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April '23 Update ...continued
🕑 Added 2023-04-21 21:02:56 +0000 UTCI'm glad that there was such a positive response to my 1st April post. I've literally missed the opportunity the last two years and I wasn't going to this time around!
March and April have gone by crazily fast, and due to a mix of illness, some personal matters, and focusing more on background development I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do. The good news is that the development work is going well and a lot of what I'm learning will be going into SSR1 and other devices I will be working on over the next few months. Silent, brushless motor driven OSR2 anyone?
Before the end of this month I want to get a revised set of build notes out for SSR1, going into a lot more detail about how to put it together. That will be the Maker ($8) tier release. There are a series of incremental hardware, electronic and software improvements I want to make to it, but I don't think I have time for those this month. I'm convinced we can get much better performance out of this device and I want to implement those changes before I try my hand at designing a multi-axis brushless device.
My Benefactors ($16) tier are now up to date with my Devstream newsletter, with February and March posted today. I managed to fall behind when I was ill and only just caught up. I've posted a couple of cheeky previews with this post.
If you ever wanted to get a closer view of what I'm working on on a more day-to-day basis and you want to go that little bit further to support my work this is the tier for you. This month I have been working on improving my cycloidal gearbox design, and I'm looking at using SPI protocol to improve the performance of the SSR1 encoder.
For my Supporter ($2) tier this month I will be livestreaming on Thursday 27th April at 11pm BST (5pm EDT). I've committed to an overseas trip this coming week and I won't be back until then. I haven't decided yet exactly what I will be discussing on the stream, but it's likely that it will be related to motor control systems and encoders.
All the best!
Tempest
Comments
Jonathon Barton
I've found SR6 helps a ton because you're splitting the load over 6 servos. I was shocked that 6 servos is actually quieter than 3, despite doubling the active geartrain. Pair of headphones, VR headset, random instrumental playlist coming from the PC at low volume, SR6, Virt-a-Mate, Yoooi's Bus Driver and MFP providing the Funscript motion, and all is good.
Virtual Harem 34 (VH34)
Noise is a huge problem for me. Even with expensive servos and wearing earplugs at high rpm its screaming loud and breaks immersion so i only use servos on low settings
