Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In this video i demonstrate that the OpenFFBoard firmware now supports ODrive and VESC based motor drivers. We also take a look at changes in the communication interfaces and how HID could be used to automate settings like changing the steering wheel angle based on a car.

This video contains a lot of different topics so use the chapter marks to jump between sections

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:05 CAN Bus
1:54 ODrive demo and quick setup
6:59 VESC demo and quick setup
10:23 MT6825 Encoder
12:24 TMC4671 + Hall sensors
17:23 New serial command system & syntax
23:19 HID command system
26:42 AC content manager & automatic angle setting
27:55 Doxygen page
29:10 Outro

Links:
Github Firmware: github.com/Ultrawipf/OpenFFBoard
Github Hardware: github.com/Ultrawipf/OpenFFBoard-hardware
Github GUI: github.com/Ultrawipf/OpenFFBoard-configurator
Doxygen page: ultrawipf.github.io/OpenFFBoard/doxygen/index.html
Hackaday.io: hackaday.io/project/163904-open-ffboard
Tindie store: tindie.com/stores/gigawipf

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