MegaSquirt main board adapter card design

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Re: MegaSquirt main board adapter card design

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If you HAVE to get a computer ripped off, get it ripped off at my house. :-)

You're a flight instructor?
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8InchesFlacid wrote: You're a flight instructor?
hm, another testbed for the freeEMS ? ;)
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haha! No, not a flight instructor. Used the term fly solo figuratively. I'm a consultant overseeing the implementation of some hospital record software.

I'm all for experiemental aircraft though with home brew hardware... :twisted:
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eeem, if one's smart, he would use some kind of a limp-back-home backup EMS for those cases (preferably one that won't fail easily). I imagine it's always prudent to have a plan B for anything while in the air.

but we digress....
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As far as aircraft go, generally I think they go for the "if one of everything is reasonably reliable, two of everything MUST be foolproof"

So two of everything that can fail!
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GartnerProspect wrote:As far as aircraft go, generally I think they go for the "if one of everything is reasonably reliable, two of everything MUST be foolproof"

So two of everything that can fail!
The Space Shuttle program got it right: 4 of everything that have to agree for every action, and a 5th completely different controller to take over when the first 4 disagree.
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wow, can you say OT? (and i participated :oops: )
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Participated?? Instigated!! :-p But, it's over now, so all is well! Shhhh.
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GartnerProspect wrote:I'll gladly work on a DIY-EFI compatible processor module once the base design is done :D
Do you intend to make up a daughterboard that will plug straight into the 40-pin DIP socket, with a MC9S12XDP512 chip mounted on to it? That could be done cheaper than buying the Tech-Art board, as long as someone is capable of soldering on the 112 pin LQFP. Sounds like a good way to get going to me. For people who want more i/o a header could be mounted on the card. Just my 2c.
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