These are my DIY pedals for simracing. If you have any further questions, just put them down below in the comments, i'll try to answer as many as i can. Hope you enjoy this one!
Im working on some myself right now. your design is genius. it can be made from alot of different materials and its pretty cheap. Also everything is adjustable and can be made into my own likings. Thank you for posting this!
i wanted to get a new wheel, mostly because im missing the clutch and the pedals are TOO noisy, but now i see that it's not too complicated to make some, i might use a couple of things from your design and will totally shout you out if i ever publish them. great video and thanks for your contribution to the sim racing community
This is by far the best pedals DIY wise that i have seen This is what i had in mind but wasnt very easy to make a clear image in my mind and build it Thank you Edit: for a better and more realistic feel you can upgrade them with simagic haptics and hydraulic kit
Great build, do you happen to have a parts list of the electronics used to get these to communicate with the PC. I saw you used the Leo Bodnar Joystick Controller but I am curious if you are able to share the load cells you used and any other items needed to complete this type of build. Thanks!
Nice build and looks good too, especially considering no "fancy" tools used. What's the purpose of the jointed "arm" that connects the pedal and its mounting channel like 1/3 of the way up from the pivot point? Thanks for sharing!
reminds me of my brothers machano set n wishing i had got one myself for Christmas lol i agree the pedals are meh i would like to do this myself not sure whare to start tho. :)
Very nice. I would cover the wood with the type of carpet fabric used to cover speaker boxes. Will make it look super awesome. Why do you need a load cell and how do you connect this to a pc?
Search around for potentiometer setup ("amstudio" channel has analog handbrake video that has wiring and programming video in detail with potentiometer, just that he uses another type). The legs on the side of each pedal (in gray) rotate the potentiometer, that's how he gets the data needed to have a controller
@@Erowens98 Big issue with the leo Bodnar sim boards is they are from the UK so shipping is like 20 bucks. With materials combined you can easily run up to 300 bucks build cost.. might as well get a retail set.
@@Triple88a in which case, just put in a little more effort and program with a fake Arduino. Those cost a couple dollars and come from China so shipping is dirt cheap.
Hi jan , i admire your work and i really want to build pedal for myself i think load cell brake is really going to up my game , could you tell me the plan and measurement 🙏 so i can try to build myself
I'm just getting into sim racing too and would love to build a set of pedals. And have some great ideas - How did you set-up last - did you change anything and any advice you would give.. Also where a good place to get a load cell from and what software did you use to monitor pedals.. Many thanks !!
Eine sehr schöne Konstruktion! Zwei Fragen hätte ich dazu: 1. Wie gut hatlen die Potis im Bezug auf Verschleiß? Musstest du sie schon wechseln oder hast du speziell langlebige verwendet? 2. Bist du zufrieden mit der 20 kg Wägezelle, oder hättest du im Nachhinein eine für höhere Kräfte benutzt?
Hello, is your design available somewhere? I like the potentiometer idea with the little arms. I would like to do also my own pedals, I started some designs but I can't find information about for example what springs to use for the accelerator, brake and clutch pedals.
I wonder which potentiometers you use and how you did all the wiring. I also want to know how you pass the data on to your PC? Do you use an Arduino and if so, which one?
How did you connect all of it? Did you use an arduino leo and flashed custom firmware on it? If yes, how did you connect the load cell? I assume you used an amplifier and put the signal into the arduino Analog Input pins and read the values (if that is possible)
hey man very nice build, do you have any blue prints for your pedals i want to make one but i need some measurements so that i can make one with the least amount of tries since i have a really tight budget, it would be really awesome if you could help me thanks.
Do you have any problems for example dropouts, stutters, latency, decalibration etc. with the controller or in generall? Planing to build my own Pedals but I'm afraid that the electronics doesn't work properly
Hello, great video. I have a question, how did you connect all of them? I want to make my first pedal box whit 3 potentiometers (more basic) but I don't know how to connect everything, could you help me?
Very interesting project as I am also interested to make one as well, however i see some things i don't understand such as the wiring but also why did you use a capacitor on the potentiometer?
Anyone have any ide how stiff the spring is best? I want to buy the spring but i have no ide how much tension to decide the diameter and coil thickness
Which sensor and microcontroller did you use for this pedal set? I'm guessing that connected to those 3D printed joints are some rotary potentiometers?
