DIY ARDUINO RPM REV TACHO SIM HUB DASH

Make this RPM Rev Tachometer Sim Racing dash gauge using SimHub. Add a real automotive rev counter tacho to your dashboard setup with this easy electronics project.
Parts List.
- Tachometer ebay.us/MAu57u
- Arduino Nano BG bit.ly/3zsbjrB
- Resistor 2.2k ebay.to/3ia6YPW
- Transistor Tip120 goo.gl/BZ2VFE
- Diode IN5349B ebay.us/NK1aZS
- Strip Vero PCB board ebay.us/9r3GiJ
- 12V Power supply ebay.us/OpXvXv
- Wire bit.ly/2J6PkgM
- Solder - bit.ly/2MK4Tuy
- Soldering Iron ebay.us/VIwU6k
- Breadboard BG bit.ly/3lXiTml
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Supported games are :
• Assetto Corsa
• IRacing
• ProjectCars/ProjectCars2
• Codemasters games (Dirt 4, Dirt 2,Dirt 3, Dirt Rally, F1 20XX)
• Euro Truck Simulator 2 / American Truck simultator
• RRE
• Rfactor1
• Automobilista (using Rfactor1 plugin)
• Rfactor2
• LFS
• RBR
• GTR1
• GT Legends
• GTR2 / Race
• Race07

[@MichaelB450]

Great job! I'm impressed with how easy you made this look to make possible.

[@AsilarWindsailor]

I will be using the knowledge and skills from your videos to build my own personal BattleMech cockpit for MechWarrior Online

[@louisbabyCT]

I finished my Arduino Tacho last night, opened up GT Legends, and played for about 2 hours... I love this tutorial, thank you so much.

[@mitchellwildchild118]

Edward Lewis could I ask you for some help please

[@woodeeeeeeify]

Never fail to disapoint! Going to get the parts and make this as my weekend project.

[@soobyt]

and did you manage to build ?

[@gabrielrorato6978]

Hi, I'm from Brazil, and I've been following your work for a long time. You are so happy !! Very good!!!

[@RobinBalentina]

Finally, I was waiting for this video! Thanks man, keep up the good work! Ordering all parts asap!:)

[@amstudioprojects]

Enjoy the build!

[@RobinBalentina]

When you go max rpm when in neutral, does the needle bounces? Or doesn't it do it because of little input lag?

[@iszlaimatyasjeno1301]

If you use an Attiny 85 microcontroller instead of a whole arduino nano board...the attiny is 1 dollar the resitors diodes and transistors are cheap as hack and can be found in old electronics as well...so about 2 max 3 dollars for the electronics and the price of the rpm indicator which I have no idea how much does it cost... :))

[@eddiebehr3723]

thanks man!!!

[@iszlaimatyasjeno1301]

Eddie Behr you are welcome ! :))

[@l33tgam3r]

I just tried to build two myself. I am a person that is medium skilled, but soldering was years ago. Yet thanks to your clear instructions I was able to produce two working tacho's (just need to put em on my arduino, but t he boards are powering and the tacho's are powering up) So thank you big time!

[@ThanasisDouskos]

mine are not

[@UnusualAtt]

Can you tell me what Diode you used? The link doesn't work and not sure on which one to get thanks.

[@l33tgam3r]

1N5349B IN5349B Zener diode 12V 5W DO-15 IN5349

[@NitrosSimSports]

Fantastic videos you produce! So informative and easy to follow. Thanks a lot :)

[@karlo134652]

been watching your vids. those set ups and builds are crazy. i freakin love it.

[@franky-161]

I love how satisfying your videos are

[@suriocharris1520]

Fantastic Work Man, Good Luck in your projects !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Nangitus]

love this video man, great quality and easy to follow instructions. keep up the great work.

[@lzoli18B]

By far the best video / tutorial I've seen on this subject

[@Tracks777]

Good video!

[@madmax2069]

This is really awesome, the only thing I don't like is that it's pretty slow to respond to rapid RPM changes, but that could just be down to the gauge itself.

[@josueherrera8547]

Te quedó realmente increíble. Gracias por subir estos tutoriales. 👍

[@ricardosoares2059]

Funcionou perfeitamente tinha colocado outro tacometro mas não funcionou mas com o tacometro do video funciona perfeitamente fica a dica pra quem quiser fazer. Agradeço a Amstudio por compartilhar o conhecimento.Obrigado

[@topgamerroom]

omg I love this thank you soooo much improvements will be happening to my racing rig now

[@alvarosanchis7289]

Really good and clean job, keep making this builds.

