Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Mechadorkzilla
4/24/14 6:41 p.m.

I've competed against this guy in LeMons, and a good friend of mine is on their team. They have a BP-swapped Ford Festiva, among other cars.

Anyway, they're developing a completely open-source, open-hardware engine controller solution. There's a Kickstarter where they're trying to raise money to push it further. I'd appreciate it if you could help him out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/312898525/rusefi-gpl-automotive-engine-control-unit-ecu-firm

alfadriver
alfadriver PowerDork
4/24/14 6:57 p.m.

You do know, Alan, that he's on this board? Has a build thread and everything- http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/diy-ecu-build-thread/79518/page1/

And fans, too.

bgkast
bgkast Dork
4/24/14 7:03 p.m.

He also has a build thread on here.

jimbbski
jimbbski HalfDork
4/24/14 8:26 p.m.

Andrey, the mad Russian. I know him.

Ojala
Ojala HalfDork
4/24/14 8:56 p.m.

Sorry I saw "mechadorkzilla" and jealousy shut my brain off.

conesare2seconds
conesare2seconds HalfDork
4/24/14 9:17 p.m.

Contributed.

Derick Freese
Derick Freese UltraDork
4/24/14 10:00 p.m.

Here's his Tindie store: https://www.tindie.com/stores/russian/

I'm waiting for my Digikey account to be approved to post the BOM cost, but this looks like it can be done in the $100 range for this controller.

Derick Freese
Derick Freese UltraDork
4/25/14 2:34 a.m.

BOM cost is $71.71, with 5+ weeks lead time on some of his specified parts.

Derick Freese
Derick Freese UltraDork
4/25/14 1:51 p.m.

Anyone else ordering one of these?

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Mechadorkzilla
4/25/14 3:48 p.m.
alfadriver wrote: You do know, Alan, that he's on this board? Has a build thread and everything- http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/diy-ecu-build-thread/79518/page1/ And fans, too.

Shows how out of touch I am. Sorry for the repost.

alfadriver
alfadriver PowerDork
4/25/14 4:02 p.m.
Alan Cesar wrote:
alfadriver wrote: You do know, Alan, that he's on this board? Has a build thread and everything- http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/diy-ecu-build-thread/79518/page1/ And fans, too.
Shows how out of touch I am. Sorry for the repost.

Reposts are good, sometimes.

But where did you find it if not here?

Type Q
Type Q Dork
4/25/14 4:23 p.m.

For those of us not immersed in the world of aftermarket EFI, what is the advantage over Megasquirt?

Derick Freese
Derick Freese UltraDork
4/25/14 11:30 p.m.

The dev board the project is based on is only $14.90 at Digikey.

It's very likely that I'll be getting one of these soon. I may have to sub out some parts, though. Time to start reading spec sheets!

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Mechadorkzilla
4/26/14 8:05 a.m.

In reply to alfadriver:

Andrey is a mutual friend with a few people I know. Judge Phil and Eric Rood. They both mentioned it on Facebook.

alfadriver
alfadriver PowerDork
4/26/14 9:45 a.m.
Alan Cesar wrote: In reply to alfadriver: Andrey is a mutual friend with a few people I know. Judge Phil and Eric Rood. They both mentioned it on Facebook.

Amazing the connections we have, isn't it? While there are a lot of us, the car world is pretty tight.

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