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Wayne Clagg left a comment for Ray SwansonPosted on April 20, 2013 at 6:54am 7 Comments 0 Likes
My Rotax 912 engine monitor is ready for final testing. I've been tweaking the design a bit over the past couple of weeks and thinking about various mounting schemes. For now, it is in a box that is 6" x 3" x 3" but there is a lot of wasted space there and that could drop to 6 x 3 x 1.5 easily. It weighs less…
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 8:51pm 7 Comments 2 Likes
I thought I'd share a short video of my EMS project (click on the link "Silicon CoPilot EMS"). I have finished preliminary testing of the circuit board that interfaces to the engine probes and hooked it up to the rest of the system, including the display that can be remoted from the rest of the circuitry and mounted in the panel. The system is now fully functional, measuring and…
ContinuePosted on February 5, 2013 at 4:14pm 2 Comments 3 Likes
My last posting showed an image of the computer file that was used to create a printed circuit board. Here is that board with all of the components and integrated circuits soldered in place. This is ready to hook up to engine probes for testing via the 25 pin D connector on the left side of the board.. It's job is…
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:24pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
This is the last piece of the puzzle; the board that connects to the engine probes and conditions their signals for presentation to the digitizer and then on to the display. I call it the buffer board. Its design and layout is complete and the Gerber file was sent to the board shop this afternoon . . . should have it…
Wayne Clagg said…
Wayne Clagg said…
American Light Sport Aircrafters said… Welcome to the family.
I wish you the all the best with your project. If you ever get the chance to visit the Zenith factory please take the time to stop by our builder assist facility too. We are their newest and nearest builder assist facility and like to have visitors. We are right here in Mexico, Mo., not far from the factory.
Take care and good luck,
Bill Carter
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