rel4y
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By now I have worked my way through all the emails and everybody should have an answer. I have two new mods in stock now, first is the 34,4mm spaced TLE5011 sensors. A while ago I had uploaded similar footprints to OSH Park as open source for DIY projects (https://oshpark.com/profiles/rel4y). Now I decided to offer these ready made for everybody who is not keen on messing around with surface mounted parts. The mounting holes are spaced in the standard 34,4 mm distance (Virpil, Baur BRD, GVL224 MagREZ, RAMS, etc) and the connection pins are normal 0.1 in spaced header pin holes. Cost: 15€ per set of two. Second is the 13 deg angled Thrustmaster tailpiece. It is made of very durable selective laser sintered (SLS) polyamide (PA 12). The wall thickness is increased in several key areas and it is probably stronger than the original TM Zamac cast piece. It fits the Warthog, Cougar and F-22 Pro sticks. I can also dye it grey so it looks like the vanilla Zamac one. Cost: 12€ As many know, I have also made a locking nut to original F-16 specs. This one is currently not for sale and only works on the TM bases in combination with my upcoming force sensing mod. I may make a few metal ones as a limited time offer together with the force sensing mod.
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I just made a new batch of CH mods. Emails will be answered tomorrow. Heres the current stock: 20x CH sensor (22€) 5x 12 Bit CH upgrade mainboard (30€) 10x 4021 shift registers (10€)
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Yes, last work to be done on the Warthog version is making the force sensing PCB Warthog compatible. Yeah, wow! He seemed to have had the exact same issue, these TM 5 pin connectors are just an absolute pain in the butt to source! I actually tried to establish contact via the email on Arends page, but I dont think anybody is still cheking it. But now I also should also have enough for the next 25 years or so. Awesome, glad to hear! I had to switch X and Y axis on the replacement slew as the new ministick has a larger footprint than the older one, but didnt adjust the pinout. When I have some time, I will make a rev 1.1 with original axes layout. But I think switching over axes is not much of a big deal for now. No, all good! Actually, I feel great and I am moving forward quickly right now. Today I have finished a new batch of all sensors and mainboards and tomorrow I will answer all the emails that have piled up. I have also made some 34,4mm spaced TLE5011 sensors, the same type I had uploaded on OSH park as open source DIY PCBs.
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All good, you are absolutely right to press me a bit on getting things done! My prediction was end of first quarter if everything goes fine, that was a bit optimistic I guess... Supply lines are jacked, some parts are really hard to come by and then I got sick. You now, the usual lame excuses! Just know that I am veeery close to having stocked or at least ordered all necessary parts for the force sensing mod. Honestly, I can hardly wait myself to assemble the first full blown serial prototype! So much time has been invested in designing and redesigning and messing around with electronics, its just time for everything to come together! Here is a final render with a full Cougar base model and the "Unobtainium" TM 5 pin connectors. Took me literally years to source these mofos!
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Just started answering all the emails. Quite a bunch of them have piled up, but I promise to work my way through in the next day. Heres prove that I havent been lazy over the weekend, as promised. These are from all the remaining components I still had in stock and they have been made into shiny new sensor electronics and USB adapters and CH upgrade mainboards and GMR sensors and Cougar Ministicks. Most of the CH mainboards and Cougar USB adapters are still missing their Arduinos. The ball bearings, plastic cases and Arduinos are already ordered and should come in within the next two weeks. Yay! The only mods ready to ship at the moment are a bunch of 4021 shift regs, TM Cougar ministicks and 2x TM Cougar USB adapters + GMR sensors.
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You guys are amazing! Thank you so much for your friendly words and good wishes! I am out of quarantine now and feeling good! So its back to work, you great bunch have had to wait much too long already for my lazy ass to get stuff done! Over the last few days I managed to order all necessary electrical parts for the mods. As expected, prices have increased so I may have to add a € here and there. It will probably take around two weeks until Ill be able to ship mods again, but hopefully in the meantime I am able to show some cool updates & new projects I have been working on. Thanks again for all your support and friendly mails!
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The TQS ribbon cable has a 24 pin socket but there are only 22 male pins on the board connector. You probably need to plug it in either one row to the left or to the right, whichever way you look at it. That should fix it!
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In the CH hatswitches high quality OMRON tactiles are used. The exact type is OMRON B3F-1022. If you are skilled at soldering, you can easily desolder the POV tactiles from the PCB and replace them with new ones. I have done the same on several CH sticks. Good luck!
