- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:22 am
#47641
So this diode issue is hardly one. I do not know any factory ECU with external diodes. Fine. 2 A is pretty much for a small injector coil.
Copycats was not thought of as you interpreted them, but people selling them as their own work. There are quite some around that have a very bad reputation in the MS sector.
Such a project should have a positive impact on the entry level ECU market, making it accessible to people who otherwise would not have the funds to invest in such a project, because they do not really trust the outcome. Experimenting should be inexpensive. Put the educational idea in the foreground again, with a working product, not a toy. Countrys, where $ are hard to earn, need the most education people can get. The world needs more people with knowledge, for sure.
Beside from this, many would feel better with a spare ECU in the car, driving to a track day.
On the other side, a real group buy does not work that good in most cases, so many people would be happy to buy them for 50$ + reasonable P&P from someone who organized producing them. A kind of pre-financed group buy is best, with a small buffer for taxes and expenses..
Perfect would be a (probably Chinese) producer that has the blue prints for it and has proved to do working copy´s, simplifying the ordering process. In this case even I would think about ordering a hand full, maybe 10 or so and offer some of these on German ebay or over the forum.
Keep in mind international postage is gruesome for one single unit. If you go for such a solution, maybe include a simple break out board to be produced and ordered with it, so no one has to solder on the actual ECU / shield part. This makes things much easier for beginners, as they do not ruin the core part on the first try to solder...
Copycats was not thought of as you interpreted them, but people selling them as their own work. There are quite some around that have a very bad reputation in the MS sector.
Such a project should have a positive impact on the entry level ECU market, making it accessible to people who otherwise would not have the funds to invest in such a project, because they do not really trust the outcome. Experimenting should be inexpensive. Put the educational idea in the foreground again, with a working product, not a toy. Countrys, where $ are hard to earn, need the most education people can get. The world needs more people with knowledge, for sure.
Beside from this, many would feel better with a spare ECU in the car, driving to a track day.
On the other side, a real group buy does not work that good in most cases, so many people would be happy to buy them for 50$ + reasonable P&P from someone who organized producing them. A kind of pre-financed group buy is best, with a small buffer for taxes and expenses..
Perfect would be a (probably Chinese) producer that has the blue prints for it and has proved to do working copy´s, simplifying the ordering process. In this case even I would think about ordering a hand full, maybe 10 or so and offer some of these on German ebay or over the forum.
Keep in mind international postage is gruesome for one single unit. If you go for such a solution, maybe include a simple break out board to be produced and ordered with it, so no one has to solder on the actual ECU / shield part. This makes things much easier for beginners, as they do not ruin the core part on the first try to solder...