The IBU2 is coming
 

Full Option IBU2 board</p>

Hello fellow tankers, I want to share with you the specifications of my upcoming board for rc-tanks, named 'Full Option IBU 2'.</p>


Specs:</p>

- Control via proportional transmitter (4 channels required)
- Plug and play for Heng Long tanks connectors: disconnect cables from RX18 and connect to IBU2, remove RX18, remove HL receiver, connect proportional receiver
- Fully Tamiya compatible IR system (IR code, tank classes, tank slowdown)
- Supplied apple flasher leds board compatible with HL recivers
- Compatibility with IBU first series repair function to simulate a repair tank (bergepanzer) with IR range limitation via jumper
- Proportional track control (including spinning), with transmitter-switchable momentum linked to tank class
- 10A max per track channel, with current monitoring and limitation (warning flashes on apple led, if selected)
- Track power is enough to drive a HL tank even in grass or on slopes with stock gearboxes
- Mosfet temperature monitoring and limitation (max 70&deg;C- warning flashes on apple led, if selected)
- Lights can be switched on and off by transmitter
- All controls (turret, gun, lights, etc.) are available even with engine stopped
- Support for tamiya-style and servo recoil
- Proportional control of smoke generator (full power during engine startup, then proportional to engine revs)
- Smoke generator can be switched on/off via remote
- 2 channels sound with 3W/4 Ohm on-board amplifier (replaceable with optional 8W/4 Ohm one)
1 Channel dedicated to engine sounds
1 Channel dedicated to all other effects, with priority table to play them
<span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="background-color: rgb(251,252,255); color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 13px">-Customizable sounds on (supplied) microSD card (22050 Hz, 8 bit, mono wave files)</span></span>
Engine cold start
Engine warm start
Engine idle
Engine rev steps (10 steps)
Engine stop
5x Random track chain squeaks
Turret rotation
Barrel elevation
Gun shoot
MG shoot
Hit
Destroyed
Rebirth 15 secs after destroyed
Repair
- Li-po battery support with voltage detection and automatic tank shutoff at low battery voltage
- extended apple led signalling selectable: end of reload, board bootstrap, warnings (lipo low voltage, motor overcurrent, overheating)
- Dip switches to set tank function, class, etc.
- Easy setup with receiver: set dip switch on, move sticks to all directions, set dip switch off, done!</p>

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Target price: 99&euro; + Shipping</p>


Availability: current first run batch of 10 boards is already fully reserved and will be deliveried within 2 weeks to selected tankers, mostly in Europe, to collect feedbacks and suggestions.
Next batch of boards will be available afterwards.</p>

Write to ivano.bretti[at]alice.it for any request or order</p>

IBU2 support forum is online and will be filled soon with informations:</p>

http://ibu2.forumattivo.com/</p>

A picture showing the board inside a Panzer III for testing</p>


http://i80.servimg.com/u/f80/16/26/25/76/dscn3611.jpg

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RE: The IBU2 is coming
 

Wow that looks good
and a very wide range of goodies

any chance of a sound preview/video?

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Wow, that's pretty cool. Emphasis on sound but you've got everything that counts, well done.

I'm curious about... " Supplied apple flasher leds board compatible with HL receivers "

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will it be able to have a tamiya apple fitted ?

i am liking what i see

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Hi guys, thanks for the interest,

@ AFV432 i will post a demo video a.s.a.p.
@ Strato 50, basically it's a ring of leds that fit the HL apple, pics and downloadable manual soon available
@ septon, Yes the custom Tamiya cable is available on requestand also the high performance IR led emitter</p>

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I'm one of the selected tankers for the first batch. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...ular_smile.gif

I'll post my review as soon as i have my hands on the board

RE: The IBU2 is coming
 

This is very good news! wish no one will ask me to add SDcard on my product, we now have EL Mod, Berier(I like thier soundteacher software very much!) , Taipen, and IBU at price range from 200&euro; to 99&euro;, all have single or dual SDcard slot.

Regards,
Clark

RE: The IBU2 is coming
 

That's cool! More option = always better!<div>
</div><div>Anyone care to compare to the latest TK-22?</div>

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I agree, this is very good news indeed, looking forward to seeing the results &amp; videos of the new IBU2 board in action scooter ... &amp; Clark, you won't have to worry (at least from me) about requests to add the ability for user changeable sounds on your boards anymore, you made it pretty clear with your reasons why you won't on several occasions now.http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...wink_smile.gif


~ Craig ~

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thank you scooter i will look forward to it ;)

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This is very interesting. So it is pretty much Tamiya compatible with the addition of the repair feature? I like the simple concept.

Do you software for building soundfiles for it?

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@ YHR

- Take note that the repair feature is only available betweenIBU (1 and 2) boards since it uses a specific IR pattern for the repair signal.
- Speaking about sound samples,is very aesy to build your own samples the only mandatory requirement is :
22050Hz,8 bit, mono, wav format
8 chrs max lenght of the name(standard DOS chrs)
max dimension of the sample 1 Mbyte (if longer will be truncated)
I use these two audio tools,Audacitywheni need to work hardwith samples andAwave studioto normalize orresample but there's many others programsthat can do this well.

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The IBU2 uses the microSD card to store all the used audio samples, but there is also another nice feature, theIBU2.ini file, where you can set your sound simply by changing the file name and copying the sampleitself in the root of the card.

