laugh.
stuff like this is why I should wait til the video is over to read the comments 😂 lol
Hey Shawin I know you have had this system for a while but I drive in VR too and this sounds Great! I just received my parts to hook it up. I have a 3DOF platform and hope the speed variable fan helps the immersion! Cant wait to get it set up this weekend. I'll post a video and hopefully my observations are the same as Yours !! DMAX
Yes this worked for me... Thanks
Great video ! Thanks Sim Pit .
Great video and thanks for sharing! Planning to add these to my sim soon! :-)
wow just found you after getting back into sim racing. I remember your videos on inside sim racing from back in 2012, havent changed at all, besides the facial hair!
ground and plus are wrong in the video....
Thank you. 👍 👋🇨🇭
i can't find where to find the 3d printed parts
Thank you
Great step by step instructions THANK YOU!!!!
Thanks!!!
I was going this way, until when I found the seaflo blowers, that seems has a lot more of air volume.. for this I think the V2 would not be enough, I think the monester moto is the way to go... do you know where I could find a wiring and coding for the monster moto?
Great hack, Thanks Shaun! I would love to see more hacks and tips on making our simulators, next level. I noticed several of the fans on Amazon are actually 4 wires. Seems like many of the higher CFM fans use 4 wires. Will these fans also work with this hack? Some of these PWM fans are rated at 3000 RPM. That should move lots of air!
Thanks!
If your fan tries to spin when testing make sure you have the barrel jack enabled with the jumper and it is plugged in to a wall outlet.
Hi Shaun - I believe if you tune the settings in SimHub, you should get the fans to stop faster when stopping in the pits. 😊
where can i find the files for the 3d printed fan parts and box? I didnt see them.
it didn’t work for me at all , fan not doing nothing, do you have to write a code to the shield and elego uno or just attache them together out of the box like in tutorial video ?
What type of wire would we need in order to extend the fan wires?
Hey Shaun I have a question for you, and I think you might be the only person that can answer it. I currently have a Fanatec Turbo S wheel (I preordered it, that shows how old it is) and CSR elite pedals on a wheel stand pro. I am starting to feel like the wheel is getting to its last legs, but I have been saving for a rig (like a GTR GT-A, or GT Omega Art/knockoff). Once i have a rig i think i want to get a new wheel. I don't want to side grade and want a legitimate upgrade at the best price point. Coming from the PWTS what would be the most appropriate route to go CSL, T300, TSPC racer, CSW (looking for the best experience from just a wheel base and one wheel for between $500-$600 or less. What do you think. Sorry for being very long winded.
Great video, my compliments, I have question: Is it possible to use this project with Flight Simulator 2020? Thanks in advanced Cristiano
Thanks for the video! I’m actually following the instructions and works fine! But the fan is always running in a min speed while plugged to the power.. never reaches 0. Is there any way I can completely stop the fan when the car is not moving?
I see that these fans are rated at 1.6A while the monster shield delivers only a continuous 1.2A (3A peak). Am I missing something here?
Hello! Beautiful description of the project. I actually built this project two months ago. I never mounted because Simhub was not working well with simfeedback. I have a SFX-100 rig powered by simfeedback. When I play F1 -2020, my simfeedback telemetry requires legacy mode. This mode is not present in Simhub.
Also, I’m having issues with my brushless fans. At high speeds, when I test them, the fan loses power for a second and returns back to max rpm. Have you faced this issue?
Thanks!
I’ve got one as well but I use SRS with the Thanos board. No issues at all for me. Maybe this would fix your problem?… it wouldn’t be a cheap fix though…
link to LED light strip video please?
Hi Shaun, possible to get the modified fan shroud files? or anyone has it can share it with me? emailed but no response. Thank you and great tutorial.
Thanks!!
I did this over the weekend and it works great! My negative and positive were different for the fans but otherwise it went well.
Questions.... Why 400 for the PWM? Shouldn't it be 1600 to match the board?
What is the difference between using the jumper and going straight to the motor shield with the 12 volts?
Thanks again!
