Re:Intercooler Monitor
Originally Posted by Stan
What does it use for temperature sensors?
Stan -Tim |
Re:Intercooler Monitor
Very nice. I would love to see a finished product.
Have you thought about incorparating a EGT with it? is this even possible? -Viet |
Re:Intercooler Monitor
Originally Posted by fastnikes
Very nice. I would love to see a finished product.
Have you thought about incorparating a EGT with it? is this even possible? -Viet For EGT, we would need a k-type thermocouple. The output is a voltage that is relatively proportional to temperature. In English....yea, we just need something to output a voltage in relation to temperature. The current A/D chip I'm using is 4-channels. I'm only using 2 channels, so that's 2 free channels. -Tim |
Re:Intercooler Monitor
The LM34's are a bit pricey but they are a nice sensor to work with... I used an atmel processor as it's got 8 - 10 bit ADC's. Getting a k type EGT is relatively simple - mostly software. I'm using a GM IAT sensor on mine. It's an EBC gauges and turbo timer all built into one.
-Michael |
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Originally Posted by hackish
The LM34's are a bit pricey but they are a nice sensor to work with... I used an atmel processor as it's got 8 - 10 bit ADC's. Getting a k type EGT is relatively simple - mostly software. I'm using a GM IAT sensor on mine. It's an EBC gauges and turbo timer all built into one.
-Michael -Tim |
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Ok, maybe I'm thinking of a different sensor - the one I was looking at was more like $15ea. FP math sucks but when you're running about 4 MIPS any old FP library will do. The initial prototype broke down costwise for me like this:
$5 atmel $10 misc voltage reg, solenoid driver, resistors $3 crystal $10 board $70 VFD You can see how it adds up... -Michael |
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its worth the money
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Originally Posted by hackish
Ok, maybe I'm thinking of a different sensor - the one I was looking at was more like $15ea. FP math sucks but when you're running about 4 MIPS any old FP library will do. The initial prototype broke down costwise for me like this:
$5 atmel $10 misc voltage reg, solenoid driver, resistors $3 crystal $10 board $70 VFD You can see how it adds up... -Michael $3 - PIC $5-10 for 5V switching regulator $0 for passive parts. $32 for VFD $10 if I etch my own board The VFD is the current hog so I can't use the standard 7805 as it is pretty inefficient compared to National's switching regulator which is 90% efficient. Talk about heat! Speaking of efficiency, gas engines are only about 33% efficient: 1/3 is used for power, 1/3 goes out the exhaust and the other 1/3 gets absorbed into the block/water. -Tim |
Re:Intercooler Monitor
Anything's possible For EGT, we would need a k-type thermocouple. The output is a voltage that is relatively proportional to temperature. In English....yea, we just need something to output a voltage in relation to temperature. The current A/D chip I'm using is 4-channels. I'm only using 2 channels, so that's 2 free channels. -Tim -Viet |
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