Still slaving away here. I was making great progress and then got into some details on picking exact capcitors and wires and enclosures, OMG.
I'd like to hear about what you folks want for features. I'll try to come up with a list of things for you guys to pick from.
The software I'm using to design the board can generate pictures of it, so I should be able to show something very soon.
All this work has me feeling a little silly though. So here's some random thoughts.
Can I talk team Slotus into giving this thing a try if I arrange for it glow purple? It might be hard to see in the daylight, but if you sneak out to the garage at night - it should be glowing purple.
How's this for a marketing idea - if you put it in test mode and set it for 8000 RPM, I think you could weld with it using the coildrivers on a coathanger. So you could actually repair your rally car in the woods. This should do 80 amps at 12 volts.
I do want to at least offer the option of having the coil drivers in the box, because coils without ignitors are much cheaper. I think I may be having an issue finding connectors though. The wire that goes from the ignitor or coil driver to the coil has about 400 volt spikes on it though. The connectors I am looking at are rated for 14V but are tested to 1000V. They are pretty clear about this, but it's not obvious to me what that means. I think it means I would need better connectors.
I think that means I need to sell a separate box with the coildrivers which has wires coming out for the coils ( no connector here ) and a bundle coming out with a connector to the ECU. If you have coils with ignitors then you don't need this box.
How do people feel about a box that doesn't have a connectors on it, just a pigtail wiring harness and supplies to make high quality splices. Like shrink tubing with adhesive on the inside. I'm just surprised at the cost of the connectors. The connectors cost more than a chip with 20 million transistors on it...
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