Thanks! I used the Leo Bodnar BU0836-LC Load Cell Joystick Controller. It can take a load cell, several analog and digital inputs, and is connected to the computer as a joystick device.
Awesome engineering (especially the clutch!). Could you share a blueprint (if you have one)? Also, what springs do you use for clutch and gas? Have a hard time finding the right diameters, lengths etc :D
That looks like so much travel on the pedals, and take care of load cell cable, it's rubbing against the metal and it will end cutting of it. Also in the clutch pedal the screw touches the printed piece at the end.
Hello, greetings from Argentina. One question, I'm doing a similar project, but I don't get a right feeling. How did you solve the "sawteeth" effect caused by the threaded rod ??
I bought them in a onlineshop for sanitary accessories. www.banemo.de/554190/effbe-elastomer-federn-din-9835-typ-295-ad-20-mm-l-20-mm?fs=2599913430 Theese kind of springs are surprisingly hard to find online.
Im working on some myself right now. your design is genius. it can be made from alot of different materials and its pretty cheap. Also everything is adjustable and can be made into my own likings. Thank you for posting this!
Great job!!! You made better pedals than fanatec on your home, thats incredible
i wanted to get a new wheel, mostly because im missing the clutch and the pedals are TOO noisy, but now i see that it's not too complicated to make some, i might use a couple of things from your design and will totally shout you out if i ever publish them. great video and thanks for your contribution to the sim racing community
no fancy stuffs yet it looks solid and reliable.
This is by far the best pedals DIY wise that i have seen
This is what i had in mind but wasnt very easy to make a clear image in my mind and build it
Thank you
Edit: for a better and more realistic feel you can upgrade them with simagic haptics and hydraulic kit
Very nice design and well made
I got the idea from your build sir. Thank you for sharing..
Great build, do you happen to have a parts list of the electronics used to get these to communicate with the PC. I saw you used the Leo Bodnar Joystick Controller but I am curious if you are able to share the load cells you used and any other items needed to complete this type of build. Thanks!
FANTASTIC
Ima make these and put the potentiometers from my g29 on them. Thanks for this vid
PLEASE DON'T TAKE APART YOUR G29 SELL IT DON'T DESTROY IT PLEASE
Great build! Can I aks you where you got the bushings for the brake pedal?
Really great work! Looks very good. Could you please share the link for the Metal spring? Thanks
Nice build and looks good too, especially considering no "fancy" tools used. What's the purpose of the jointed "arm" that connects the pedal and its mounting channel like 1/3 of the way up from the pivot point? Thanks for sharing!
Very nice project!!!
Any clue about spring characteristics, load and length at least? It is the only component I miss right now.
I like it! Can you share your design and material list?
reminds me of my brothers machano set n wishing i had got one myself for Christmas lol i agree the pedals are meh i would like to do this myself not sure whare to start tho. :)
Very nice. I would cover the wood with the type of carpet fabric used to cover speaker boxes. Will make it look super awesome. Why do you need a load cell and how do you connect this to a pc?
Smartly put together, where did you get the blue springs
On all these DIY pedal videos, they never say anything about the electronics part of it. That's the part people are really interested in.
Search around for potentiometer setup ("amstudio" channel has analog handbrake video that has wiring and programming video in detail with potentiometer, just that he uses another type). The legs on the side of each pedal (in gray) rotate the potentiometer, that's how he gets the data needed to have a controller
Cannibalism from logitech/fanatec/etc and brake mods and transplant them over
People use Arduinos or leo Bodnar sim board. Plenty of game controller programming tutorials for those available on forums.
@@Erowens98 Big issue with the leo Bodnar sim boards is they are from the UK so shipping is like 20 bucks. With materials combined you can easily run up to 300 bucks build cost.. might as well get a retail set.
@@Triple88a in which case, just put in a little more effort and program with a fake Arduino. Those cost a couple dollars and come from China so shipping is dirt cheap.
Hi jan , i admire your work and i really want to build pedal for myself i think load cell brake is really going to up my game , could you tell me the plan and measurement 🙏 so i can try to build myself
I'm just getting into sim racing too and would love to build a set of pedals. And have some great ideas - How did you set-up last - did you change anything and any advice you would give.. Also where a good place to get a load cell from and what software did you use to monitor pedals.. Many thanks !!
good job bro
Hi I have seen other people comment this but are you able to provide plans/schematics thanks, great vid btw
great video, can you tell me where you bought your springs please?