[@amstudioprojects]

Thanks Alvaro

[@Matthewrandone]

Awesome video mate, haven't seen one of your vids in ages, you have also grown your channel heaps since the last time I saw your videos which was at like 6k lol, keep it up again!

[@amstudioprojects]

Thanks mate!

[@omgitsGoDzOwN]

Great video mate! I just finished my usb handbrake today that was inspired by your vid's, It works great! keep it up.

[@amstudioprojects]

Awesome!

[@KimNabi_cat]

build a car alreay plz

[@wikan1996]

Jae hyun Park build a car with arduino ecu

[@Elitesniper257]

M. Wikan Sasongko arduino is practically too practically too slow for that

[@KimNabi_cat]

i have faith in amstudio that he will come up with something

[@taohawaii]

No it isn't. The Arduino uses the "Tone" library to drive the transistor. The tone library is capable of outputting from 31Hz to 65,635 Hz. As seen in the video, it drives the tachometer over the full RPM range without breaking a sweat. If you pause at 4:49 you can see the software is configured to send serial data at 64Hz. So you will only get updates 64 times each second (making the needle "step" a little). The minimum number of cylinders the tachometer can be configured to accept is 4. On a four stroke, there are two up-down cycles (revolutions) between spark events. Since there are four cylinders, half of them have a spark event per revolution. Of those two, they fire alternating so each, single 360° revolution will produce 2 spark signals to the tachometer. (Unless it is a stupid (GM) and they spark even on the exhaust stroke...) The gauge reads up to 11,000 RPM so that is 22,000 pulses per minute for a 4 cylinder. Well under the maximum 65,535/s * 60 seconds in a minute = 3,932,100 that the Arduino is programmed to output. Since the minimum frequency is 31Hz ( * (60 sec in minute)/(2 pulses per revolution) ) the arduino cannot drive the tach between 930 RPM and 0 RPM. If you set the gauge for a 6 cylinder the gap would shrink to 620 RPM, and would be only 465 RPM for an 8 cylinder. This would require you to change the pulses per RPM generated by the Arduino however something simple like replacing "rpmTone.play(freq);" with "rpmTone.play(freq*1.5);" or "rpmTone.play(freq*2);" on line 994 of the sketch. You can see a general delay in the physical gauge lagging behind the virtual one. This is partially due to the 64Hz data rate but mostly due to the stepper motor in the gauge. The motor driver in the gauge has a maximum speed which limits the needle's ability to keep up. I think digital is best/fastest. If you need a needle, you can simulate one but you can get the same (better) effect with LEDs around the circumference. If you just want to be old school you can get great results with aircore gauges and driving the sin/cos coils with analogWrite()'s.

[@familyvlogs3737]

Jae hyun Park i

[@MrDalugoga]

I really need to get a soldering iron to do this now! A speedometer coming next? Keep up the awesome vids!

[@bentafee1192]

Nice vid man!

[@lifeofasimrigmestizo6910]

I do appreciate the DIY projects, I wish there was a way to apply all the hardware DIY to the PS4 console. Thanks for they great tutorial, keep up the great work.

[@amstudioprojects]

Thanks Dennis! You might have to get yourself a PC!

[@alfredorodriguez4539]

PC > XBOX > PS

[@MrEpicDude69]

Alfredo rodríguez pc master race

[@cristobalgarcia480]

Alfredo rodríguez Hello for ps4 can you tachometer?

[@seized_seal]

love it good work and very useful I feel good for this channel

[@jehongjeon]

Very Useful Tools! Thanks!

[@bigchew1513]

sweet.... i bet i have the parts to build that alredy instock,tht looks like fun to.. i still havent got my bord for my last project..but this i can try tonight maybe....lol. im a bit of a eletronic repairman..to a point a lot or 10-11meter radios n such..but again another great video..

[@nazmisofiansuhaimi4807]

Hi great vid there, I made one based on your instructions. Though I just changed the Diode to a 12V 1W ( 1N5242 ) to replace the the 12V 5W you used as there weren't any available stocks in the Asian region. It worked flawlessly still with the 12V 2Amps adapter.

