Electronic variable vane control
Electronic variable vane control
03-21-2009, 09:54 AM
#45
Might it be possible, with an Arduino board and a voice coil actuator, to remove the mechanical governor and make governance of the engine an electronic affair? The software would be dead simple to write, I'm pretty sure with my limited experience I could do that in an afternoon, but the weak link (I guess) would be accurate sensing of the engine RPM?? Could one just use the tach sensor for this or would you need a more accurate reading? Another weak link might be the sensitivity of the actuator? The reason I'm interested in this is because it would vastly simplify things, and make the engine super-easy to tweak. Would it also reduce the cost of swapping elements? It seems to me that there would be a lot less "shop time" billed by an injection shop if all they had to do was make sure each element is synched to all the others, and not mess with the governor adjustments.
Just a brainstorm..
GREASY_BEAST
03-21-2009, 09:54 AM #45Ok, I was thinking about electronic controls yesterday after re-reading this thread, and I have a question for you guys who know about this sort of thing.
Might it be possible, with an Arduino board and a voice coil actuator, to remove the mechanical governor and make governance of the engine an electronic affair? The software would be dead simple to write, I'm pretty sure with my limited experience I could do that in an afternoon, but the weak link (I guess) would be accurate sensing of the engine RPM?? Could one just use the tach sensor for this or would you need a more accurate reading? Another weak link might be the sensitivity of the actuator? The reason I'm interested in this is because it would vastly simplify things, and make the engine super-easy to tweak. Would it also reduce the cost of swapping elements? It seems to me that there would be a lot less "shop time" billed by an injection shop if all they had to do was make sure each element is synched to all the others, and not mess with the governor adjustments.
Just a brainstorm..
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Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-08-2009, 05:47 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-08-2009, 06:13 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Gross Polluter - 01-09-2009, 02:22 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by ForcedInduction - 01-09-2009, 04:03 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-09-2009, 08:10 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-09-2009, 09:11 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Gross Polluter - 01-09-2009, 09:41 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 01-09-2009, 10:54 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-09-2009, 11:05 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 01-09-2009, 01:10 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-09-2009, 02:55 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 01-10-2009, 01:02 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 01-11-2009, 12:45 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by tantank79 - 01-12-2009, 01:21 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Telecommbrkr - 01-11-2009, 10:37 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-12-2009, 10:20 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by ForcedInduction - 01-12-2009, 02:01 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 01-12-2009, 07:56 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-12-2009, 08:49 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 01-12-2009, 09:03 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-12-2009, 09:40 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 01-14-2009, 03:05 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 01-14-2009, 11:41 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Gross Polluter - 01-15-2009, 01:57 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 01-30-2009, 01:54 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-14-2009, 05:21 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-15-2009, 10:06 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-20-2009, 10:29 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-20-2009, 11:16 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-21-2009, 02:55 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by cannonballSDL - 01-25-2009, 04:02 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-26-2009, 10:37 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 01-30-2009, 02:08 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 01-30-2009, 02:47 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by ForcedInduction - 03-17-2009, 07:25 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 03-18-2009, 07:51 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by ForcedInduction - 03-18-2009, 07:59 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 03-18-2009, 09:13 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 03-19-2009, 08:36 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 03-19-2009, 11:45 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 03-21-2009, 09:54 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 03-23-2009, 07:40 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by GREASY_BEAST - 03-23-2009, 10:41 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 03-17-2009, 07:41 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by ForcedInduction - 03-17-2009, 07:44 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 03-17-2009, 07:47 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 03-18-2009, 03:02 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by 300SD81 - 03-23-2009, 10:10 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 03-25-2009, 08:17 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by 300SD81 - 03-23-2009, 06:45 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 03-24-2009, 10:08 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Gross Polluter - 03-24-2009, 02:54 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 09-04-2009, 10:31 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by 300SD81 - 03-29-2009, 11:53 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by 300SD81 - 04-09-2009, 10:23 AM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 04-20-2009, 10:54 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by 300SD81 - 04-20-2009, 11:40 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by ForcedInduction - 04-21-2009, 05:45 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 04-21-2009, 10:06 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 04-29-2009, 10:41 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by oel_brenner - 04-30-2009, 10:48 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Gross Polluter - 06-05-2009, 03:55 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 09-03-2009, 01:27 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by Tymbrymi - 09-03-2009, 01:36 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by winmutt - 09-03-2009, 02:25 PM
RE: Electronic doodads - by tomnik - 09-04-2009, 06:15 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 09-04-2009, 08:27 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by Tymbrymi - 09-04-2009, 01:33 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 09-04-2009, 03:21 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-22-2011, 10:21 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by aaa - 01-22-2011, 10:53 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-22-2011, 11:38 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by Spaceraver - 01-23-2011, 12:08 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-23-2011, 03:55 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-24-2011, 09:25 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by aaa - 01-24-2011, 05:04 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by Spaceraver - 01-25-2011, 04:53 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-25-2011, 09:40 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by 300D50 - 01-25-2011, 12:01 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-25-2011, 05:45 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by MTUPower - 01-25-2011, 07:15 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by aaa - 01-25-2011, 07:21 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 01-26-2011, 06:28 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by tomnik - 01-27-2011, 12:45 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by Syncro_G - 01-27-2011, 10:17 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by 300D50 - 01-27-2011, 10:43 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by aaa - 02-01-2011, 08:01 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 03-04-2011, 09:38 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by 300D50 - 03-04-2011, 11:45 PM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by winmutt - 03-07-2011, 10:14 AM
RE: Electronic variable vane control - by 300D50 - 03-07-2011, 02:46 PM
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