Top arbeit!! Kannst du mir sagen was für Federn verwendet wurden?
Very cool project! How long are the blue springs? 70mm?
Eine sehr schöne Konstruktion!
Zwei Fragen hätte ich dazu:
1. Wie gut hatlen die Potis im Bezug auf Verschleiß? Musstest du sie schon wechseln oder hast du speziell langlebige verwendet?
2. Bist du zufrieden mit der 20 kg Wägezelle, oder hättest du im Nachhinein eine für höhere Kräfte benutzt?
What type of springs did you use for the clutch and throttle?
What kind of springs did you youse and could you share the 3D printing files? Great video
Exist any schematics that you can provide? Please, Your version really liked to me.
Hello, is your design available somewhere? I like the potentiometer idea with the little arms. I would like to do also my own pedals, I started some designs but I can't find information about for example what springs to use for the accelerator, brake and clutch pedals.
How did you do the pedal pivot? Did you use bearings? if not, how allow smooth rotation with minimal play?
I wonder which potentiometers you use and how you did all the wiring. I also want to know how you pass the data on to your PC? Do you use an Arduino and if so, which one?
How did you connect all of it? Did you use an arduino leo and flashed custom firmware on it? If yes, how did you connect the load cell? I assume you used an amplifier and put the signal into the arduino Analog Input pins and read the values (if that is possible)
Did you used the same potentiometer in brake pedal to or you have used different input sensors?
Hi mate! What are the characteristics of the springs!? Thanks
can you tell me how you wired the potenciometers? I would like to replicate a pedal set just like this one : )
hey man very nice build, do you have any blue prints for your pedals i want to make one but i need some measurements so that i can make one with the least amount of tries since i have a really tight budget, it would be really awesome if you could help me thanks.
Hey how did u make the spring part of ur pedal setup
Do you have any problems for example dropouts, stutters, latency, decalibration etc. with the controller or in generall? Planing to build my own Pedals but I'm afraid that the
electronics doesn't work properly
hii i was wondering if you plan to sell the plans, really love the design of them
Hi,
How long were the springs on the gas and clutch?
Do you have a build video with parts etc??
Hi Jan, is it possible to build this kind of pedals using arduino? Thank you
hi! greetings from Argentina! do you have a scheme or list from the materials that u have used?
How long are the springs? Can you provide some schematics? Thanks
Can you please share the STL files for the thing you connect the spring guide with the pedal?
What's the gap between the pedals and dimensions of whole set
Hello, great video. I have a question, how did you connect all of them? I want to make my first pedal box whit 3 potentiometers (more basic) but I don't know how to connect everything, could you help me?
I mean, I want to know how to connect everything for my computer to read and be able to calibrate everything. I hope you can understand what I mean
Hello buddy you have the file for 3D printing? Very good job!
Very interesting project as I am also interested to make one as well, however i see some things i don't understand such as the wiring but also why did you use a capacitor on the potentiometer?
The capacitor filters out electrical noise
It adds a delay effect I think, so that the variations are smoother. The larger the capacitance the bigger the effect will be
material list?
@Jan Balke you can write me measurement for spring brake and gas
And measurement for rod steel ?
What software do you use to calibrate the pedels
Sir what is capacity of potentiometer you used please help 😓😓🙏🙏🙏😐😐😐????
Great job 👌.Can you help me with loadcell rubber link to order and with your 3d printed stuff to print me own.thank you.
Very nice pedals mate!
Was wondering if you could show in more detail how the load cell is set up, and which rubbers you've used for the brake?
I'm actually in the process of redesigning them. I'm planning on doing a few videos about that process.
@@janbalke5900 looking forward to it :)
@@janbalke5900 did you ever produce those technical videos?
Anyone have any ide how stiff the spring is best? I want to buy the spring but i have no ide how much tension to decide the diameter and coil thickness
Hi, there! Can you show us the dxf files for cutting parts?
Hello friend, where did you order the springs?
Do you have the wiring diagram for the pedals?
How to program potentiometer?
what program do you use to link this to games?
hi there, can you send a template for this pedals, I really want to make it myself
thx
Which sensor and microcontroller did you use for this pedal set? I'm guessing that connected to those 3D printed joints are some rotary potentiometers?