Furthermore you can :
- set the timing of the power recoil (Tamiya like)
- set the timing of the servo recoil
- set the timing of the servo return
- set the direction of the servo recoil movement
- reverse the radio channels (if you have an old radio and you don't want toreverse the switch on the TX when you change the tank)

Here is a sample of th e.ini file, enjoy

<span style="color: #ff00ff">EngineColdON=estartc.wav
EngineWarmON=estartw.wav
EngineStop=estop.wav
EngineIdle=eidle.wav
EngineStep1=es01.wav
EngineStep2=es02.wav
EngineStep3=es03.wav
EngineStep4=es04.wav
EngineStep5=es05.wav
EngineStep6=es06.wav
EngineStep7=es07.wav
EngineStep8=es08.wav
EngineStep9=es09.wav
EngineStep10=es10.wav
SqueakType1=sk01.wav
SqueakType2=sk02.wav
SqueakType3=sk03.wav
SqueakType4=sk04.wav
SqueakType5=sk05.wav
Cannon=50PZIII.wav
Mg=MG34.wav
Turret=turn2.wav
Barrel=barrel1.wav
Hit=hit2.wav
Dead=dead2.wav
Birth=Panzerl.wav
Repair=Repair1.wav

</span><span style="color: #0000ff">RecoilTimeDigital=1000;activation time ofpower recoil, in ms. value range1..9999

</span><span style="color: #339966">RecoilTimeServo=4000; activation timeof servo recoil, in ms. value range 1..9999
RecoilTimeServoReturn=2000; return timeof servo recoil, in ms. value range 1..99999
RecoilInverseCmd=TRUE; flag for servo reverse. value accepted TRUE, FALSE

</span><span style="color: #ff6600">RadioCH1InverseCmd=FALSE; Flagfor reverseRXCH1. Value accepted TRUE, FALSE
RadioCH2InverseCmd=FALSE; Flagfor reverseRXCH2. Value accepted TRUE, FALSE
RadioCH3InverseCmd=FALSE; Flagfor reverseRXCH3. Value accepted TRUE, FALSE
RadioCH4InverseCmd=FALSE; Flagfor reverseRXCH4. Value accepted TRUE, FALSE

</span><span style="color: #99cc00">MinPwmRecoil2=50; minimum PWM command for HL smoke generator. Value range 1..100</span></p>

RE: The IBU2 is coming
 

Scooter how much are the ibu 1's selling at for the repair function ?

i know a few lads that have bergpanthers so this would liven up the battlefield

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@ AFV432 you have mail ...</p>

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OK so this is quite similar to the method El- MOD uses.

You were gracious enough to make the Bergepanther signal free for all developers to use so some other boards are compatible with this signal though(right??)

Does the pinout on the IBU2 match the Tamiya sensor, so if a person wanted to he could just plug in a Tamiya TBU?

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I can imagine a glorious world, where despite officially being competitors, IBU, DBC and Clark all share similar repair & machine gun functions...

Oh the battles that could be waged... half tracks.. light armored cars.. repair depots... true scouting...

*faints*

RE: The IBU2 is coming
 

I was pretty sure the MAKO boards shared the same repair signal, especially since borealis &amp; Kevin actually discussed this on RCTA forums during development stages ... which would also mean that the newer Taipan would share the same repair signal &amp; be compatible too.

~ Craig ~

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The repair pattern was shared with Kevin, and he sent us an early Mako board with the feature enabled, but some testing showed that it was not recognized by the IBU.
Geographical distance is not a good thing when such tests are required, though, but maybe in the future Ivano and Kevin will manage to make it work.


edit: anyway apart from the pattern itself, we shared with Kevin thoughts about how a 'repair tank' function had to be implemented on the battlefield to make it fair and balanced, and that kind of sharing was the most important part of the collaboration.

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Ahhhh, that's a bummer to find out borealis, I didn't know about the testing. Thanks for the update.

One would think, if the IR repair codes shared between them are the same, it would just simply work ... damn electronics &amp; their sometimes unpredictable quirks!!!


~ Craig ~

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I agree with what you are saying here, &amp; to tell you the truth, I like the way the repair mode functions on the IBU or MAKO units a little better than how the Clark boards implement it. Though I'm still happy that Clark did add the function on his boards, even as it is it's better than not even having the function as an available option at all.


~ Craig ~

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There is a cable (available upon request)that interface Tamiya apple with IBU2.
Is a simple cable and easy to build using some HL spare cable,i will post the connection diagram.

RE: The IBU2 is coming
 

would be awesome to add SD card to your TK22 would unlimit the possibilities further on , i have three tamiya porsche KT tigers at home will be drivin by the TK22

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http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f.../msn/72_72.gif karel47, Clark just made his wish known about that in the same post you responded to, "wish no one will ask me to add SDcard on my product" ... now how could you just deny him of that wish by suggesting you would like to see an SD card on a TK22??? lol http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...eeth_smile.gif

Sorry, but it would seem no matter how many requests for adding an SD card Clark gets (as there have been many on this forum as well as suggested through email to him), he has remained consistent in saying it just won't happen. Main reason he stated was that it would limit his board to 2 simultaneous sound tracks, which he doesn't want to happen.

Though let's not get this fine IBU2 thread off topic by discussing Clark's products now ... myself included http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...wink_smile.gif

~ Craig ~

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scooter anychance of the tamiya apple cable info it would help loads ;)

looking forward to seeing this

some of our lads were worried that it was only H/long apple orientated

but with this addition plus an SD card to boot im drooling already :)