*NEW* USB Input/Output Board -- Fusion Brain

[h3rk]

Microchip's AN905 discusses speed control of small dc motors, including pwm.

[2k1Toaster]

Microchip's AN905 discusses speed control of small dc motors, including pwm.

Not 15A motors though! That is a hefty motor. I am actually not how sure I can get 15A worth...

[turbocad6]

yeah, the factory would use large ceramic coated resistors for a load like this, a pwm drive would have to be hefty & probably expensive...

[h3rk]

No Mosfet big enough eh? hmmm

[turbocad6]

that looks nice, not too expensive either... hmmm cool

[BiGGy]

This may have been asked before but can the Fusion Brain along with the photosensor sender be able to hook into a dimmable LED PSU and be able to counteract brightness levels in a brightness upgrade LCD? Could someone briefly explain the installation process on this one? Relays?

Heres what I would like to implement:
Auto LCD brightness upgrade control
pop my boot open
activate my hazard lights on/off.
temperature readings of computer components
number plate cover actuator switch

Please give me more ideas here, I want to plan this before I jump in and buy. The OP has allot of information but I still don't understand allot. I don’t want to control things like windows or air con because thee are already digital in my car and would be a waste of time.

I would have already bought one but I fear im going to get really stuck with this as im no electrician and don't really know anything about how to hook these senders in and make them work, for example if this brightness control is possible how do I calibrate it, animation?? When is a relay needed?

p.s. Im planning on ready through this whole thread soon.

[greenman100]

This may have been asked before but can the Fusion Brain along with the photosensor sender be able to hook into a dimmable LED PSU and be able to counteract brightness levels in a brightness upgrade LCD? Could someone briefly explain the installation process on this one? Relays?

We need more info about the LCD.

Heres what I would like to implement:
pop my boot open
activate my hazard lights on/off.
temperature readings of computer components
number plate cover actuator switch

boot - needs one relay
hazards - needs one relay
temperature readings - needs one temp sensor for each
number plate - need more info

[turbocad6]

hey biggie, for the lcd, if your going with ccfl's then the inverters sometimes need pwm for dimming, but dimming inverters can usually be gotten that will only need a variable resistance to control brightness, if your going with led's like mine then you can use a dimming power supply for them that also just needs a variable resistance for brightness. you will probably want to build a circiut that has the lcd come on half bright until the brain comes up & takes over, I'm sure we could help you work it out

[Blue ZX3]

ya turbo, this reminds me of that whole attempt to create our own light kit upgrade with using a lili, many moons ago..between jdilln and whats-his-face.

I have one beggin question, as I'm --><-- this close to getting one.
Any discussation as far someone making a plugin for RR, that we could use to access it instead of embeding it, or like a COM DLL we could use with say autoit?? Uh..Uh...

[2k1Toaster]

ya turbo, this reminds me of that whole attempt to create our own light kit upgrade with using a lili, many moons ago..between jdilln and whats-his-face.

I have one beggin question, as I'm --><-- this close to getting one.
Any discussation as far someone making a plugin for RR, that we could use to access it instead of embeding it, or like a COM DLL we could use with say autoit?? Uh..Uh...

Right now you can communicate to the DLL directly, but there is currently a very helpful C# programmer named Brian who is working on a DLL that interfaces with the other dll, and his will register as a windows service. The main point of the application was to create something that easily embeds into any frontend. It should go into RR no problem. In fact the first skin was a bmv2 skin and it controls winamp no problem.