Authorised Vendor Thanos AMC-AASD15A 6axis Servo Motion Controller

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 16, 2020

Demonstration of simple belt tension system and spike filter in a quick lap in iRacing. No lethal jolts upon crash near the end of the lap. Close up of the belt tension system in operation in the end of the video.

The video was created by @crypto69au

crypto69au · Mar 16, 2020

That’s my rig in video above. Huge thanks Thanos. The work you’ve put into ensuring the AASD-15A keeps getting developed based on feedback is amazing. These changes you have made with spike filter, standby/park management and filters for smoothing have totally changed the game. Having 4 x 150mm travel actuators I was terrified of crashing. Most people were limiting travel and and adding boundary filters in simtools to avoid this shock . Now on iRacing and Dirt 2 you can set full actuator travel and not worry about dangerous crashes and trying to reach for emergency stop in time. The smoothing on motors has also made them feel so much better. Adding the seatbelt tensioner system was also a breeze. As you can tell I am a happy customer.

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 18, 2020

ZeroNilZero Motion Rig Demo

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 20, 2020

Another Dirt Rally 2.0 demo race on DIY 6DOF this time, By Chris:

Build details here:
https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/peacemakers-6dof-unicorn-build.12523/

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 21, 2020

Hey guys, I'm not sure anyone takes it seriously, but the covid-19 is airborne, and unless everyone stays home in isolation for 15 days atleast, there is going to be millions getting infected if not already in the United States... I still see people out and about walking, jogging, taking their whole families for a stroll in the streets, despite the Shelter in Place mandate here in California by the Governor. Its going to get real ugly here... therefore I'll be unable to ship out any orders, and placed for now my Tindie store in vacation mode for a while. I hope you all understand this is serious. I'll be here to answer questions or further develop on firmware etc. Take care people!

mrbean_phillip · Mar 21, 2020

Thanx Thanos, stay safe!

Cheers,
Beano

Dennis Johnson · Mar 24, 2020

Hi, The above picture is the top of the 3d printed box. I use Pruslicer with an Ender 3 Pro. I have tried printing this and it is a mess. It seems that there are no supports for the the piece. So, should this piece be flipped over and printed with the thick section on top? Looking for a little help here. The bottom and back pieces printed great.
thanks for any advise.

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 24, 2020

Dennis Johnson said:
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Hi, The above picture is the top of the 3d printed box. I use Pruslicer with an Ender 3 Pro. I have tried printing this and it is a mess. It seems that there are no supports for the the piece. So, should this piece be flipped over and printed with the thick section on top? Looking for a little help here. The bottom and back pieces printed great.
thanks for any advise.

Its designed to be printed upside down. If you have a glass plate it will give it a shinny appearance!
So just rotate it 180 degrees in the slicer to print flat.

Thanks
Thanos

sn4il · Mar 24, 2020

Hi.
I just updated the firmware to 2.10 beta. I can not find all parameters for AASD-15A drives and SFX-100 actuators. Are these the correct ones??

Do I need to remove actuators from the rig during initial testing?? Thank you.

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 25, 2020

sn4il said:
Hi.
I just updated the firmware to 2.10 beta. I can not find all parameters for AASD-15A drives and SFX-100 actuators. Are these the correct ones??
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Do I need to remove actuators from the rig during initial testing?? Thank you.

Yes, make sure all the AASD-15A servo drives have these parameters, including the extra ones in red.

Then on the AMC-AASD15A set it to 4 axis, with leadscrew setting 5mm/rev and stroke 100.

If you loaded the latest firmware (beta) v2.10 you should also set the Filter Factor to "2" and the spike range to 16000 and level to 5000.

https://github.com/tronicgr/AMC-AASD15A-Firmware/tree/master/Beta_Firmware

Thanks
Thanos

sn4il · Mar 25, 2020

Thank you!

Dennis Johnson · Mar 25, 2020

Noob here,
On the back of the board there are two inputs. One is for the usb cable.
What is the other one used for? I can't seem to find any information on this...lol
thanks

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 25, 2020

Dennis Johnson said:
Noob here,
On the back of the board there are two inputs. One is for the usb cable.
What is the other one used for? I can't seem to find any information on this...lol
thanks

You only need the USB input. The jack barrel input is for external power supply, but its not needed, don't connect anything there... It gets all power needed from USB port. Just make use to connect the USB cable directly to a port on your PC, or use a powered USB Hub with only the AMC connected on it if you want to extend further from the PC. Adding other USB devices on same hub, it might affect latency or even cause connectivity issues some times.

Thanks
Thanos

Dennis Johnson · Mar 25, 2020

Tronicgr_6DOF said:
You only need the USB input. The jack barrel input is for external power supply, but its not needed, don't connect anything there... It gets all power needed from USB port. Just make use to connect the USB cable directly to a port on your PC, or use a powered USB Hub with only the AMC connected on it if you want to extend further from the PC. Adding other USB devices on same hub, it might affect latency or even cause connectivity issues some times.

Thanks
Thanos

Thank you sir......

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 25, 2020

Confined on self isolation Mike at his place in New Mexico, made some good progress mounting the nose section cockpit instruments, and the projection screen... soon to integrate all controls as well.

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 27, 2020

K.Parkin · Mar 27, 2020

Anyone know why my AASD15A servo drive and PT traction loss actuator is causing my monitor to black out.
When I power them up the screen momentarily blacks out and carries on doing so intermittently. Sometimes I have to disconnect the usb to get the screen back. I have tried an alternate power source t no avail.
Moving the cables seems to have an affect, even reducing the black out, but not altogether..
In game it blacks out occasionally too.
Settings in the servo are as they should be.
Are the cables in need of screening?

Tronicgr_6DOF · Mar 27, 2020

K.Parkin said:
Anyone know why my AASD15A servo drive and PT traction loss actuator is causing my monitor to black out.
When I power them up the screen momentarily blacks out and carries on doing so intermittently. Sometimes I have to disconnect the usb to get the screen back. I have tried an alternate power source t no avail.
Moving the cables seems to have an affect, even reducing the black out, but not altogether..
In game it blacks out occasionally too.
Settings in the servo are as they should be.
Are the cables in need of screening?

I assume you didn't wire a good ground on the chassis; the mechanical part of the cockpit? If you don't ground properly, half of the cockpit might be just have floating ground that can cause EMI issues to sensitive devices like VR headsets or even monitors. Also try to add ferrites to all wiring that has data signals on it including the monitor cables, usb devices etc...

Also if the power cables of the servos are not shielded, you may need to cover them with shielding tape, or replace entirely these 4 core wires with proper 4 core wires that include shielding.