How's it holding up? Was it worth it I'm planning on doing this
Gustavo Salgado it’s holding up great! The cooling in vr is worth it on its own plus the added effects of feeling like your moving due to wind flow is good as well. The pwm affects the amount the fans sound like they are whining. I stuck with 1600 for my taste.
@@chillil321 Just now ordering the parts. Since its been a little while since you put yours together, have any recommendations?
@@MarxismIStreason The only thing I did extra was to purchase the three pin connectors for the fans so I could quick disconnect them. I also 3d printed an enclosure for the circuit boards from thingiverse. The video is a great guide and I have not had to deviate from that much.
Didn’t work for me at all , it shows not connected and fans not spinning.
Is it called a "Monster Shield"? I can't seem to find it on Amazon under that name. Unless you meant "motor shield"?
I have followed your steps but still cant seem to get the fans to run during the test or in game. I've tried to reflash the Arduino, checked the fans, checked the + and -, nothing seems to work. Have any ideas on what could be giving me issues?
same thing here
I clamped a drone motor to my desk, and modified some code to controll the ESC, and the amount of wind is blowing is ridiculous
bro can you share your code to control rc drone motor please, i think the response time on those rc motor should be waaay faster than those pc fan, i have one pc fan 120mm with 7500rpm, is powerfull but too laggy
4:41 🤔??🤣
I got the sim racing studio fan so i know they can do much better job with the software. simhub step your game up i wanted to build this but it lags way too much for my OCD
Thanks for the vid, but too much incorrect (GRND/+ reversed) and unnecessary info (enable FORCEFEEL PAD? Acceleration G-Force? Road impacts? No. Just enable Speed). Clean it up, bruh.
I was wondering that about the wires being in the reverse order...so you're sure the positive is the outermost terminals?
Out of all the setups online yours is only one correct PWN... @boostedmedia isn’t even using same power connecter port. Not sure what difference this makes but if it wasn’t needed I sure wish I wouldn’t have cut my power wires. I would like a better explanation from someon what PWN is. Because most fans are rated way higher PWN then arduino does. I wish I understood that setting more. Feel like I’m blindly entering numbers. Has to be some kind of math to ensure correct number. But like you said 400 on mine seems to work decently.
Boosted Media literally builds computers and understands how electronics work.
There are two parts to the Arduino: the uno and the motor shield; both of which require power. The motor shield obviously requires more power since it is supplying the fans. Thus, the way Boosted Media wires the Arduino is correct. He is supplying power to the motor shield via the 12v adapter and is supplying power to the uno via the USB.
If you don't want to cut the power supply, you could always wire a 12v female end to the motor shield.
@@mmatthews90 Boosted Media simply plagiarised their tutorial from amstudio (youtube) without crediting the author obviously...I doubt they know what they are doing. In their second part they even suggest using PWM of 60 instead of 1600, and that wouldn't even move the fans (I followed their tutorial and parts they recommended so I can confirm)
What if at step 23 nothing happens 😭
make sure the everything is on 100 %
mike corn on sim hub right?
Arotin Khosrofian yep standard everything is on 50% make that 100% on the motors tab ( effect profile - speed the speaker slider).
Same here
arent these pwm fans? couldnt you just plug thewm straight into an arduino and code it to run straight from it rather than having a motor daughter board?
Yes they are PWM fans, and I have heard there is a way to do that I couldnt find instructions however
@@TheSimpit no worries was just theoretical, haven't done it myself just curious 🙂
You could, but the Arduino isnt suitable to switch those loads.
Hello,
To anyone reading this, if you have PWM controlled fans, it is possible to run them directly with the arduino.
BUT, the Wind Sim, to be effective, needs high CFM fans.
They are 12v AND idealy above 1Amp. your Arduino will struggle to give you this type of load and over time fail on you.
The voltage regulator built into the Arduino to go from 12v to 5v isn't very good and will overheat.
The motor sheild is rated for 12v 3Amps. And Max 1.2 Amps per motor output. (spec you fans accordingly)
To use this, you must (not like in this video) disconnect the jumper next to the power connector on the motor sheild and connect your 12v power supply directlty to it.
The arduino will be powered with 5v through the USB port.
I Hope this will help some of you ;-)