About SimuCUBE

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External connectors

Simucube connectors.jpg

Overview of external SimuCUBE connectors.

Legend

Color
Supply pin
Input pin
Output pin

Motor & E-stop connector

Pin 1 is the left-most.

Pin number Signal name Usage
1 U / PH1 Motor phase 1
2 V / PH2 Motor phase 2
3 W / PH3 Motor phase 3
4 PH4 Motor phase 4
5 GND Ground voltage (0 V) of the SimuCUBE
6 E-Stop / STO External stop / Safe Torque Off input pin (active high)
7 +5 V 5 V supply voltage.

Motor position sensor connector

A, B, and C indicate the quadrature encoder differential signals.

Pin # Pin name Electrical type (in most feedback device modes)
Shell GND Earth / 0 V
1 HALL_W Hall sensor digital input W
2 HALL_V Hall sensor digital input V
3 HALL_U Hall sensor digital input U
4 GND Encoder supply ground / 0 V
5 B- Encoder differential input B-
6 B+ Encoder differential input B+
7 A- Encoder differential input A-
8 A+ Encoder differential input A+
9 5V_OUT Encoder supply +5 V output
10 GND Encoder supply ground / 0 V
11 GPI3 IONI GPI3 input
12 GPI2 IONI GPI2 input
13 GPI1 IONI GPI1 input
14 C- Encoder differential input C-
15 C+ Encoder differential input C+

RJ45-1 (top-left)

Pin 1 is the right-most. These are active-low with an internal 3.3 kOhm pull-up resistor.

Pin number Signal name Usage
1 Button 12
2 Button 7
3 Button 8
4 Button 9
5 Button 10
6 Button 6
7 Button 11
8 GND / 0 V

RJ45-2 (bottom-left)

Pin 1 is the right-most. These are active-low with an internal 3.3 kOhm pull-up resistor.

Pin number Signal name Usage
1 Button 3
2 Button 4
3 Button 2
4 Button 5
5 Button 13
6 Button 14
7 Button 15
8 GND / 0 V

RJ45-3 (top-right)

Pin 1 is the left-most.

Pin number Signal name Usage
1 Brake ADC input for brake pedal
2 Throttle ADC input for throttle pedal
3 ADC-14 ADC input
4 5V_OUT +5 V supply
5 Clutch ADC input for clutch pedal
6 ADC-7 ADC input
7 CLK_OUT
8 GND / 0 V

RJ45-4 (bottom-right)

Pin 1 is the left-most.

Pin number Signal name Usage
1 Button 16
2 ADC-13 ADC input
3 ADC-3 ADC input
4 5V_OUT +5 V supply
5 DAC-1
6 DAC-2
7 ADC-6 ADC input
8 GND / 0 V

USB Connectors

Connector Usage Notes
USB-1 USB connector for the HID
USB-2 USB connector for the IONI

Wiring

Basic wiring scheme

Simucube basic wiring scheme.jpg

SimuCUBE basic wiring scheme. Please see the motor position sensor table for the DB15 connector pinout.

RJ45 connectors

Simucube rj45 wiring example.jpg

Example of how to wire buttons and analog signals to SimuCUBE.

Serial display

Simucube serial display connector.jpg

Pin header to connect a serial display.

Pin headers & other connectors

The SimuCUBE has few pin headers for future upgrades and features. These are reserved until future notice.

Configuration files

STM32F4 firmware files

Please read the following guide, how to update the STM32F4 firmware.

FW version FW file Description/changes

IONI firmware

Read the following guide how to upgrade the IONI firmware:

http://granitedevices.com/wiki/Granity_user_guide/Uploading_a_firmware

The latest firmware can be found here:

http://granitedevices.com/wiki/IONI_firmware_releases

Motor configuration files for Granity (.drc)

If you have a working configuration file for a specific motor, we would like to add it here.

Motor name Motor model Notes Configuration file Contributor
Mige (small) Mige 130ST-M10010 1 kW, 10 Nm (20 Nm peak) file here someday Granite Devices Inc.
Mige (large) Mige 130ST-M15015 2.3 kW, 15 Nm (30 Nm peak) file here someday Granite Devices Inc.
Lenze MCS12H15L 1.6 kW, 11.4 Nm (29 Nm peak) file here someday Granite Devices Inc.

Links and miscellaneous notes

Please read also these pages to get the best possible experience of SimuCUBE FFW system.


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