Monthly Archives: April 2015

Hacking a Thrustmaster TX RW gaming wheel with Arduino Uno – part 1

TX RW Wheel connected to Arduino Uno
TX RW Wheel connected to Arduino Uno

Here’s a Thrustmaster TX Racing wheel (Force Feedback TX base + Ferrari 458 Italia replica wheel). I got it broken, and because of the fact it required tear down and repair anyways (fixed already), I decided to play with electronics a bit more, connecting different wheel parts to Arduino board and reverse-engineering wheelbase-to-wheel wiring and protocol. Let’s take a look?

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