Joe;
We
are still trying to resolve the settings [delete] issue, and have added
a number of additional filters on the board, the effectiveness of which is yet
to be proven. Regarding the isolation diodes, I also have Schottky diodes
between the batteries and the ‘hot’ bus that feeds the injector and
the coil power to prevent a failure in one battery circuit from affecting the other.
It may be that noise propagated in these circuits being isolated from the
battery is a more likely an issue than isolation of the power feeds to the EC2.
The
reality is that after putting filters at the coils to [delete] spikes
coming back from there, we do not see any noise levels on any pins expected to
be of concern. But since the problem still existed we assume that there
are some spikes at times we didn’t observe; and in studying the circuits,
and what is different in my setup than others; we are speculating that the
isolation diodes could exacerbate the issue. More will be known in a
couple of weeks I as get some other changes/fixes completed, and get back in
the air. After a few low-power engine runs since the addition of the
filters, there has been no changes of settings noted so far.
Al