TK60G2 series RC tank Controller

Turn your RC tank into proportional radio control with vivid sound.

THIS IS NOT 100% PLUG AND PLAY BOARD, SIMPLE CHANGE IS NEEDED FOR FULL OPTIONS

(specifications and design are subject to change without notice)

 TK60 series controller uses 4~8 channels RC system to control R/C tank's forward/backward movement, sharp turning, pivoting, turret rotation and gun barrel evaluation at variable speed 60A track motor driver 22KHz, 8-bit high quality sound with digital sound mixer Maximum of 5 channel of sound track, main gun, machine gun, turret rotate, gun barrel elevation and engine sound can be generated at the same time Max. of 15W sound output power 0.8A BEC Support air-soft gun with sound synchronization Support TAMIYA 1/16,  TAMIYA 1/35, VStank and HL IR battle unit and format Support RealRecoil servo port Support elevation servo port Support gun barrel stabilizer  Safety shutoff prevents unwanted movement while signal lost Auto R/C signal detection Support 3S Li-Po battery  Miniature design(92mm X 52.3mm X 25mm)

*Horizontal turret stabilizer has motor gain control function which allows user to fine tune performance in different motor and voltage configuration.

*Sound set code info is on "Sound Set Code" page

Transmitter: FS-i6S, self-centering VrA and VrB type Radio

Assign SwB to CH7, SwC to CH8, VrA to CH9, VrB to CH10

RX:FS-iA10

TK60 Software Package List

*Depends on Turret board

Connector and Pin Assignment

Remove RX-18 or 2.4G control board from HL tank

Connect CH1~CH8 channel cables to receiver according to control mode.

Plug Left and Right track motor to CN6 and CN7 on TK60, or solder motor wire to CN6-A, CN6-B, CN7-A and CN7-B if track motor is 540/550.

(Optional) Plug battle unit base to CN2 Infrared Port

(Optional) Plug Gun flasher and  recoil unit switch to CN3 Gun Flash Port

(Optional) Plug speaker to CN5 Speaker Port

Plug volume control unit to CN4

Rewire Air-soft unit if you want to elevate and depress gun directly, see "HL Gun Elevation and AirSoft Correction" section

Set Main Gun Function Mode to match your tank hardware configuration (HL AirSoft, HL or TAMIYA Recoil),

Plug 8-P upper hull functions cable to CN9,

Plug smoker unit and switch to CN10 and CN11,

(Optional) separate smoker heater wire from smoker unit and connect to CN12

(Optional) plug IR011 to J1

(Optional) plug recoil servo to J2

(Optional) plug LED flasher to  servo to J3

(Optional) plug elevation servo to J4

(Optional) plug gun swing servo servo to J5

(Optional) plug rotate light unit to L1, L2 and L3 connector

(Optional) plug LED flasher to  L5

(Optional) plug LED flasher to  L7 and L8 as Right and left blinker

Install a switch (for example, HL Smoke Unit Switch Cable) to SW connector( Switch Cable Port)  as power switch.

HL tank already have power switch on battery cable path, so additional switch is not required, to use a jumper to short pins in SW Cable port or connect a switch cable and keep it switched on.

When high current track motors are used, such as 400/480 motor, power switch on battery cable path will not be able to handle, connect a switch cable (for example, HL Smoke Unit Switch Cable) to this port as power switch.

TK60 board has 0.8A BEC( Battery eliminate circuit), can power receiver through channel cables, no additional battery is needed for receiver

Set trimmers on transmitter to center position,

Connect TK60 to battery or power adaptor( See FAQ )

Switch on TK60 board and transmitter,

Send different commands( see control mode diagram) to test each function, if board not functions accordingly, adjust trimmer on transmitter.

Done!

In HL original design, gun Elevation and AirSoft sharing same driving H/W, so the gun elevation can only be controlled  in one direction, if you missed the angle you want, you will need to wait a full cycle of gun elevation, to correct this problem, we add dedicate AirSoft control h/w to TK20 board. the following shows you how to correct HL tank and get two direction elevation.

The picture below is original wiring in HL tank:

Modify it as the following:

Green box in the diagram above represent the small PCB in tank, small  red, black, blue ... orange in it represent the wire color.

1. Disconnect red wire between safety switch and gun barrel elevation unit.

2. Change original 3P connector to 4P type, add additional wire from safety switch to 4P connector,

3. Add 4P connector HUL-8P PCB connector

4. AirSoft unit is now controlled by red-black pair, gun barrel unit is controlled by red-white pair. and you can connect 8P connector to CN9 on TK-18/20 with original cable.

Here is a video of airsoft setup for Taigen Tank

Tail Light in HL tank is wire to MG light, so the Tail Light flashes when MG firing, this is very funny to us, to correct this problem and make tail light to be controlled with Headlight, please refer to the picture below and rewire it.

1. Remove 2 pin plug from PCB, twist angled pins to opposite side,

2. Connect Tail Light LED + pin(  Red wire of Tail Light cable) to CN9.3 pin( Yellow wire )

3. Connect a 200 Ohm resistor between 2-P connector pin and CN9.2 pin(Green), a SMD type resistor is used in this example to save space.

