Boost Controller Software screen shots and some pictures of the case
 

Here are some screen shots of the Tuning software

Boost Config
http://www.tullostech.com/pics/boostconfig.jpg
Adv. Config
http://www.tullostech.com/pics/advconfi.jpg
Shift Prediction
http://www.tullostech.com/pics/shiftpredict.jpg
Pictures of the case
http://www.tullostech.com/pics/caserear.jpg
http://www.tullostech.com/pics/case.jpg
http://www.tullostech.com/pics/casefront.jpg

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That's awesome.. It looks like it turned out great. I can't wait to hear how it works.

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Drool!!
:D


falkhen

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cool. anyplans on updating the pcb so that it has a smaller footprint?

im planning on putting this inside a megasquirt case. and having tons of room left over.

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Maybe I missed the whole introduction thing, but I'm interested to find out (in english) what this might be comparable to (boost controller on the market wise), how much it'll be, and how hard it's going to be to incorporate into any other parts of the car (ecu, ect?)

Everytime someone puts something together in a black box I think I'm going to have to research it for months to figure out how to use it. lol. (much like the first time we heard of a rom editor) :D

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I belive you know hackish, he mentioned placing the controller inside a honda ecu, I did a quick check and it fits. so that could be a real sleeper. If someone wanted that I would cut them a discount because they dont need need the knobs or case which is probably around a 10 dollar savings.

The reason the pcb is stretched out is so that it fits the enclosure. The actual pcb could have around 2.4 by 3 or smaller if the serial port and the map sensors are not side by side.

the actually pcb is 2.4 by 4.7 so you can see if it will fit in the area.

Nick

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thats nice. but you couldnt get it any smaller? sorry im bitching, you did a good job. i applaud you.

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Is this going to come all assembled or are you going to do them in kit form? No offense, but I'd rather solder everything myself if possible.

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what are the dimensions of the box?

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5.25 x 3.3 x 1.25 are the enclosure size

First off my EBC is closed loop, it is always trying to reach the goal PSI, most of the EBCs around my price range are open loop (actually i bet all of them are) its easier to make. The install is real easy, you have your hose for map sensor, your ground,+12v, solenoid, and aux wire to install. The market cost is $300 dollars and it should be more, but thats is where I'm going to start at. Now of course there is a $100 discount to HMT members, so that brings the price down to 200+shipping.

Now the smaller foot print to do something really stealth can be done, but I must have interest. I would need atleast 4 orders and the price for that as a kit would probably be around 180 and prebuilt would be 190 (with HTM discount) It wouldnt come in a case or have knobs. It can only be adjusted via a serial port. This would be for the advanced users, I wouldnt recommend a newbie to get there hands on this.

I'm setting up support forum for the hardware so people can share thier configuration files and talk about tuning. It will be located at forum.tullostech.com

Nick

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A closed loop boost controller is like everything I ever wanted. haha.


My old Profec had two settings, but with the temp/boost changes they were usually labeled "day and night" rather than "low and high".

So this will actually target a specified boost pressure during the daytime, nighttime, and on Christmas day??? I'm gonna have to look into this.

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Correct, The boost controllers goal is to find a specific PSI. So if you set it to 12 psi, it will find 12 psi in the day and at night as long as it tuned properly.... oh yea and even on christmas day it will find 12 psi. You have just perfectly described the flaw of open loop control systems.

Nick

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Oh damn, I want one.


Next question, how hard is it going to be to "tune" ?

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Damn, looks good man.

So, this thing can be set via a serial port AND some spiffy knobs? I would be interested in a smaller unit if I could do everything via the serial port.

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Thats pretty badass.

I always wondered how people ran low and high boost setups, do they just tune for the max amount of boost they're going to run and then run less? Or is there something I'm missing.

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i cant wait to buy one.

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its very easy to tune, you have to realise two goals. one is simple, your psi goal and two the lowest pwm.. which you have to figure out. its probably going to be in the range of 5-20 for many and 13-15 range is where most cars will land. You can found out the lowest pwm goal by doing downshifts and checking to make sure you hit your goal psi. if not then lower the 'lowest pwm'. If you dont do much downshifting then set the lowest range to 13 and call it a day.

in overboost control there are two options, dynamic control or static control. dynamic control will allow you to set the amount of psi over your current goal psi. So you can set your overboost to 2 psi and your goal 15psi then your car will shut down boost if it boost reachest 17psi. Now with static psi you can set it to the exact psi you want. So for static overboost psi will be same for both high and low boost.

With those two ideas you can create a really good tune without doing much work at all. Now the advanced options are a little more difficult to understand, but will be documented in the manual.

Does that sound easy? Way into the future, maybe winter, I plan on creating software that will run on your laptop and tune the boost controller automatically. But since its so easy to tune right now, i'm not going to write it right now.

Nick

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Damn Nick, your not as dumb as I thought you was. Good job dude. I might have to start being nicer to you now.... But I most likely wont. :D

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Now the fun stuff. find a way to get dual boost to auto switch with a selected gear say 3rd gear? Low boost through 1-2, 3rd gear BAM she goes to the high boost setting. Now I would be all over this thing :P

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I'm sure you could get some type of switch to toggle low/high boost. Either that, or find a way to incorporate some type of function where speed is a variable?

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Ya know. I always mumbled to myself of how SMART everyone on here really is. We have this, I saw water cooler for the IC, Twins on a 5.0, just the shear ability to make turboing my Civic easy. Thanks guys.

Great job, just wish I had that cash around. I need a clutch instead. Maybe later. Thanks for the discount, too.


JP

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so is this the box? like the brain? is there going to be a display or is this just for super secret stealth style? and what about the solenoid? is that produced yet? if this is available for a good price im sellin my profec b spec 2, i really want somethin that has diff boost settings per gear, since my Z breaks traction so easy.