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Old 12-27-2006, 06:39 PM   #41
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Hi Matt,

Sorry for my late response. I was out of town these days...
Thank you very much for you detail testing.

* Speed sensor circuit
I agree the circuit-A works best.
But, I guess it got some noise too, which means a single pulse recognized multiple pulses.
I wrote it "noise", but you can refer it switch bouncing or chattering.
Please refer to the attached figure.

You wrote your speed sensor probably sending 2 pulses per revolution. If the number is correct, the distance parameter' should be about 5144, twice as 2572(4 pulses/rev).

I'll try to make another interface circuit including the noise cancelling capability.

* Injector pulse
I think the 0.0 msec number is caused by overflow of the counter value.
Usually, the injector pulse goes to 0V when the injector is ON state.
But, I think your injector pulse is opposite, 0V-OFF/12V-ON.

I'll try to program of the processor to meet the signal above.
Please give me about two weeks and I'll send them to you.

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Old 12-27-2006, 11:22 PM   #42
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Thank you very much

Is it possible to expand the range of distance parameters, just in case? It seems I needed to enter a correction value of '960' on superMID, but, as you say, once the noise is removed from the circuit, it might end up needing a much higher value!. The reason I say this is because:

(1) My speed sensor states (in the manual) that it switches on/off two times per revolution
(2) On my speedometer, it says '60MPH = 1024rpm', so... At about 96km/hour, the speed sensor will be switching on/off 34.133 times per second, which is therefore the same as 0.78m travelled per cycle of the
speed sensor output. Is this OK for SuperMID? I write all this because my car is so old, the outputs might be very different to more modern cars!

Thank you very much for all your help

Matt

Edit : tonight, I will scan + post the diagram of the fuel injector wiring, in case it helps, and to make sure I have indeed done it correctly!
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Old 12-28-2006, 12:04 AM   #43
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Thank you very much

Is it possible to expand the range of distance parameters, just in case?
Sure! The next program will have the expanded range.
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It seems I needed to enter a correction value of '960' on superMID, but, as you say, once the noise is removed from the circuit, it might end up needing a much higher value!. The reason I say this is because:

(1) My speed sensor states (in the manual) that it switches on/off two times per revolution
(2) On my speedometer, it says '60MPH = 1024rpm', so... At about 96km/hour, the speed sensor will be switching on/off 34.133 times per second, which is therefore the same as 0.78m travelled per cycle of the
speed sensor output. Is this OK for SuperMID? I write all this because my car is so old, the outputs might be very different to more modern cars!
Thank you for clarification.
The '60MPH = 1024rpm' specfication is same as Japanese standard, '60km/h = 637rpm'.
The 10m unit measurment will be done at the 16 bit accumulator is overflowed at 65536 value.
We need 10m/.78m=12.8 pulse to overflow, then the parameter becomes 65536/12.8=5120 in theory.
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Edit : tonight, I will scan + post the diagram of the fuel injector wiring, in case it helps, and to make sure I have indeed done it correctly!
Yes. I think the diagram will help a lot.

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Old 12-28-2006, 10:09 AM   #44
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This is the diagram. The ECU (the box near the bottom) is also connected to ground at several points elsewhere, not shown on this bit of the diagram.

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Thank you for the diagram.
It looks nothing strange, then only the symptom is strange.
Anyway, I'll send you another chip and interface board.

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Old thread resurrection - to let anyone reading this thread in the future know what the problem / outcome was

(1) Yoshi was very helpful throughout - and helped solve the problem
(2) The problem with the injectors was that my car uses a bizarre pulse-width modulation system (which is rare), due to having low-impedance injectors which would burn out if left switched on all the time.
(3) The speed sensor on my car is just a bit dodgy but improved with the circuit change.

Outcome:

(1) SuperMID will now work (with an additional small circuit) on cars with PWM fuel injectors - meaning that the problem discussed in this thread won't happen again, and SuperMID should now work on practically any injection vehicle
(2) I am beginning to obtain unbelieveable MPG (for my car) with the SuperMID!
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Old thread resurrection - to let anyone reading this thread in the future know what the problem / outcome was

(1) Yoshi was very helpful throughout - and helped solve the problem
(2) The problem with the injectors was that my car uses a bizarre pulse-width modulation system (which is rare), due to having low-impedance injectors which would burn out if left switched on all the time.
(3) The speed sensor on my car is just a bit dodgy but improved with the circuit change.

Outcome:

(1) SuperMID will now work (with an additional small circuit) on cars with PWM fuel injectors - meaning that the problem discussed in this thread won't happen again, and SuperMID should now work on practically any injection vehicle
(2) I am beginning to obtain unbelieveable MPG (for my car) with the SuperMID!
landspeed. How unbelievable is it? Do you have a calculated fillup to try and verify your SuperMID figures? Do not make any more 2 gallon fills, that is hard on me. Go GasMisers5.
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Unbelieveable for me (not compared to your MPGs, unfortunately). I have currently got 375 miles for slightly over half a tank. I got to the 0.5 tank mark at 330 miles, usually this is at 240-270mpg when doing highway drafting (my best MPG) but this tank has been lots of cold-start short journeys. It may be as high as 58MPGus, but, I have to wait a few more days, as I am still calibrating the SuperMID (noting down the figures after each journey)

RE the 2-gallon fill - that was a mistake, because, I thought the limit was 2 (not 3) gallons. But I remembered wrong!.

I did manage to get a (roughly) 68mpgUS segment today - this was over 25 miles with a few hundred feet elevation drop (with a 62mpgUS segment on the journey 'uphill' before that). These figures depend on the accuracy of the 2-gallon fill - which I think was quite accurate due to same method, very slow filling each time, same pump).
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