As many of you know, the E30 simulator was built from a basic frame, and slowly added to, prototyped if you will.
The main issue with this was simple, it got out of hand, I had circuits that were tapping into other circuits, boards that were double sided sticky taped to random parts of the sim, and no real organization when it came to the design of the electronics.
I decided earlier this week to completely strip the electronics from the sim, and redesign them to not just do it properly, but to show them off in a nice case.
Of course all the functions are still there, OBC, Instrument Cluster, Radio/CD Changer, Horn, E-Brake, etc.
I also added some additional function. The LCD bolted to the back of the main screen provides lap time information, and stats on the car as its being driven. I put it on the back so people could casually glance at the screen to see if the top lap has been beaten.
The cockpit itself is pretty much the same,
However, when you get to the back, things start to change.
The new electronics module contains all the components required to operate the simulator, including dual power supplies, pc itself, signal generators, usb keyboard emulators, and the fuse panel to ensure nothing blows up (using oem BMW fuses and relays too :) ) The entire unit slides out and connects via one large Molex connector, Dual Power cords, and one DB37 connector (minus the computer connections of course)
I need to replace the top piece of plexi as it cracked while I was drilling it, but if you look past that you can see I layed everything out as nicely as I could.
The board itself took over 20 hours to build, about half of that was spent saying SHIT, I need to buy another danm connector...
I also added an LCD to the back of the simulator which reports the current lap times, and car stats.
Other then that, all the functions still work as intended
I need to fix a few little things, but the other addition is a complete removable main harness that connects all the features to the electronics module (which you can see plugged into the left of the box)
Thats all, enjoy ;)
The main issue with this was simple, it got out of hand, I had circuits that were tapping into other circuits, boards that were double sided sticky taped to random parts of the sim, and no real organization when it came to the design of the electronics.
I decided earlier this week to completely strip the electronics from the sim, and redesign them to not just do it properly, but to show them off in a nice case.
Of course all the functions are still there, OBC, Instrument Cluster, Radio/CD Changer, Horn, E-Brake, etc.
I also added some additional function. The LCD bolted to the back of the main screen provides lap time information, and stats on the car as its being driven. I put it on the back so people could casually glance at the screen to see if the top lap has been beaten.
The cockpit itself is pretty much the same,
However, when you get to the back, things start to change.
The new electronics module contains all the components required to operate the simulator, including dual power supplies, pc itself, signal generators, usb keyboard emulators, and the fuse panel to ensure nothing blows up (using oem BMW fuses and relays too :) ) The entire unit slides out and connects via one large Molex connector, Dual Power cords, and one DB37 connector (minus the computer connections of course)
I need to replace the top piece of plexi as it cracked while I was drilling it, but if you look past that you can see I layed everything out as nicely as I could.
The board itself took over 20 hours to build, about half of that was spent saying SHIT, I need to buy another danm connector...
I also added an LCD to the back of the simulator which reports the current lap times, and car stats.
Other then that, all the functions still work as intended
I need to fix a few little things, but the other addition is a complete removable main harness that connects all the features to the electronics module (which you can see plugged into the left of the box)
Thats all, enjoy ;)
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