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The ronas had finally gotten to me and I was knocked out for a while.. While I wasnt really very sick past the first three days, its propably not a good idea sending stuff out to people all over the world. My quarantine is over this week and I will be making some more mods shortly. Sadly, some of the parts are hard to come by currently and chinese Arduinos have significantly increased in price for some reason.. Please dont despair, I will be back shortly with my lineup of mods. There is no giving up on the good old TM Cougar and CH stuff! Thank you guys for your continuous support!
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I can actually make the USB adapter Target compatible, I just dont advertise it as I dont know about the legality of it.
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Lovely work and thanks for the kind words!! I simply love the good old CH stuff, its indestructible! Only suggestion, switch out the CMS hat for the "V" shaped one of your throttle. That would be more comfy imo. In case you havent had enough of modding yet and want to add the last 4-way hatswitch (DMS) to fully convert your Combatstick into a Fighterstick, I have one more spare CH Fighterstick conversion kit laying around. Have a look at my latest CH project here: https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/214485-ch-products-upgrades/?do=findComment&comment=4539101
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Yes, but its not very pronounced. I have the cases laying around (still missing their bearings and threads), but the PCBs got hung up somewhere in the mail.. Answered! Well, it does fit in the TM F-22 Pro and F-16 TQS. Have a look here: https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/188571-tm-cougar-ch-magnetoresistive-hall-sensor-kits/?do=findComment&comment=4415482
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Nice work, looking sharp! This rerminds me I wanted to put some encoders in my throttle base.
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I made the model completely myself based on an original F-16 pedal. If you would care to compare the hempstick and my model you will find several obvious differences in shape, where the hempstick one was off. Just look at the curve and cutout placements... That they are similiar is obvious, as thats simply what an F-16 pedal looks like.. but please dont assume I ripped off someones work, or where did I copy the P-51s from?
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Ill answer the emails now. Over the weekend I was busy making new CH sensors and CH mainbaords and finally I am done.. Geez, I can barely see through the solder fumes in my room and my back needs to be bent straight again. Anyways, I am taking new orders for the CH stuff now. stock items: 20x CH sensor (22€) 5x 12 Bit CH upgrade mainboard (30€) 10x 4021 shift registers (10€)
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The new i.materialise prints have arrived and I am veeery pleased with the quality! Here is a nice SLS print of the F-16 TM 13 deg tailpiece, FCC thread piece and F-16 locking collar and they fit together like a charm! They are ready for full metal production now. Next, I will install the 13 deg tailpiece and F-16 locking collar on my Warthog or Cougar grip to see if it looks cool. Over the weekend I was busy making new CH sensors and CH mainbaords and finally I am done.. Geez, I can barely see through the solder fumes in my room and my back needs to be bent straight again. Anyways, I am taking new orders for the CH stuff now. The Cougar USB standalone adapters + GMR sensors and the Cougar Mnistick are also back in stock.
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AuthentiKit Spitfire MkIX Flight Stick Version 2
rel4y replied to Spit40's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
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This is the Cougar ANT ELEV sensor. It should also fit the F-16 TQS. Yes, I am still selling them. You can find my email in the first post. I have a few pictures detailing which pin does what, but no conclusive tutorial so far. Just finished modeling the Warthog hatswitches with a few internal improvements. Now I plan to combine the best of the CH hats with the best of the Warthog ones and integrate them into the OTTO footprints. Btw, does anybody know how to safely disassemble the Warthog OTTO P1 style push buttons?
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Ok, cool! That sounds like the angles are good! The real F-16 pedals are force actuated and barely move at all while braking, only a few mm. From looking at your pictures it seems your screws may be not fully screwed in. The screws should actually be flat with the bottom of the attachment T-part. Then again, I dont have the V1 pedals, so the hole may not be as deep on these. Did you use the supplied M6 screws or the original ones? The original ones will be a bit longer than the supplied ones. But if everything is tight and snuggly then better leave it as is. This is how the screws on my pedals look:
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Thank you for the kind words and your awesome pictures! Are you happy with how far back you can angle the pedals? I set the neutral point back by 12° to give desktop users a bit more options. Now when breaking they can be angled down to only 20° off from flat and in a pit you can still angle them like in a real F-16. Enjoy your new F-16 footrests and thanks again!
