Another Hall Sensor upgrade
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Overall time of delivery and the whole experience with MilesD and his kindness and service was way more than ok.
27/7 sent 2/8 received.The Packaging way small and rigid.
2 paper cardboard’s to safeguard it from stress of going to a bankrupt country… :lol:
The inner second stage safety… all taped with a non leaving glue navy blue tape… (I love this color…)
The product with the sensor carefully placed in the safety of the plastic ring… No way it can get heart… It must brake the way strong ring first.
Yeap we are there…
And the sensor and the socket for the pcb…
Thanx MilesD… One happy customer here…
And that concludes the final current version of unboxing MilesD HallSensor for Cougar Throttle new special packaging …
Thank you all for watching.
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Well if it’s just soldering I have the tools and soldering skills…
Edit: Oh what I’m saying… it must be past midnight there… Go sleep m8 I’ll wait til tomorrow.
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Arty
Now how can you be a happy customer when I sent the wrong parts
It is a different form factor for the board as well as the wiring is different. You can see the holes don’t line up. You should get the right board tomorrow.
I really do apologize.
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No prob…
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Arty
Now how can you be a happy customer when I sent the wrong parts
It is a different form factor for the board as well as the wiring is different. You can see the holes don’t line up. You should get the right board tomorrow.
I really do apologize.
MilesMiles,
It’s all Greek to Arty
(Don’t even ask me to explain this American pun)Good to see Miles stands behind his product. Customer Support is key to a good reputation.
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:lol: Greek? What is this?
I just found and the other tracking number. The mail got lost in the pile… It must be here tomorrow or the day after.
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I have had a few customers that have had issues with windows not reading the hall sensor. In doing some research into this it appears there is 2 boards for the cougar throttle a 3.8 volt and 5 volt version. The 5 volt appears to be the newer one. While I have been unable to confirm it yet it looks like this may be the problem. Before anyone else orders the kits I would check to make sure you have the newer board.
New board (AV8R Pic)
New board board Back
Old board not compatible (from scubapic)
Since I am new at this if anyone has more information on this, please tell
Thanks
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ok the correct sensor arrived let’s hope the pcb is the correct one.
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There’s at least two workarounds for this situation where one pcb gives 3.8 and the newer gives 5.0 vdc. (Noting the hall sensor requires a minimum of 4.5 vdc to operate)
1. Use a jumper wire from 5.0vdc on the TM PCB to feed the Miles PCB and Hall sensor. There’s a couple of ways to do this, one cutting a PCB trace (Solkol1’s idea) and another re-routing the jumper wire directly to power pin on the Miles pig tail cable (AV8R).
2. Add a mini DC-DC 3.8 to 5.0 vdc step up converter. Cost a few bucks and could be done to still make Miles mod be plug and play.
Where red there is a will and information, there is a way.
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Here is the original post on how to possibly fix this from scubapic.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?24707-Cougar-Throttle-Hall-Effect-Potentiometer-Cubpilot-Reincarnated!&highlight=cub+pilot -
Or use a usb charge or usb cable (connected to a powered usb plug) cut the wire isolate the power line wire and plug it to miles pcb? Could this also work?
Sent from TapaTalk
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That would work, but it’s overkill as the 5vdc is already on both versions of the TQS PCBs. It’s just a matter of supplying the power (proper voltage without too much current than the device can handle). A jumper wire and trace cut or an onboard mini dc-dc converter would be simpler and without more external wires and power supplies.
Also, the PCBs have a version/revision number on them, and I bet TM knows what TQS serial numbers were run for each PCB version. This would allow people to know which pcb type without opening up the base. But once the TQS base is opened up, and it has to eventually, one can read the pcb version and inspect the pcb for the series surface mounted resistor.
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Arty
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Great news… I too am a long time modded Cougar guy with the Evenstrain mod which is working just fine at the moment. This looks like a mod for a Stock Cougar. My question is does this mod help when the stock gimbals start to wear. I do know the stock gimbals are made of a softer metal and over time some slop will happen and this is what put uneven strain on the POTS which would wear them out quick. It looks like this mod has no contact with anything so I’m assuming it addresses this old issue.
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Arty
It looks like you have the new board. Did you try it yet?Not yet. It arrived a bit late and I was already at work… Probably Tomorrow…
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I hate cliff hangars
:munch:
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Miles why do I have 2 plastic pieces? I should put them underneath the hall sensor pcb?
Ok disregard I found the video…
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Yes this picture should show how.