[@amryms]

caranya gimana gan

[@nazmisofiansuhaimi4807]

@@amryms saya ganti sja diode yg dia pakai dgn diode yg saya dpt cari dgn spesifikasi yg plg dekat, ikut shj schematic balik dgn arah polarity diode

[@RaceDriver1]

This is awesome dude!

[@MustangFastback]

So awesome. Thanks for this!!

[@quelisflorian3422]

Hello Ams amazing job!!!

[@Madge104]

love the adition of the voice. any future plans?

[@jsow99]

I'm probably gonna make it just so I can have it, unfortunately it won't be very useful in F1 and seems like it has quite a bit of lag and the needle can only move at a certain maximum speed. Other than that seems like a perfect addition for a sim rig :) I hope you make more of these 'inexpensive (relatively) but useful' things.

[@user-cs4el3dm2u]

this guy is a DIY racing sim accesorie GOD

[@MegaMymusiclist]

Oh I love the sound of Merc and BMW DTM cars.

[@amstudioprojects]

The best!

[@prohunter717]

This looks fricking cool.

[@21440zippo]

I will build this, Grat job!!! :D

[@SimwitsRacing]

love this channel!

[@Gallardo6669]

Pretty cool. Needed only schematics, will use spare rpm gauge for wattage consumption on my home stereo system....

[@Damnthatblows]

Great vid

[@lukesky1415]

This is some Awesome shit! Great video, keep em coming!

[@420Kabouter]

Great vid. Also liking the background music a lot!

[@BurningBroadcast]

Could you make a video on the theory behind this? That way I could apply it to say a different tachometer and still manage to figure out how to make it work.

[@JapskieTV]

gonna try this soon👍👍

[@hillsy8494]

Mate your videos are awesome. Have to get off my but to try them. Would love for you to gain a large audience so you could make great gear like hydro pedals and DD wheel because you deserve it. Plus I don't want to get charged a huge build fee😂. But awesome Job have order parts for handbrake.

[@hotfuzz1913]

nice work cool tutorial

[@gamerflo5025]

The instructions are great. Could you please make a video how to solder a speedometer?

[@meteorrock4009]

amazing broo!!

[@yipzone]

Really cool!

[@Mozacoficial]

Very nice!

[@Masonmcnamara6825]

I Like the hardstyle music 👍👍

[@teddybear7926]

Yes well done, This is how all youtube vids should be done and with all the links to get the job done.. Subscribing now. Thank You

[@juliend8638]

Thanks a lot ... i made the same as yours... it's works perfect.

[@juliend8638]

i.imgur.com/4VbSiI0.jpg Question ? with a Speedometer is it the same circuit ans construction ?

[@rileypaterson7117]

I love this im gonna give it a shot

[@TMCHL]

Nailed it again !

[@amstudioprojects]

Thanks!

[@mangeshshinde4738]

Biggest fan bro

[@ToHungDuong]

you save my day!!!

[@MichaelParktheFirst]

Great tutorial

[@YTKhaos]

i have a saab too

[@user-xu3sz9zp9e]

Yeahhhh....that's awesome

[@farukgul391]

Thanks man ✌

[@fabioamorim2444]

ola fiz um igual e ficou perfeito graças ao seu vídeo,vi em seus videos que você usa muito a plataforma Arduíno para fazer os seus projetos agora gostaria de saber se tem como você fazer mais de um projeto usando um único Arduíno obrigado e continue assim você esta de parabéns

[@felipoliveira95]

Cara consegue me ajudar com uma dúvida desse projeto?

[@hoepsipoepsi]

the beginning was Zandvoort? awesome

[@declanmorrell6447]

best ive everseen

[@EddieBean]

late to the party but god damn it amstuido youve gotten a sub watching this stuff is awesome and im trying to build a semi (heh) - realistic semi truck cab for ats because i have nothing better to do with my life atm and i can tell your videos are gonna do it for me haha

[@excorvalan]

Great Music! :D

[@itonz]

awesome , thanks

[@estufilla]

It's funny, because if you listen carefully to the sound, and watch one tach and the other, the Arduino one is even more synchronized than the one in-game with the sound.

[@Tdrgv512]

Would like to see a MPH gauge too.

[@gtr4606]

Nice GTR wallpaper

[@Ribgox]

Thanx! maybe you may set a little speed gear indicator

[@sapobully5206]

It would be nice if you build a DIY steering wheel. Maybe with force feedback too.

