I have used motec on GSXR1000 last year in a team which I had worked in. Motec M-800 is great but it is expensive. Genboard seem to have same or superior hardware specifications.
Motorcycle racing aplication of Genboard
On the other hand, Megasquirt is not designed for racing use and it haven´t some fuctions than are very usefull in racing:
- Quick shifter - to shift up with full throttle. It is very simple method, if you are full throttle and you try to shift then you feel than lever is very hard and it is unable to move because torque make impossible gears to be un-engaged. If you make quick throttle closing movement then next gear will be quick engaged, but you have lost 0.5 full throttle seconds and some rider concentration. MembersPage/JoseLCortes/QuickShifterSensorsTypes
- Lower gear power output reduction - The GSXR and motoGP bikes have a shift gear position sensor, In the lower gears the engine power output is decreased. By the time 6th gear is selected the engine realises its full potential. The natural way for controlling power would be drivebywire but stock motorbikes haven´t it. Without drivebywire (==manual throttle), it can be done with ignition retard. Ways for controlling power:
- Ignition retard
- Gear...........1......2....3....4....5....6
- ignition.....15.....10....5....0....0....0 Looks simple. (but I doubt it gives the desired power-cut without event-skipping or air-control; too much retard will have the destructive ALS exhaust-heating effect, without the turbo-spooling benefits that justify ALS).
- injection..-20....-10...-5....0....0....0 (would be simple to implement, but this must be a bad joke, read about melting valves?)
- DriveByWire or secondary butterfly.
- event-skipping like F1 but very scandalous.
GSXR1000RK3 Engine Sensors Description
MembersPage/JoseLCortes/EngineSensorsDescription
Simulator Experience
MembersPage/JoseLCortes/SimulatorExperience
Motorcycle Engine eddy current dynamometer
We have instaled a motec to work with a gsxr600 engine, this engine have been installed on a engine dynamometer for long time to make a precise adjust work, and I want to test the genboard at the same time than motec ones.
My new dyno photos, The brake is a eddy current retarder from Telma, The engine is connected to the brake by chain drive with the chainwheel mounted over torque dumper.
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Adaptor PCB with stock Suzuki GSXR connectors
I prefer to build a PCB adaptor and use original connector, in this way, this ecu is plug and play in any efi suzuki engine.
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This adaptor have a conditioning circuit for original pick-ups (cam and crank) copied from original ecu (very small SMD and silicone packed).
IGBT´s have been placed in this board because original genboard will be cuted to reduce dimensions.
My first testings
Last two weeks I have been building a test bench with a car engine, The reason is than I haven´t GSXR engine, the team i was working for have broken, and i want to have a stable test bench to test anything without ask to anybody.
http://www.nmine.com/msavr/1st_start.htm
I´m using GSXR COPS in wasted spark ,My objetive is to add a cam sensor and use it in fully sequencial.
I´m going to continue trying to install a genboard in a motorbike, Now there are a posible project with yamaha R6 engines.
My configuration questions
Here are some information about my cam synchronization tests.
It seems to resist to me.
I have instaled LEDs on all 4 ignition outputs
I think the cranck-cam-patern is expected(GenBoard/Manual/InputTriggerCamSync)
Firmware version is 2004-11-24 version_8
I have not enabled OnlineCourse/AlienIgnitionLogging (secondary_trigger=1d # rising edge, enable, filtering, coil, cam sync, single edge) is correct?
Firmware version is 2004-11-24 version_8
The same result get with cam signal conected and no conected
Description of engine timming:
My actual crank-cam signal meassured with oscilloscope.
Config files:
http://www.nmine.com/msavr/config.txt
http://www.nmine.com/msavr/table.txt
the problem is than only IGN2 and IGN3 are fired (like wasted spark mode). I think there are any problem with synchronizing, I have check to cam signal arrive to AVR (IC3), any idea?
Jose L Cortes
joseluis_jlc@hotmail.com