We finished the project and tested.
1, The throttle can control the motor speed.
2, The MAP can be changed according to throttle change
3, All testing ports work and give out waveforms
April's Dad
Monday, 12 November 2012
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
That is a good news we almost finish this project. We put all components in and covered with clear board. Made all testing ports and some fault switch. Wiring everything and even we painted the board with silver color. I tested with PICO scope to test all waveforms including:
1, Injector and current
2, Ignition primary and current
3, TPS
4, MAP (Simulated with TPS using a programmed chip)
5, Cam Position (G1)
6, Crank Position (NE+)
7, IGT (controlled from ECU)
8, IGF (Feedback to ECU)
9, ECT (adjustable with POT)
10, IAT (hot air gun from top hole of the board)
11, Idle switch
12, Idle control (RSC & RSO)
All the waveforms have interferences (noise) which come from ignition sparks and injector BEMF.
The chip used to simulate MAP has a duty cycle output so the waveform shows different with the real MAP waveform. Therefor, we made a selector (three point switch) to provide two options. One is to select real MAP sensor. We need a vacuum pump (hand pump) to create vacuum to MAP sensor. The other option is to select this chip to foul ECU when we accelerate the throttle.
The motor is controlled manually by a motor controller. This is not acceptable for this project. We are going to make the other programmed chip to control the motor speed through throttle.
The coming days will be very very busy.....
1, Injector and current
2, Ignition primary and current
3, TPS
4, MAP (Simulated with TPS using a programmed chip)
5, Cam Position (G1)
6, Crank Position (NE+)
7, IGT (controlled from ECU)
8, IGF (Feedback to ECU)
9, ECT (adjustable with POT)
10, IAT (hot air gun from top hole of the board)
11, Idle switch
12, Idle control (RSC & RSO)
All the waveforms have interferences (noise) which come from ignition sparks and injector BEMF.
The chip used to simulate MAP has a duty cycle output so the waveform shows different with the real MAP waveform. Therefor, we made a selector (three point switch) to provide two options. One is to select real MAP sensor. We need a vacuum pump (hand pump) to create vacuum to MAP sensor. The other option is to select this chip to foul ECU when we accelerate the throttle.
The motor is controlled manually by a motor controller. This is not acceptable for this project. We are going to make the other programmed chip to control the motor speed through throttle.
The coming days will be very very busy.....
Monday, 1 October 2012
I am resuming the project this week. I use a 900x600 whiteboard to arrange all components on it. The distributor with motor is going to sit on a 40mm timber after securing the timber on the whiteboard. The throttle body with motor controller and injector rail are also secured on timer as well. We don't use the dashboard anymore because it is too big for the completed project. We need a compact product so it is easy to carry around.
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Good news is this project is working! We roughly made wiring to this project by using coolant as fuel. We used a motor controller to control the DC motor driving the distributor. All the spark plugs and injectors are working well.
After talking to Prahbat, we may make a fold board with carrying handle and roller. I need to go to some shops to see if we can buy a product which can be fitted with all the components to finish this project.
Cash, the student of this semester, will come to help us.
Cliff and me will spend our school holidays (tow weeks) to 80% finish this project.
After talking to Prahbat, we may make a fold board with carrying handle and roller. I need to go to some shops to see if we can buy a product which can be fitted with all the components to finish this project.
Cash, the student of this semester, will come to help us.
Cliff and me will spend our school holidays (tow weeks) to 80% finish this project.
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
We restart the project this semester. We already ready all components we need for this project including ECU, all sensors, distributor, fuel pump, dashboard, diagnostic connector, high tension leads with spark plugs, fuel rail with injectors and etc. We also ready all equipments we need to measure data including Multimeter, Pico scope, Hanatech scan tool, bench scope, signal generator. We have all electrical diagrams from Prabhat. All wirings have been sort out since last two weeks. The next job we need to do is put every thing on the board and pretest it. We are going to make the finished product if every thing is ok. Thank you Prabhat and Cliff.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
I almost forgot today (it is 0.46 am now) is the due date of handing Technical project contract in. I drafted a contract:
Project Name: TOYOTA 4A-FE ENGINE ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS DEMONSTRATION BOARD
Project brief:
1, Put all
4A-FE engine electronic parts on a designed demonstration board.
2, Use a
small DC motor to drive distributor rotor.
3, The speed
of the DC motor is simulated to the camshaft speed which can be controlled by a speed controller.
4, The speed
controller gets input from TPS to synchronize accelerator and distributor.
5, Use spark
plugs or spark plug testers to show ignition sparks.
6, Use a fuel
tank with fuel pump to supply pressured fuel to rail with injectors.
7, The ECU gets
all inputs like real engine and control 4 injectors to spray fuel to transparent plastic tubes which are connected back to fuel tank.
8, Make a vacuum system to simulate
intake pressure. Make sure MAP sensor gives out synchronized signal to ECU.
9, ECT can be simulated by a POT or
can be heated up by heat gun.
10, IAT can have the same design with
ECT.
11, Knock sensor signal can be
simulated by a hammer.
12, O2 sensor can be simulated by a
function generator.
13, Idle control is combined with
throttle body and can be tested by scope.
14, Cam and crank sensors are
combined with distributor and can be tested by scope.
15, Use 12V battery to drive DC
motor, fuel pump and power ECU / injectors / ignition
16, Use a real cluster to show RPM,
fuel gauge, engine temperature and engine warning light.
17, Use a key set to simulate ignition
switch.
18, Diagnostic connector can be used
with scan tool.
19, A designed diagnostic port with
testing terminals can be easy to used with scope and function generator.
20, A professional user manual will
be available.
Agreed Outcomes:
1, Safety and
heavy duty design.
2, Easy to be
moved around and design for education.
3, Simulate
to real engine. Not only spark frequency and injection formation can be seen on
board, they can be changed when accelerating, decelerating and idle.
4, Easy to
test with scope in diagnostic area.
5, A
professional user manual available. All sensors and actuators waveforms included.(Not
copied waveforms)
6, Fault
maker design. Can be tested with scan tool and engine light flashing codes.
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