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The delivery of new 3D printed casings should arrive end of this week. While so far I have always ordered from Shapeways, I have lately been dissatisfied with them and now pulled the trigger over at i.materialise. I really, really hope the SLS prints are good quality and up to spec. If all goes well I can offer these for the Cougar soon:
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Honey, I developed FFB joystick (DIY)
rel4y replied to propeler's topic in PC Hardware and Related Software
Amazing work walmis! Keep it up! I am very much looking forward on how this progresses. -
I have made a ball bearing upgrade for the CH sticks, similiar to the UBER NXT gimbal design, some time ago. Though I never really finished that project. The CAM design you are talking about looks really good, though I am no fan of 3d printed cams. The CH control manager wont work together with the CH upgrade mainboard, but you dont need to replace the CH pots. The CH sensors are a completely separate upgrade, but go well together. New CH sensors will probably be available next weekend. The Throttle Ministick is problematic to replace as it is soldered to the same mainboard as the three hatswitches. I can easily make a new PCB, but then you would need to desolder the hatswitches from the old PCB and solder them to the new one. Not many people are able to do that, so I did not follow up with the idea.
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Today I finished up a few projects that were waiting in the pipeline to be finished for quite some time. I finally soldered up my CH Combatstick to Fighterstick conversion to one of my Thrustmaster compatible 4021 shift reg boards. First, I tested each pin of the shift reg on the Warthog base to find out which pin corresponds to what DX button. Next, I soldered up the DMS hatswitch to my CH Fighterstick conversion board with the correct OMRON B3F tactiles. Then the other hatswitches were soldered over to the Fighterstick conversion board. This is what the completed board looked like. At some point I will paint the clear plastic grey, but that was out of my scope for now. The rotated TMS is on purpose btw. Now it is getting a bit messy. All wires were connected to the 4021 shift reg to the same pins as in Thrustmaster grips. Of course I forgot to add the Gardena nut on the TM adapter and had to desolder the 5 shift reg wires again to add in the nut... After following the pin layout (for the most part) and correcting the obligatory mess up, the grip was all wired up. The next hour was spent searching for the correct screws, which I had professionally stowed in some unlabled bag together with a bunch of Thrustmaster stuff. Geez... Et voila, the finished TM compatible CH grip on a Warthog base. This grip is going on to my BRD DS base and replacing the F-22 Pro stick, which I want to modify with different OMRON switches. I still have one CH conversion kit in spare in case anybody is interested. This includes the PCB, the DMS and the CMS with OMRON tactiles. You will need to do some soldering though. The CH upgrade mainboards are in stock and one CH sensor is left. A new batch of CH sensor should be available end of next week. Current stock: 4x CH 12 Bit upgrade mainboard 30€ 1x CH sensor 22€ 1x CH Fighterstick conversion kit 18€
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I think its time again for some pictures. Today I finished up a few projects that were waiting in the pipeline to be finished for quite some time. I finally soldered up my CH Combatstick to Fighterstick conversion to one of my Thrustmaster compatible 4021 shift reg boards. First, I tested each pin of the shift reg on the Warthog base to find out which pin corresponds to what DX button. Next, I soldered up the DMS hatswitch to my CH Fighterstick conversion board with the correct OMRON B3F tactiles. Then the other hatswitches were soldered over to the Fighterstick conversion board. This is what the completed board looked like. At some point I will paint the clear plastic grey, but that was out of my scope for now. The rotated TMS is on purpose btw. Now it is getting a bit messy. All wires were connected to the 4021 shift reg to the same pins as in Thrustmaster grips. Of course I forgot to add the Gardena nut on the TM adapter and had to desolder the 5 shift reg wires again to add in the nut... After following the pin layout (for the most part) and correcting the obligatory mess up, the grip was all wired up. The next hour was spent searching for the correct screws, which I had professionally stowed in some unlabled bag together with a bunch of Thrustmaster stuff. Geez... Et voila, the finished TM compatible CH grip on a Warthog base. This grip is going on to my BRD DS base and replacing the F-22 Pro stick, which I want to modify with different OMRON switches. I still have one CH conversion kit in spare, in case anybody is interested. The other cool project I finished today was modelling up the CAD models of several OTTO switches (P1, T4 mini and T4). All dimensions are up to spec and these will certainly come in handy in my future projects! A big thank you goes to DeadMeat for pointing me to the T4 datasheet, helping me out with measurements and for providing great pictures in his TM stick conversion thread! Cool stuff!
