-
Finished project, works in Racing games!
Inspiration
Hi! our names are Adrian Nelson and Aidan Chin, we are seniors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This HackUmass we sought out to make a our own Racing Simulation Pedal Set. Both of us are into cars and, love driving around. Our aim with these pedals was to make a custom set fabricated completely by us using materials found around the M5 ECE Makerspace!
What it does
The pedals each are individually connected to a microcontroller that takes in input from either a hall effect sensors (clutch and accelerator) or load cells (brake). What we aim to do is have physical input from our pedals translate into digital data for the car in a racing simulator to be able to drive normally.
How we built it
We took aluminum, steel, and a lot of hardware and machined our own parts!
Challenges we ran into
The time it takes to make cuts and connect our hardware together takes lots of time
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Completely Custom construction!
What we learned
How to interface machined hardware with electronics.
What's next for Racing Sim Pedal Set
Making it more sensitive to input/fine tuning our sensors. We will need to upgrade to larger load cells that are 100kg, as our current ones are 20kg.
Built With
- c
- pico
Log in or sign up for Devpost to join the conversation.