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Index > MobiFlight Hardware & Firmware > MF Unterstützung für NEMA Stepper geplant?
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Message #23712
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hein4bloed
Posts: 40
Hi,

für "einfache" Anwendungen wie Zeigerinstrumente etc. reicht ja ein kleiner BYJ-Stepper, für andere Anwendungen wäre vlt. ein etwas stärkerer Stepper wie zB. NEMA 17 o.ä. angebrachter. Daher die Frage an die Entwickler: ist in zukünftigen Versionen von MF die Unterstützung für die entsprechenden Treiber (z.B. A4988 o.ä.) für bipolare Stepper möglich/vorgesehen? Danke für eure Antwort, schönes Wochenende!

Grüßles

Hein
2021-08-20 11:56
Message #23726
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DocMoebiuz
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From: EDSH, Germany
Posts: 1516
at the moment it is not explicitly planned. I would have to check if there is an "easy way" to integrate those.
Have a great day!
Sebastian

MobiFlight - Simply build your own home cockpit for your favorite flight sim - MSFS2020, FSX, Prepar3D (FSUIPC), X-Plane (XPUIPC)
2021-08-21 11:44
Message #23727
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DocMoebiuz
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From: EDSH, Germany
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The stepper library which I am using actually supports A4988. It might not be too difficult.
Have a great day!
Sebastian

MobiFlight - Simply build your own home cockpit for your favorite flight sim - MSFS2020, FSX, Prepar3D (FSUIPC), X-Plane (XPUIPC)
2021-08-21 11:59
Message #23728
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hein4bloed
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Das hört sich sehr vielversprechend an! Bin auf die Implementierung gespannt...

Grüße

Hein
2021-08-21 15:01
Message #23758
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pizman82
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From: ETSI, Germany
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Just a idea.... How others solve this.....

For all "analog gauges" the small Steppers are pretty enough i think..... So you talk about "mechanics" like the motorised Throttle.... Right ?

Here a Stepper is basically not working in case a manual moving will not work against a stepper and it MUST know its position all the time.

There other users work with a simple motor and a controller with 2 lines. ( Both lines are in Mobiflight simple LED Outputs ! )

Line 1 decide if Motor should Turn or Not ..... Line High means Motor ON.... Line Low means Motor OFF
Line 2 decide if Motor turn clockwise or counterclockwise ( again High or Low)

There exist also other logics..... But the master system is the same!
We no longer tell the motor to turn to a special point by sending a value to the "Stepper" ......
We say in the Software to activate od disable a Motor and tell him the direction ..... And we combine this with a Potentiometer or Encoder as a INput to have a related Value to compare !

A User from Germany build a 4 Way motorised Throttle for a B747 Full Sim ( with this technique) at the moment and it looks sucessfull !
Good Luck !
2021-08-25 15:19
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