Original wiring diagram

Corrected wiring diagram

TAMIYA battle unit wiring diagram

HL battle unit installation: wire CN2 connector to HBU and  Flash Unit Flasher as the following

TAMIYA recoil unit installation( -T Version, or set Main Gun Function Mode to TAMIYA Recoil MODE )

STEP1. disconnect white and blue wire from recoil unit switch( see arrow in yellow), add cable connector to recoil switch( see arrow in red ), left green-white-blue cable not touched ( see arrow in green)

STEP2. green wire and white wire in green-white-blue cable goes to 3rd pin on CN9 and 4th pin on CN9(see arrow in green), black and red wire in red-black cable goes to 4th and 5th pin on CN3(see arrow in red).

HL recoil unit installation:

STEP1. Set Main Gun Function Mode to HL Recoil MODE,

STEP2. Connect detection SW( Pressed-to-Short type ) to 4th and 5th pin on CN3 or via the plug (Yellow and brown wire) from  HL HIGH-TENSION FLASHER. Latest released HL recoil unit already has detection switch on it.

STEP3. connect motor - to 4th pin on CN9.connect motor + to 3rd pin on CN9.

Asiatam recoil unit installation:

STEP1. Set Main Gun Function Mode to TAMIYA Recoil MODE,

STEP2. Connect  Recoil motor + to 3rd pin on CN9.connect motor - to 4th  pin on CN9.

STEP2. Connect detection SW to 4th and 5th pin on CN3 or via  the plug (Yellow and brown wire) from  HL HIGH-TENSION FLASHER

RealRecoil( Patent Pending) servo port allows you to recreate real gun barrel recoil movement with single &  cheap servo, what you need to do is to link servo and gun barrel then RealRecoil takes the rest. direction of servo movement can be set by user, please see section "Tank Personalization"

HL Hop-up options "HIGH-TENSION FLASHER" can be easily installed and works with TK60 to simulate gun nuzzle flash when firing.

A white LED and cable connector are needed( Part Number is F003)

Solder color wire (red wire in this example) to long pin of white LED, black wire(-) to short pin,

Plug cable into J3.

3 LED and cable connector are needed( Part Number is F003)

An IR  LED and cable connector are needed( Part number is IR005/IR010 ).

Solder color wire (red wire in this example) to long pin of IR LED, black wire(-) to short pin,

Plug cable into J1.

- 2-axis gun stabilization in turret rotation and gun elevation.

- Fully programmable gun elevation real angle calculator allows GBS to work with different elevation setup,

- Fully programmable turret motor controller allows GBS to work with different motor/gear box setup,

- Engine deck detection, gun raise automatically when gun travels above engine deck,

- Auto reload position, Gun barrel goes to to reload position after fire, and return to last position when reload when reload time expired,

- Adjustable Engine deck level,

- Adjustable auto reload position,

- Gun barrel momentum effect,

- GBS unit dimensions: 20 x 16 x 3mm.

Servo for GBS -

-Control System: +Pulse Width Control 1520usec Neutral
-Required Pulse: 3-5 Volt Peak to Peak Square Wave
-Operating Voltage: 4.8-6.0 Volts

-Operating Angle: 45 Deg. one side

Power on GBS calibration - When power on TK60G2, GBS starts a reset process and must be kept stationary.

Adjusting gun elevation angle - The gun elevation V gain setting is used to adjust the amount of gun elevation servo angle to meet different mechanical setup. adjusting procedures are

-First to put TK60G board in IR programming mode.

-Turn GBS on and moves the gun barrel to horizontal position.

-Tilt the tank for 15-20 degree.

-Use IR configure remote to adjust servo gain value until the gun is horizontal again.

-Power off TK60G board, remove jumper and turn power again to leave IR programming mode.

Adjusting gun elevation angle calculator gains - The angle calculator's fast gain and slow gain settings are used to adjust the angle calculation, adjusting procedures are

-First to put TK60G2 board in IR programming mode.

-Turn GBS  on and moves the gun barrel to horizontal position.

-Tilt the tank for 10-20 degree.

-Rotate turret in various speed ( from low to full speed), if elevation speed is too slow, increase slow gain a bit, otherwise, reduce slow gain,

-rotate turret to 12 o'clock position, tilt the tank hull about 15-20 degree in various speed, if elevation speed is too slow, can not keep up tank hull tilt speed, increase fast gain a bit, if elevation moves faster the hull tile speed and over the position it should be (overshoot), decrease fast gain a bit

-Power off TK60G2 board, remove jumper and turn power again to leave IR programming mode.

Adjusting turret rotation motor control gains -Turret rotation motor P , I  and D gain are used to meet the characteristic of turret rotate motor and design on your tank. adjusting procedures are as the following.

-First to put TK60G2 board in IR programming mode.

