Wondering what project I needed this for? Here it is: ruclips.net/video/cZ3sVYs7T9I/видео.html STL 3D Print File: www.e-junkie.com/i/112ma 1P12T Rotary Switches used in this build: amzn.to/3oFnEmO HiTec HS-225BB Servo: amzn.to/3CzJ5L6
thank you very much for the instruction on this very cool set up. I have started gathering some parts to start building an R2 D2 will see how this goes only have a creality ender 3 not sure that is going to work but will see.
@James' R5-D4 - Glad you enjoyed it... Looking at your channel, the robot build project will be something you're obviously very passionate & knowledgeable about. Yes, it's an Astromech - but the most popular one - which leaves nothing to the imagination does it 🙂
I realize you already found a reasonable solution, however I just want to alert you to the existence of multiple arduino libraries which allow you to read servo control output from a receiver in code and then you can do whatever you want with those signals. Obviously a much bigger learning curve if you aren't a coder but this might still be useful for someone who is
Yep, I knew about those options as well, but I'm not at all into Arduino or knowledgeable about it. Just looking for a simple plug & play off the shelf multi switch solution that can used with a standard RC receiver. Thanks for the info however for others who may want to go the complicated Arduino route.
Hi John I have loved all your videos on the R2 build and i watch them over and over because their very good , but when it comes to the RC control of it , you might as well talk in another language. I know nothing about electronics, but thanks john great videos
@davidpodmore5941 - Appreciate the comments and video views. As for electronics, there are so many helpful threads & posts in the Astromech R2 builders forum. Also, have you downloaded the two excellent & easy to understand Droid Electronics & Droid Control Systems PDF articles by Rob Howdle I link to in the R2 Electronics Basics Video: ruclips.net/video/AmUuZH3UHXg/видео.htmlsi=TRFaHGPmrOk_pDRJ I also have an introduction to RC radio systems that goes over the basics of RC radio systems that is geared towards newbies on my website: www.rchelicopterfun.com/rc-radios.html
Very clever mechanism. If you go from triggering the first sound to the last sound doesn't it mean the switch will contact everything in-between there by triggering every sound along the way? There use to be a multi-switch device commercially available made by MCD (Model Control Devices) that would turn one proportional channel into 8 or 16 on/off switches. It required modifying your transmitter by adding a bank of buttons on the outside and wiring it in where a pot was connected, pretty hard to find one today though.
I just watched your other video. I understand now you are using two channels so the sounds aren't triggered while the rotary switch is moving. Very clever solution indeed, Something you might consider (if you haven't already) the Adafruit sound FX boards have a reset that will stop any sound from playing at anytime (it grounds just like the sound triggers). It's useful in case you start playing disco Star Wars or the Imperial march or something then need it to stop because someone is trying to interact with your droid or the Mayor decides to suddenly give a speech or any other reason.
@schmitty1944 - good tip on the "rst" pin to reset the board. I've never run into this issue yet, but it would be easy to implement seeing I still have one spare ground pin out on the 12 position rotary switch to ground out the rst pin for a full reset.
Hello sir I have designed such. A tiny microcontroller PWM reader which can do 1 through X separate leds or anything else. It uses a Picaxe 14M2 chip. It reads the receiver channel pulse width then translates the width to activate the control part. It is small, low power, uses no servos, and can do many neat things with only using 1 rc channel. If you want to replace your servo/rotary switch... this is it.
@William Peterson - Do you have link or sales page so I can read up on it? I don't need it now for this specific project because I 've got everything working exactly the way I need it, but for future projects or others looking for a single RC channel, multi relay control switching device, it would be useful.
i must say good solution. i needed a on off rc switch for some lights, the solution that was offered was in my opinion to expensive. ended up using the arduino. but there must be a cheap source of rc signal compatible chips . so we can craft a smaller digital solution
Wondering what project I needed this for? Here it is: ruclips.net/video/cZ3sVYs7T9I/видео.html
STL 3D Print File: www.e-junkie.com/i/112ma
1P12T Rotary Switches used in this build: amzn.to/3oFnEmO
HiTec HS-225BB Servo: amzn.to/3CzJ5L6
thank you very much for the instruction on this very cool set up.