Yes, I'm using potentiometers on the throttle and the clutch. The microcontroller i'm using is the Leo Bodnar Loadcell Joystick Controller.
An Amplifier for the loadcell was still needed? Or does the Bodnar do it already internally?
@@TheInsaiyan No additional amplifier was needed, the Leo Bodnar board already takes care of that.
Its 3mm aluminium?
what kind of capacitor do you use. Thank you
I used 1uF ceramic capacitors.
What are the sensors used for the pedal that simulates braking? por favor
The brake pedal uses a loadcell sensor, it senses pressure instead of angular position. This kind of sensor is often used in weighing scales.
for the rest of us,
SIM JACK mini pedals with load cell is almost the cost of your project :)
How much did it cost? You didn't mention.
Great project! Looking forward to v2. How did you connect the gas and clutch to PC? How do you make them communicate with the PC?
Thanks! I used the Leo Bodnar BU0836-LC Load Cell Joystick Controller. It can take a load cell, several analog and digital inputs, and is connected to the computer as a joystick device.
if you only need potentiometer i recommend Adruino Leonardo with " amstudio" 's 5 axis tutorial, a lot cheaper than load cell setup.
Awesome engineering (especially the clutch!). Could you share a blueprint (if you have one)? Also, what springs do you use for clutch and gas? Have a hard time finding the right diameters, lengths etc :D
They never answer the question nor they give a info.I want to print pevent joints he printed.Do you know we're to find such 3dprint
how do yoy wire them up
Bro good project, why did you use a capacitor on the potentiometer?
The raw signal from the potentiometers was a little noisy. The capacitors smoothed it out a little.
@@janbalke5900 cool !
.obj files? i want to make it also
That looks like so much travel on the pedals, and take care of load cell cable, it's rubbing against the metal and it will end cutting of it. Also in the clutch pedal the screw touches the printed piece at the end.
really great pedals! any help online on how to wire a load cell?
If you look on the product page of the BU0836-LC from Leo Bodnar, it is explained under the How-to-use tab.
@@janbalke5900 thank you
@@napoGRleon γεια μήπως ξέρεις που μπορώ να βρω rubber loadcell;
молодец супер💯
Have u got some 3D files for this?
Nice Work!
Can you give me more information about clutch and throttle springs. A link, it's possible? Thank you!
They're so called Die Springs, you can get them on amazon or ebay.
Hello, greetings from Argentina. One question, I'm doing a similar project, but I don't get a right feeling. How did you solve the "sawteeth" effect caused by the threaded rod ??
Maybe that's what the capacitors are for? He commented that they are 1uF ceramic capacitors.
@@Vishinho17 It´s mechanic problem.
Hola ale, somos dos de arg, pudiste termiarlo? Yo estoy empezando..
@@leon1991-oct Hola, si, si bien no estoy del todo conforme con la electronica me gusta como quedaron, use arduino leonardo.
hello Jan.where you bought the rubber springs?
I bought them in a onlineshop for sanitary accessories.
www.banemo.de/554190/effbe-elastomer-federn-din-9835-typ-295-ad-20-mm-l-20-mm?fs=2599913430
Theese kind of springs are surprisingly hard to find online.
@@janbalke5900 Thank you
can i have this detail?
whats the thickness of the aluminium that you use ( i assume its aluminium )
I think he said 30*3mm
maybe u have a template or
blueprint ?
hello can you give a ling where we can find load cell? part
can u share 3d printer parts?
lov smart shit and ppl
Can you send stl file for print ?
I would be very thankful if you could share the dimensions
Measurements?
What thicknes aluminum did you use?
he used 3mm
i'm planning on building this, but i don't know how to make those pivit joints...
can you provide the dimensions
Wieviel hast du insgesamt fürs Material gezahlt? Sieht interessant aus, clever gelöst!
Danke, ich hab nicht alle Einzelteile mitgezählt, und ein paar teile hatte ich auch noch rumliegen. Aber es müsste so zwischen 200-250€ liegen.
Please give us the template
Template?
What's the width of each pedal ?
about 6-7cm at the widest part.
Rip your feet.
Can you please share the STL files for the thing you connect the spring guide with the pedal?