-Turn GSU on

-Rotate tank hull from stationary to low speed, if turret motor does not start as quick as tank hull rotation, increase I gain a bit, if turret motor runs too fast (overshoot) , decrease I gain a bit.

-Rotate tank hull in various speed( low, middle and full) , if turret rotation speed is too slow, can't keep up hull rotation, increase P gain, otherwise, reduce speed gain,

-Stop tank hull rotation from various speed, if turret stops too early, decrease D gain, if turret stops too late increase D gain.

Settings of TK series board can be changed by Configuration IR REMOTE as IR command transmitter, and TAMIYA battle unit(TBU),  Heng-Leog battle unit(HBU), or our programming line as IR command receiver.

Steps to change settings:

STEP 1: Turn power off, Turn power off, Turn power off,

STEP 2: Plug programming line/TBU/HBU through TBU/HBU base into CN2 Infrared Port ,  

STEP 2: Install a jumper to J2 as shown below, Turn power on,

STEP 4:Refer to function table listed below, point Configuration IR REMOTE to TBU/HBU/Programming line receiver, and press the button of setting that you want to change,  "*" sign in function table means the default setting that is programmed in factory

STEP 5: Indicator on TBU/HBU flashes according to new setting value.

STEP 6: turn power off, remove jumper on J2, then turn power on and TK board runs with new settings.

Type of Tank determines Battle Date when doing IR battle( See Variants section )

Note: HENG-LONG TANK doesn't have Damaged State and Badly Damaged State. speed reduction can be turned off by Speed reduction in damage state and Speed reduction in badly damaged state function.

Note: Suggested Value, can be changed by Reload Time and Invulnerability time setting function

Function tables:

Save current setting to PRESET 1: Press number key "1" on IR Configuration Remote to save,

Save current setting to PRESET 2: Press number key "2" on IR Configuration Remote to save,

*Once you've adjusted everything, you can push "1" or "2" to save current setting to PRESET 1 or 2. If you don't do this saving the board remembers the last settings.

Use saved settings: Press "ENT" or "SOUND MODE" Key on IR Configuration Remote to select.

*To switch between the presets you press either "sound mode" or "enter" button, once the preset is selected, switch tank off and remove setup jumper. Switch back on and away you go.

Mixer Mode: Press  (MUTE) key on IR Configuration Remote to select.

*pivot turn is also named as super spin.

Main Gun Function Mode: Press "POWER" key on IR Configuration Remote to select

*Use this mode on Hooben Tank.

Receive TAMIYA IR Code: press "TV/VIDEO" or "->[]" Key on IR Configuration Remote to select

Receive HL IR Code: press "VOL DOWN"  Key on IR Configuration Remote to select

IR Battle Preset Data: press  "MTS" or "A/B" Key on IR Configuration Remote to select

Note1: Reference setting for HL Tank

Momentum effect On/Off: Press "SLEEP(0x36)" or "" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Reload Sound On/Off: Press "Timer Off(0x3C)" or " "on IR Configuration Remote to select

Taking a hit hull recoil On/Off: Press "JUMP(0x3B)" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Strength of taking a hit hull recoil: Press "CH Up" or "PROGR +" key on IR Configuration Remote to select

Firing tank gun hull recoil On/Off: Press "SURROUND(0x29)" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Strength of firing tank gun hull recoil: Press "VOL UP" key on IR Configuration Remote to select

Available Settings	Indicator flashes times	Description
1	1	Small( 1 ) to Large( 16 )movement
:	:
6	6*
:	:
16	16

RealRecoil servo direction: press "CH down" or "PROGR -" key on IR Configuration Remote to select

Gun elevation servo direction: press " Teletext ON(0x3F)" or "" key on IR Configuration Remote to select

Speed reduction in damaged state: press "3" key on IR Configuration Remote to select.

Speed reduction in badly damaged state: press "DISPLAY" or "DRC-MF" key on IR Configuration Remote to select.

Armor type: press number key "9" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Sending IR code when firing  machine gun: press number key "6" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Primary weapon reload time: press number key "4" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Rounds of Primary weapon: press number key "8" on IR Configuration Remote to select,

Primary weapon IR code: press number key "0" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Invulnerability time: Vehicle is Invulnerable during this period, press number key "7" on IR Configuration Remote to select

Available Settings	Indicator flashes times	Description
Vehicle can not be recovered from destroyed mode	1
1 second	2
2 seconds	3
3 seconds	4
4 seconds	5
5 seconds	6
6 seconds	7
7 seconds	8
8 seconds	9
9 seconds	10
10 seconds	11*	TAMIYA Heavy tank
11 seconds	12
12 seconds	13	TAMIYA Medium tank
13 seconds	14
14 seconds	15	TAMIYA Light tank
15 seconds	16

Max hit can take: Press  number key "5" on IR Configuration Remote to select

*The following setting function is only available on TK60G2

Function Page Selection: Press "-/--" Key on IR Configuration Remote to select. for TK60G2 only

*Text in black means that setting function is on page1.

GBS LED enable: press "TV/VIDEO" or "->[]" Key on IR Configuration Remote to select