DIY-DirectDrive

Software for creating a DirectDrive Wheelbase for simracing, using an ODrive Robotics board and an industrial servo motor.

more info: www.jan-balke.com

This Software is for creating a Direct Drive ForceFeedback Steering Wheel for Driving Simulations.

It connects with an ODrive Robotics Board (https://odriverobotics.com/) and uses it to send torque commands to a Servo-Motor. By interfacing with different games, live ForceFeedback data is acquired.

Feature Overview:

• intuitive graphical user interface

Simulation of physical effects of real Steering Wheel:

• friction (constant resistance against movement of the wheel)
• damping (proportional resistance against movement of the wheel)
• inertia (proportional resistance against acceleration of the wheel)
• resistance against further wheel movement when reaching bump-to-bump limits

Profile Management:

• all settings can be saved in a profile
• profiles can be renamed, or deleted
• profiles will be saved in 'profiles.xml'
• profiles will be loaded when starting the software

Data Reconstruction (!!!DISABLED IN CURRENT VERSION!!!):

• dynamic realtime temporal upsampling of incoming force-feedback data to target sample rate of motor controller
• optional temporal smoothing of reconstructed data

This Software was developed and tested in Python 3.5.3

Packages used in this software:

• NumPy
• PyQt5
• PyQtGraph
• PYXinput
• ODrive (https://docs.odriverobotics.com/#downloading-and-installing-tools)