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by johnd
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:49 pm
Forum: FOSS EMS Firmware
Topic: fly by wire throttle
Replies: 81
Views: 195793

Re: fly by wire throttle

It's a minority thing anyway, so it has to wait for everything else that WAY more people want like idle and boost etc. the way the world is going now and the way car values drop there are so many perfectly good modern engines which give good power and economy sitting in scrap yards ,lighter than ol...
by johnd
Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:54 pm
Forum: Article Ideas And Links
Topic: Comments/suggestions for all articles here please :-)
Replies: 12
Views: 37342

Re: Temperature Sensor Response Curve Database

just a thought but if posters also supply part no.of sensor that would be much more helpful to the other users,as I know with some makers colour is not a a definate as to exact spec of sensor. then in time a whole list of sensors and part no,s could be included as a drop down menu in the set -up sof...
by johnd
Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:37 pm
Forum: FOSS EMS Firmware
Topic: fly by wire throttle
Replies: 81
Views: 195793

Re: fly by wire throttle

Are any new cars still made with throttle cables? The only Fly by Wire safety issues we can recall are Volvo, in the US of A when their cars suddenly took off and hit something but this was traced to pilot error. If you try and "blip" the throttle, when stationary, in a modern lorry it wi...
by johnd
Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:53 pm
Forum: FOSS EMS Firmware
Topic: fly by wire throttle
Replies: 81
Views: 195793

Re: fly by wire throttle

I have been confusing std eucs for some years now fitted with FBW units ,even to the point of fitting stand alones in piggy back with std ecu ,but with most of other parts of std ecu disconnected ,and the worst i have seen a FBW unit do is to be sluggish or a time delay in opening ,or not open to de...
by johnd
Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:06 pm
Forum: FOSS EMS Firmware
Topic: fly by wire throttle
Replies: 81
Views: 195793

Re: fly by wire throttle

thanks for the reply It is a myth about fly -by wire that they can do silly things --providing you use same protocols as std ecus --two tps sennsors wired independantly on the edal and measuring voltage in opposite directions and two on the motorised unit --if they dont agree on either the pedal end...
by johnd
Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:56 pm
Forum: FOSS EMS Firmware
Topic: fly by wire throttle
Replies: 81
Views: 195793

fly by wire throttle

HI, Iam new to this forum is anybody working on a flyby wire throttle controller --and if not why not --nearly all cars use them now and all cars will have them without exception in next 2-4years with correct control of them you can do lots of other things apart from just follow what the throttle pe...