X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-yh0-f53.google.com ([209.85.213.53] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTPS id 6055736 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:21:46 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.213.53; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by mail-yh0-f53.google.com with SMTP id q3so686793yhf.12 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:21:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer :in-reply-to:message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version; bh=o6s6QZbzLN/ws/stIO2/DhnexaDyl0YRO2MFyp5agKE=; b=FkU5Hj8ikjUOcpgRvQXTDDcxzz4XmBF9OdSaNsDoyDaK51SXVeezmsqLpdNHQ20xAR KeruFw7onWs6AR8MJh02uLxeZzG8MpsOrbuufJ3j/O7FPvR8U98qzqnl6B3IAslQ5EWQ 2oj47ESfWiyea/9uTCuotL7yp6ae7vJ11IggqNRKPF+yRA4TWL5YyotwT1L9pqgVAf8g Z5NNOoQKcBaqsuf6d7F4VIliD9YVK5eNJ/DRpHGsRVh2Atoi0nZ8mcNu5B2UGA//OIYF K7fr8lLGu9v9xEcKtSmR4xH8/tDL70ISHqlgAzjJPvNGZ4Fza+Hsh3T7OK/4sRKTq5MB yGNw== X-Received: by 10.236.57.136 with SMTP id o8mr17530040yhc.88.1360592472269; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:21:12 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.4] (2.sub-70-193-192.myvzw.com. [70.193.192.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j13sm36582265ani.19.2013.02.11.06.21.10 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:21:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Crickets & progress References: From: Tracy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPad Mail (10B141) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:21:08 -0500 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) The one I used was PLX Devices model SM-AFR. Paid $150.00 from a dealer on= Ebay. Might be found for less elsewhere.=20 Tracy Sent from my iPad On Feb 11, 2013, at 7:27 AM, "Ed Anderson" wrote= : > Thanks for the suggestion, Ernest >=20 > However, the cost of the wideband sensor kits I found approach (or are mor= e than) the total cost of the EFISM - so not feasible marketing wise. But, w= ho knows - there are a bunch of them out there and I have not done an exhaus= tive search - yet. >=20 > Ed >=20 > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Ernest Christley" > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:07 PM > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Crickets & progress >=20 >>=20 >> On Feb 9, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Ed Anderson wrote: >>=20 >>> Great to hear about your move to the wide band O2 sensor, Tracy. >>>=20 >>> I looked into modifying the EFISM to do the same, but found the PID cont= rol supposedly necessary to precisely control the heater element of the wide= band sensor to be much more complex than simply extending the voltage range= to interpret the WB output. Did you embed any PID control elements in the E= C3 for temperature control - or just accepted any small? error associated wi= th temp variations? >>>=20 >>> Ed >>=20 >> Ed, look at the LS1 line of Innovate sideband sensors. They have their o= wn computer that controls the heater, and it just puts out a 0-5V correspond= ing to the F/A mixture. >> -- >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.= html >>=20 >>=20 >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6087 - Release Date: 02/07/13= >=20 > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List= .html