A friend of mine has made one of these for me. Just got to see if it will work now - which means finding the time to lash it in!Mark.
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28th Sep 2014 11:12 am
therealboss
Member Since: 21 Mar 2014
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wiggs wrote:
Excellent
Might have to dust off my old pic programmer
You should consider making some of these for sale ... It's a no brainer only having to carry one key fob
I don't do video- I'm a stills man really, but they don't convey the noise - and I did think breaking out the DSLR was a bit OTT for this Mark.
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28th Sep 2014 11:35 am
alex_pescaru
Member Since: 19 Dec 2010
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anglefire wrote:
Well tried it this morning and it works just fine - though the circuit was changed slightly to make it work properly.
Good job!
So, for the doubters... It works with the car awake, isn't it?
Could you, please, care to comment a little on the "circuit was changed slightly"?
Thank you!
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28th Sep 2014 9:01 pm
Nodge68
Member Since: 05 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
Posts: 1014
therealboss wrote:
wiggs wrote:
Excellent
Might have to dust off my old pic programmer
You should consider making some of these for sale ... It's a no brainer only having to carry one key fob
Well tried it this morning and it works just fine - though the circuit was changed slightly to make it work properly.
Good job!
So, for the doubters... It works with the car awake, isn't it?
Could you, please, care to comment a little on the "circuit was changed slightly"?
Thank you!
Alex I didn't try with the car awake actually. Well if it was it was unintentional! I'm going to wire it in properly as soon as I have some time, though that will be at least 3 weeks as I'm off to the Pyrenees from Wednesday night.
As for the circuit, I'll scan it in and post it up.Mark.
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29th Sep 2014 5:16 am
alex_pescaru
Member Since: 19 Dec 2010
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Thank you!
I thought that as well as the hood was open, then the car was awake.
Or did you latched the hood's latches and worked that way after a while?
29th Sep 2014 6:41 am
discostick
Member Since: 08 Nov 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 316
Nodge68 wrote:
therealboss wrote:
wiggs wrote:
Excellent
Might have to dust off my old pic programmer
You should consider making some of these for sale ... It's a no brainer only having to carry one key fob
I for one would buy it.
Seconded
If a few people on here were interested I have made something based off this idea!
It works perfectly, with the car awake etc!
I added a few features along the way....
Battery voltage monitoring to protect the battery going flat.
Fault code reading and clearing automatically.
Button for priming.
Selectable running times. 15, 30 or 45 mins from a DIP switch on the board. *
Start and stop using the 3rd button as Alex designed!
Option to use a 3rd party remote. Because sometimes I want my 3rd button set to adjust the suspension height when I tow etc.
Start and stop buzzer.
12v Output that can be used for a remote led to show it's running (buzzer is enough for me)
USB port for diagnostics with (free) Thermotest software.
To name a few...
*I just added a new feature which I think is the biggest weakness with all the controllers on the market, rather than a set running time, it runs to a set water temperature (maximum time is also set incase it never reaches it). Because the time required to meet my ideal temp of approx 75 c always varies with ambient temperature, this made sense.
I only have a prototype board but have almost finished designing a pcb to make it more refined. Maybe I could get a few extra made and have some people on here test them for me
29th Sep 2014 6:59 am
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Sounds good.
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