Tested at 14 volts today, still going with no problems. So it's looking like everything is good enough to go ahead and make the first real PCB for this thing and start soldering together a finished product this Friday.

 

Thats one positive thing about not using the arduino... you can use a better voltage regulator. With my prototype i felt that the arduino board got very hot after about 10 mins of testing plugged into the truck. I will have to whip up an external regulator. Glad to hear its going well for ya.

 

Going to put a heat sink on it anyway just to be safe.

 

It is shaping up real nice!

*now if only it could have a spark cut feature.....* lol

 

I'm sensing a pattern here.....


And yes, I'm totally trolling this thread; sorry.

 

LOL, yep, I have slipped into troll mode for sure. Just don't see me being able to put together one of these myself and he has all the parts in place, So I figure if I keep suggesting it maybe it will slip into the final design. lol

 

Tested on car power, passed! Wipers, windows, blinkers, brakes, anything to make noise and/or spikes was used, and it was solid.

 

One big step forward, the circuit board is finally a reality! Used a combination of CNC milling and etching. Now just needs to be assembled.

 

Friggin sweet.

 

you, sir, make some pretty awesome stuff.

 

Nice sleeves.

 

Epic build

 

Very interesting process.

 

wow that is pretty cool. i had to look at the process pictures a few times to figure out what was going on. i never knew how it was done. thats pretty cool. learn something new everyday

 

I still don't see where the cnc is necessicary... Transfer, etch, drill... I get that cnc is more precise, but the time it takes to set something like that up is pretty crazy isn't it? I could see if you were doing 1000 of them or something...

 

Thats awesome!

 

Test fitting the components.

 

Ya took too long...I alread did the R150 swap.

Looks awesome man, can't wait to see it in action.

 

cool... how long till we see it in action

 

Should be this month if there isn't anymore problems.