This is a fantastic forum. I came here because everyone I asked told me this was THE MOST active electronics forum on the internet and after coming here I have to agree. Coming to my project, this is a request for you folks to help me build a digital programmable/mappable ignition system for a two stroke engine.
1.) An ignition system controls the time at which a spark is generated inside an engine. In the earlier days it was done using points system. All details here: http://goo.gl/dwwuLp
2.) There are two types of electronic ignition Capacitive discharge ignition and Transistorized coil ignition. The circuit diagram, code and schematic for both of these can be found here.
3.) That is an old one with old components. Can you help me modernize it by making it suitable for multi cylinder engines where spark must be generated at different times for different cylinders.
4.) Can you help me make it USB programmable and design it to take input from various sensors like RPM sensor, throttle position sensor etc.
5.) It MUST be cheap! There are digital ignitions available in the market and they cost somewhere between 400-600$.
6.) Can you also mention about alternate open hardware boards that can be used for this purpose
A friend told me that I should pick up a pic18F dev board and start updating the CCS code to the XC8 compiler. (I am a n00b and I have no idea what he meant). He also said that adding USB is trickier because that means you need to build a software program to talk to the PIC. So he recommended the RS232. (Which I did understand and thought it was a good option)
Thank you for reading till here patiently. I look forward to hear from you soon
Another website randomexploits.com had info about it. But unfortunately it is DOWN! You can open a cached page but you wont see any images.
I request anyone on this forum to push me in the right direction. Thankyou
1.) An ignition system controls the time at which a spark is generated inside an engine. In the earlier days it was done using points system. All details here: http://goo.gl/dwwuLp
2.) There are two types of electronic ignition Capacitive discharge ignition and Transistorized coil ignition. The circuit diagram, code and schematic for both of these can be found here.
3.) That is an old one with old components. Can you help me modernize it by making it suitable for multi cylinder engines where spark must be generated at different times for different cylinders.
4.) Can you help me make it USB programmable and design it to take input from various sensors like RPM sensor, throttle position sensor etc.
5.) It MUST be cheap! There are digital ignitions available in the market and they cost somewhere between 400-600$.
6.) Can you also mention about alternate open hardware boards that can be used for this purpose
A friend told me that I should pick up a pic18F dev board and start updating the CCS code to the XC8 compiler. (I am a n00b and I have no idea what he meant). He also said that adding USB is trickier because that means you need to build a software program to talk to the PIC. So he recommended the RS232. (Which I did understand and thought it was a good option)
Thank you for reading till here patiently. I look forward to hear from you soon
Another website randomexploits.com had info about it. But unfortunately it is DOWN! You can open a cached page but you wont see any images.
I request anyone on this forum to push me in the right direction. Thankyou