I have started gathering some parts to start building an R2 D2 will see how this goes only have a creality ender 3 not sure that is going to work but will see.
This is great 👍🏽 old skool is still cool. Looking forward to seeing robot project
@James' R5-D4 - Glad you enjoyed it... Looking at your channel, the robot build project will be something you're obviously very passionate & knowledgeable about. Yes, it's an Astromech - but the most popular one - which leaves nothing to the imagination does it 🙂
I realize you already found a reasonable solution, however I just want to alert you to the existence of multiple arduino libraries which allow you to read servo control output from a receiver in code and then you can do whatever you want with those signals.
Obviously a much bigger learning curve if you aren't a coder but this might still be useful for someone who is
Yep, I knew about those options as well, but I'm not at all into Arduino or knowledgeable about it. Just looking for a simple plug & play off the shelf multi switch solution that can used with a standard RC receiver. Thanks for the info however for others who may want to go the complicated Arduino route.
@@Rchelicopterfun if you breaking out an oscilloscope to look at pwm some basic Arduino sketches are definitely simpler :).
Hi John I have loved all your videos on the R2 build and i watch them over and over because their very good , but when it comes to the RC control of it , you might as well talk in another language. I know nothing about electronics, but thanks john great videos
@davidpodmore5941 - Appreciate the comments and video views. As for electronics, there are so many helpful threads & posts in the Astromech R2 builders forum. Also, have you downloaded the two excellent & easy to understand Droid Electronics & Droid Control Systems PDF articles by Rob Howdle I link to in the R2 Electronics Basics Video: ruclips.net/video/AmUuZH3UHXg/видео.htmlsi=TRFaHGPmrOk_pDRJ
I also have an introduction to RC radio systems that goes over the basics of RC radio systems that is geared towards newbies on my website:
www.rchelicopterfun.com/rc-radios.html
Great video! Just what I needed 🙂
Thanks
Interesting creation, I'm curious to see what you can do with the matek crsf to pwm converter, for express lrs
I'm curious what you are even talking about 😄 Didn't understand a thing after "with the......."
Very clever mechanism. If you go from triggering the first sound to the last sound doesn't it mean the switch will contact everything in-between there by triggering every sound along the way? There use to be a multi-switch device commercially available made by MCD (Model Control Devices) that would turn one proportional channel into 8 or 16 on/off switches. It required modifying your transmitter by adding a bank of buttons on the outside and wiring it in where a pot was connected, pretty hard to find one today though.
I just watched your other video. I understand now you are using two channels so the sounds aren't triggered while the rotary switch is moving. Very clever solution indeed, Something you might consider (if you haven't already) the Adafruit sound FX boards have a reset that will stop any sound from playing at anytime (it grounds just like the sound triggers). It's useful in case you start playing disco Star Wars or the Imperial march or something then need it to stop because someone is trying to interact with your droid or the Mayor decides to suddenly give a speech or any other reason.
@schmitty1944 - good tip on the "rst" pin to reset the board. I've never run into this issue yet, but it would be easy to implement seeing I still have one spare ground pin out on the 12 position rotary switch to ground out the rst pin for a full reset.
Thanks for this great video!
Glad you liked it 🙂
Literally doing the same thing but im going the arduino route... looking for the code to take the rc input and making a pin go high
Hello sir
I have designed such. A tiny microcontroller PWM reader which can do 1 through X separate leds or anything else.
It uses a Picaxe 14M2 chip. It reads the receiver channel pulse width then translates the width to activate the control part. It is small, low power, uses no servos, and can do many neat things with only using 1 rc channel. If you want to replace your servo/rotary switch... this is it.
@William Peterson - Do you have link or sales page so I can read up on it? I don't need it now for this specific project because I 've got everything working exactly the way I need it, but for future projects or others looking for a single RC channel, multi relay control switching device, it would be useful.
Interested if you can give us more infos.
Any more info on this William Peterson?
Is it possible I can buy or get your design that might be perfect for my needs
i must say good solution. i needed a on off rc switch for some lights, the solution that was offered was in my opinion to expensive. ended up using the arduino. but there must be a cheap source of rc signal compatible chips . so we can craft a smaller digital solution