[@DEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS]

I'm really wondering how you cleaned it up and mounted it securely

[@diego98x18]

hello incredible what you have done congratulations, a query it works with any tachometer or just with that

[@alpozkaya5948]

You are best

[@ugursqare8961]

COOL very cool

[@lanty86]

Would this work with a speedometer in the same way ? Loving your content mate.

[@jalon9516]

When you finally hear daddy's voice and he's an aussie

[@mihinkarunaratne]

My DIY H-Shifter? I NEED IT.

[@m1tchBio]

Mihin Karunaratne you NEED IT......so?

[@JoJoCan]

Just buy one, they are cheap

[@_Bonez12]

There's already a diy h pattern on hackaday. I've built one and use it all the time. Search up "diy h pattern" and it should be the first result.

[@JoJoCan]

The G29's H-Shifter costs $59.99 USD

[@Endidixknsej]

Only I paid 30 quid for mine brand new

[@marknouws4409]

Wow someone on youtube that uses hardstyle in a video, NICEE.

[@cashy2011]

Same thoughts!

[@TheSapier]

I calculated it and it's around 80-90 dollars for everything new. (includes soldering iron which some people might already have)

[@grahamamon]

Sort of wish I had taken Electronics in high school now.

[@Marcus198900]

Fantastic work congratulations, I'm interested to know if it also works for consoles (Xbox and/or PlayStation). Thank you so much congratulations again

[@OficinaKGS]

great project thank you so much for sharing, ask a question? what is this little circuit you put in for? thanks

[@TSEMoon]

Oh, my god, this project is really great! ! It’s amazing! ! I want to know if the odometer can be controlled by Simhub?

[@amstudioprojects]

Yes it can, check this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmacf39vetp4mq8

[@moh5888]

while i was happy because i bought this tacho in my car others were making from it a sim racing tacho used in games 😳😂😂😂 good job tho

[@cachorritosmer]

aqui tiene su like 900 :) buen hombre......siga asi.

[@amstudioprojects]

Thanks!!

[@rotoole6875]

lol You're the man.

[@marcushesketh5822]

Wouldn't work with an F1 car but great tutorial

[@claytongame-hughes3803]

can you please do a speedometer! honestly best channel for DIY sim racing thank you and please set up a donation page cause id donate

[@amstudioprojects]

Hey! Yes a speedometer is on the list ! Ive just set up a Patreon page for donations

[@user-ub6wi6be8v]

Hey amstudio! I like your video very much! I have one question: When can you diy a speedometer? I mean the real speed gauge！

[@UevanrajooThavarajoo]

I just tested this and I worked great for me, only issue was my arduino nano was quite old and it was a third party board, I tried updating the bootloader to update the bootloader and then upload the script from the latest SimHub, but SimHub is still detects as Arduino Nano with Old Bootloader

[@FelipeRodrigues-cc7hj]

amstudio, great class. I have a question: can i do the same project with the "arduino uno r3"?

[@waelbadr4044]

I have a vw golf mk4 cluster and I want to use it, I used your code for e36 and put the same wires after I found the right wires diagram for the cluster only the speedometer worked

[@danielthomas1986]

Love the videos great work. Can you run multiple gauges off of one Arduinos or does there need to be one each?

[@Dutch3DMaster]

You probably have an answer by now, but in case someone else wonders about the same thing: any pin with PWM output is capable of driving a single gauge (and then there's some trickery capable of being done with switching non-PWM ports on-off really fast, but that's definitely something that brings you down to the root of Arduino core programming).

[@andresosorio6330]

As always good vid! Can you please tell me the name of the game you played for the test of the tachometer? Keep up the great vids!

[@amstudioprojects]

Assetto Corsa

[@DishwasherDominator]

8:39 it sounds nice when the car shifts into the next gear.

[@otpreet]

Why

[@slickyy_]

can you make the speedo meter version plz, just like this universal tacho

[@alvinsandil2666]

nice

[@j.automotive]

“Place and solder”😂

[@randallenriquez1286]

hours in the web seeking for this, thanks bro, you are big, does it work the same with oil, fuel, etc. gauges?

[@Elitesniper257]

Randall Enriquez It should work with them as long as you look at what voltage the gauges use for their data lines. Most use 12 so you'll have to use the Tip120 or any other transistor/MOSFET to change the logic level. As for the arduino, that should work too as long as you set it up correctly