GG Throttle emulator
Posted: 25 Oct 2024, 14:10
My PH-SAM (Dutch equivalent of SAM35) buddy Raymond lately converted his Fleet to 2,4.
As I understood, there was a three position toggle switch that made the Rand actuator go all the way round either way for throttle control.
Meanwhile the rud. & ele. controls were flapping round neutral.
Raymond connected the switch to propo Ch 3 for a 1000-1500-2000 channel pulse.
What was needed: a propo to propo servo board that made teh servo slowly going open or close, depending on the input being 1000 or 2000.
Or better >1700 : open and < 1300 : close. between these values, servo stays put.
I nicked Phil's AtTiny elevon mixer for the in and output lay out.
Next I added some stuff for making it work, and it did.
Took me a while
understanding why the output switched off when the input went blank, as I tried to sneak in some sort of failsave.
Of course, when there is no interrupt, the output won't be running either...
Never mind, failsave is up to the 2,4 receiver then....
Testing with a pot instead of a switch, you can clearly see the 1300-1700 neutral 'window':
Edit, I've moved the MP4 file to YouTube - Mike_K
As I understood, there was a three position toggle switch that made the Rand actuator go all the way round either way for throttle control.
Meanwhile the rud. & ele. controls were flapping round neutral.
Raymond connected the switch to propo Ch 3 for a 1000-1500-2000 channel pulse.
What was needed: a propo to propo servo board that made teh servo slowly going open or close, depending on the input being 1000 or 2000.
Or better >1700 : open and < 1300 : close. between these values, servo stays put.
I nicked Phil's AtTiny elevon mixer for the in and output lay out.
Next I added some stuff for making it work, and it did.

Took me a while

Of course, when there is no interrupt, the output won't be running either...

Never mind, failsave is up to the 2,4 receiver then....

Testing with a pot instead of a switch, you can clearly see the 1300-1700 neutral 'window':
Edit, I've moved the MP4 file to YouTube - Mike_K