OnlineCourse/OffEngineTesting (2018-04-26 11:06:18)

Before trying to run your engine with an ECM you should try to put together a system on the table - as complete as possible. It will save you time: There are many things that can go wrong, you want the lowest risk possible. You can learn about the effect of setting injector pulsewidth related parameters (measure with scope or DVM) and other settings without flooding your cylinders with gasoline and the risk of setting your engine on fire.

The generic rule is that for the first 2 installs, when you think you wired and configured everything, any you are ready to start the engine, you need about a day more.

While doing the table tests, hook up small 2..5 W 12V (in fact 14V) lightbulbs on all used injector and ignition channels. It will warn you if you misconfigure the controller, and you'll get the feel how it all works while playing with the RPM (inputtrigger) and the dwell, or req_fuel. It can save you from frying coils, IGBTs etc...

This normally happens by applying an InputTrigger to GenBoard and watching the result.

The trigger can be applied:

The circular diagram will simulate a camtrigger (full 0..720 crankdegrees), structures from center to out.

Similar [trigger]

and the [program] that created it (thanx => humming).

Sizes are just approximate, no need to be exact:

if it does not fit or rings would be too narrow... chose only the rings you want to try. Btw the whole thing will be sized to your drill-sandplate apparatus, and you can use only the internal 2 sections - you get the idea.

The phototransistor is pie to connect: emitter to GND, collector to IC3 (on GenBoard v2.2), which has an appr. 100k pullup enabled from software, you can experiment with 20k external pullup to VCC. You can connect several infra LEDs in series, since the voltage drop across one is only 1.15V. They will light continuously (target current is 20..50mA), eg. use 8 infra LEDs in series and a 47..100 Ohm pullup to 12V sounds good.

You always move your infrared LEDs and phototransistor to the ring which matches your config (you can config multitooth / coil type trigger).

Play with changing the advance, dwell, etc. You need to understand what's going on, before applying it to an engine.

You can turn on EDIS in config if you like, the dwell in that case is a command to EdisIgnition.

Note that the length of output pulse (angle) will grow with RPM at a given dwell (time).


Watching the result:

The oscilloscope and the timing light are showing more or less the same thing (timing light is more spectacular, but needs the rotating disk), the MegaTune (or at least a simple TerminalProgram) is recommended in any case to check the numeric variables like RPM and ignition advance.

See also:

OnlineCourse/OffEngineTesting/Regression