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DIY Arduino Helicopter Collective Joystick Control -- Episode 440

 

I love to fly in simulators, especially helicopters. But, there is just not an affordable collective control that I have found, so I decided to make one for myself! I am going to build a joystick using an Arduino Micro, with a bunch of buttons for assignable controls and a high quality encoder for the collective axis.

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Also you can watch the live Twitch recording about this build: element14 Presents Live Twitch Stream: DIY Arduino Helicopter Collective Joystick Control

Bill of Material:

Product Name Manufacturer Quantity Buy Kit
BOURNS Absolute Rotary Encoder, 120 rpm, 128 PPR, EAW Series BOURNS 1 Buy Now
ARDUINO Development Board, Arduino Micro, ATmega32U4 MCU, 20 3.3V I/O, 12 Analogue Inputs, ISCP Header ARDUINO 1 Buy Now
ITW SWITCHES Pushbutton Switch, Industrial, 59 Series, 13.6 mm, SPST-NO-DB, Momentary, Square ITW SWITCHES 1 Buy Now
ITW SWITCHES Pushbutton Switch, Industrial, 59 Series, 13.6 mm, SPST-NO-DB, Momentary, Square ITW SWITCHES 1 Buy Now
ITW SWITCHES Pushbutton Switch, Industrial, 59 Series, 13.6 mm, SPST-NO-DB, Momentary, Round ITW SWITCHES 1 Buy Now
ITW SWITCHES Pushbutton Switch, Industrial, 59 Series, 13.6 mm, SPST-NO-DB, Momentary, Round ITW SWITCHES 1 Buy Now
C & K COMPONENTS SWITCH, SPDT, 5A, 120VAC C & K COMPONENTS 3 Buy Now
BOURNS Incremental Rotary Encoder, Pro Audio, Continuous. 24 Detents, 24 Pulses, Quadrature Output BOURNS 1 Buy Now

 

Additional Parts:

 

Product Name

5 Way Momentary Square SMD Tactitle Switch

M3x5x2 Square Nuts

8mm Bore Diameter ball mounted pillow blocks

T6 Seamless Aluminum Round Straight Tubing 16 Gauge 1-3/8" OD
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HelicopterCollective_Resources.zip
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DIY Arduino Helicopter Collective Joystick Control

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  • Kaleb,

     

    Quick question please?

     

    Above is what I have so far but could you please clarify where your getting Joystick.h file. When I attempt to verify in Ide editor I get error message "Joystick_ does not name type".

     

    thanks for your help and especially thanks for your shared information on Heli Collective:)

     

    Oh Yeah please understand i've always been more of a hardware guy and can build hardware and wire it up like its candy:) software on the other hand is kinda my weak-point... So please excuse the rookie question....

     

    respectfully

    Andrew

  • in reply to fright

    Thanks Mick,

     

    Yeah still getting message. Buts its probably something to do with programming logic....

     

    Just going to crack open an adruino books and start from basics...

     

    thanks for input greatly appreciated...

  • in reply to aosatx04

    Hey there, I am seeing the same error message as above. Did you resolve this issue?

  • in reply to jlaingen

    Resolved the issue. There are multiple "joystick" libraries and not all are created equal. I located the correct library by searching for one with value the code called out as not defined, in this case "JOYSTICK_DEFAULT_REPORT_ID".

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