2021-03-14, 05:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 2021-03-14, 07:06 PM by Guttagrynna.)
Thanks, Max1947, I will look into that!
A ready build pypilot
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2021-03-14, 05:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 2021-03-14, 07:06 PM by Guttagrynna.)
Thanks, Max1947, I will look into that!
2021-03-15, 07:49 AM
OK, quick learning experience, this! I have just ordered all three boards (main, display, IMU) at the minimum quantity of 5 from jclpcp.com. Really excited to receive them in a couple of weeks! It's fantastic that you can order PCB this quick, easy and cheap!
2021-03-15, 08:09 AM
Hi,
I wrote you a pn. Regards Andreas
2021-03-17, 12:10 PM
Ciao Andreas,
I wrote you a pn. Regards Gino
2021-06-21, 10:25 AM
Hi,
some people had problems with the connection of a rudder angle sensor in combination with the linear actuator from pcnautic. I have revised the manuals and added a few rows with more informations about this. I uploaded a repair manual for changing a burned potentiometer in the linear actuator. You can find it here: GitHub - AndreasW29/pypilot-tinypilot-mysolution-infos: Guide and kicad schematics Best regards Andreas
2021-06-21, 01:18 PM
@Andreas29 Thanks for this idea!
I have an actuator with a pot built in similarly, and it stopped working. I thought I had damaged the wires to the pot, but now that I see how these are built, I could have easily also burned out the pot. Either way, I should be able to fix it and reclaim my expensive linear pot I installed parallel to the actuator.
2021-06-21, 04:29 PM
This is from actually burning out the potentiometer? Is this from wiring it wrong and applying 5v to the brush them moving it to the extreme?
The other possibility is wearing out as many potentiometers have limited cycles of 10,000
2021-06-21, 04:58 PM
Hi,
the problems i know were caused by wrong connection with a thermal destruction of the pot due to a shorten circuit when applying something other than Sense to the brush and reaching one of the end stops. Regards Andreas
2021-06-21, 11:07 PM
I see... my motor controllers have some current limiting built in, but it may not be enough, as applying power to the brush and approaching a stop will cause excessive current on a small part of the potentiometer.
Another way would be to have a potentiometer which cannot reach the absolute limit, so always has a minimum resistance of say 500 ohms. I believe other autopilot rudder feedback are like this. I am prototyping 3d printed angular hall-effect sensors for rudder feedback to avoid wear out, as well as being completely waterproof, and these seem to not be damaged by connecting the wires in the wrong way.
I have sold the last 2 years more then 200 drives of this type, most of them are replacements for the common Brands and we send them plug and play with connectors.
None of them have occurred any problems with the rudderfeedback/potentiometer. I guess I have only send like 10 units for DIY projects and I have 3 of them reported broken. When you have the 5 volt connected and no resistance to the wiper a small touch to GND with the wiper wil burn the potentiometer. |
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