Ruggedizing Case/Hardware to High End Commercial Standards

[twisted transistor]

how is the status of this I will be doing some work on 3 cars and need something like this verry soon

[tmsmini]

Jean:
Any updated thoughts on this project/product?

Terry

[jbelanger]

Nothing really concrete.

However, I have been thinking about ways to optimize the use of the available connector pins and allow the flexibility of different I/O types such as logic level and non-logic level ignition coils, VR and Hall sensors, low-Z and high-Z injectors, idle stepper motor, 2-wire and 3-wire valves. And since the Cinch enclosure can't be easily opened and closed by the user, this configuration would all be done in software by controlling dedicated hardware on the board.

That would mean a single hardware build that would have pins that could accept different types of hardware and would require a software configuration instead of jumpers or DIP switches on the board. And if the hardware changes at some point, it would simply be a question of running a configuration application on the PC. Of course that would be in a part of the CPU memory that would not be affected by firmware updates.

By the way, this would be controlled by the mini I/O Extender on the board which means this would no longer be an option but a part of the main board.

Jean

[tpsretard]

I like the way you are thinking