How To - DIY WindSim - Hitting a New Level of Immersion

Hello and welcome, this is the The Simpit and the star of today's show is: a DIY Wind Simulator that you can make yourself with minimal effort, and access to a 3D printer.

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Parts List:
Arduino Uno - $13.98 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Adafruit Monster Shield - $22.86 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

200 CFM Brushless Server Fans - $20.98 x2 = $41.96 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

12 Volt Power Supply - $9.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

3d Printed Shroud - $priceless

My Cost $88.79 plus 3d printed parts.

Step 1: Insert Pin Connectors into the arduino board.
Step 2: Place the motor shield onto the pins
Step 3: solder the connector pins to the shield
Step 4: add power jumper to motor shield
Step 5: isolate and prep fan power and ground wires. You can ignore the signal wire.
Step 6: Insert power and ground into positions M1 and M2 on the motor shield. (power/usb Side)
Step 7: plug power supply into arduino board and power(wall, surge protector, etc.)
Step 8: Plug USB into Arduino
Step 9: Plug usb into computer
Step 10: Turn on Simhub Software
Step 11: On Left Side click on arduino
Step 12: On top menu click on My Hardware
Step13: Open Arduino Setup Tool
Step 14: On Left Side under general give your windsim a title
Step 15: scroll down to ShakeIt Adafruit Motorshield V2 and click on 1 and make the PWM 400
Step 16: on right side Under Board select arduino uno and on serial port you should see arduino uno, click that also
Step 17: Click on upload to arduino and when finished click “ok” and then close the setup tool window
Step 18: On the left side of simhub click on Shake it Motors and then on the new top menu click on Motors Output
Step 19: Now you want to enable the Force Feel Pad and then also enable Arduino Motors and Fans

Note: for the arduino it will show “4 motors connected”, and for Forcefeel Pad it will show disconnected

Step 20: Click on the drop down for arduino Motors and fans
Step 21: At the Top are Channels 1,2,3 and so on. We are using channels 1 and 2 and will be turning on effects for both channels 1 and 2. Turn on Acceleration G-Force, Deceleration G-Force, Gear Shifts, Road Impacts Channel1 for front left and channel 2 for front right, and then finally speed
Step 22: Click The Output Tuning Button

Note: This area is where you will play with these numbers to get the results you want (for me it was 5 and 15)

Threshold (remove smallest effects) : minimum effect to start the output on the device (from 0 to 100),

Example : A threshold of 20 will remove any outputs from effects below 20%, so 20 - 100% will be outputed as 0 - 100% on the motors
Minimum force (raise output for smallest effects ) : minimum force when the output is started, this is intended to balance devices not starting or too weakly at low voltage/output
Example : A mimimum force of 20% will transform 0 - 100% effects to 20% - 100% to ensure than smallest effects are felt.

Step 23: Hold your fans so they don't jump and watch your fingertips,then click on Test Now for channels 1 and 2. If all goes well you will see and feel your fans spinning for a quick burst. Next to the output tuning menu you can also see a graph of the signal strength being sent to the fans. The first column being channel 1 and the second being channel 2. If you are satisfied with the output, you can move on to step 24, if not go back to step 22 until desired effects are achieved.
Step 24: Add 3d printed fan shroud to front and back of fan. I used the standard fan screw to hold them in.
Step 25: Add lower Mount, Add a nut and bolt to the mount
Step 26: Attach mount to rig: I used 2 wood screws per mount on the left and right uprights of my monitors.
Step 27: Fire up your favorite Simhub compatible sim

Step 28: Enjoy the Wind


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