smccrory Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Yea, I don't think it'll do better than my Motion Pro manometer and I don't intend to rig up an servos for automatic syncing (no room, like you said), but I'm thinking it could start me along the way towards more complete engine monitoring. Here's what I'm thinking - new electric cars and motorcycles have onboard telemetry that can tell you tons about how the vehicle is performing and helps to deepen the relationship between owner can vehicle. With older carbureted bikes, you develop a feel for how they're doing and that's usually good enough once you go through the learning curve, but I kind of want to experiment with what additional data points could tell someone, especially if they're new to engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I see where you're going but there is no pertinent info about that motor that isn't already being fed to the ecu. There's got to be a simpler way to just display the values being read by the ecu than to intercept the data from the sensors or rig your own sensors to grab the same info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccrory Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 What is this "ECU" of which you speak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Superhawk 305? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccrory Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) Superhawk 305? Yessir. The one in the pic isn't mine, but this one is. Edited December 31, 2014 by smccrory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 So what are you thinking? Egt and ega, maybe map the ignition curve? I'm stuck on how to turn my idea on and off so that it's not just sitting there sucking up power. There's got to be a way to actuate it with my headlights and then have it shut off on a timer after a minute, just need to figure out how to code it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccrory Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 So what are you thinking? Egt and ega, maybe map the ignition curve? Those are great ideas. In the end I'm thinking Cyl Head Temp, per-cyl Exhaust Gas Temp, maybe airflow and/or O2 if I can find a way not to drill into anything, per-cyl suction, battery voltage, current flow and charge/discharge, engine RPM and ground speed. I'd like to log the data and also make it available by serial cable into a pretty app, ideally via bluetooth. So what are you thinking? Egt and ega, maybe map the ignition curve?I'm stuck on how to turn my idea on and off so that it's not just sitting there sucking up power. There's got to be a way to actuate it with my headlights and then have it shut off on a timer after a minute, just need to figure out how to code it. Maybe make that a secondary design requirement since your current draw may be too low for it really to matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Yeah the ultrasonic sensor only draws 15mA and an led even less so I'll probably just let it ride, or I could code it so that at say 1.5m I get a green light, .75m I get a red light, .25m I get a red light and then at .01m I get no light...that's starting to look like the most elegant solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted January 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Well I got to play with it for like a cumulative 2 hours before the board just took a shit on me. Emailed the manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccrory Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Bummer! Hope it's something simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted January 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Tried 2 different lap tops with 2 different known working cables. Board is shot. My dad bought one Friday that was bad out of the box. Seems like there's some quality issues here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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