Another build thread

[skov]

Originally Posted by james3004

That's not so good! Will need it in a couple of weeks if I can borrow it back for a bit

No worries, just give me a shout when you need it.
Don't think my engine's going to be back in any time soon at this rate though

Originally Posted by Stot

Thats what it looked like to me, the B6 Brain Surgery bit gives it away... Is it ARM based? Will you be selling these if you manage it or going open source?

Cheers
Stot

No it's an S12X. I did debate whether to use an ARM or not, but I'm far more familiar with this particular chip and decided it was going to be quicker and easier for me to get it up and running with it.

Have to admit it did cross my mind to sell a few if there's any demand
I might well be looking for beta testers at somepoint if you're interested

[Stot]

That sounds cool, I can alpha/beta test when you get to that point and maybe even help with coding it if you need it. I'm a programmer, mainly web, Java, Objective C etc but I have dabbled in ARM development and written some PIC stuff here and there so pick most things up quickly.

Cheers
Stot

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by skov

Have to admit it did cross my mind to sell a few if there's any demand
I might well be looking for beta testers at somepoint if you're interested

I'd be up for that, I might learn something!

[skov]

Originally Posted by Stot

That sounds cool, I can alpha/beta test when you get to that point and maybe even help with coding it if you need it. I'm a programmer, mainly web, Java, Objective C etc but I have dabbled in ARM development and written some PIC stuff here and there so pick most things up quickly.

Cheers
Stot

Excellent, I'll give you a shout when I get a bit futher along.
I know what I'm doing on the embedded side, but a bit of help might be useful on the user interface

Originally Posted by CTWV50

I'd be up for that, I might learn something!

Ha ha, I thought you might be
Do you know which ECU you've got? It should have a label on it saying something like B64F or B63H.
I think they changed the ECU on the 1.6 around 1994 and I don't know if this will work on the later ones.

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by skov

Excellent, I'll give you a shout when I get a bit futher along.
I know what I'm doing on the embedded side, but a bit of help might be useful on the user interface



Ha ha, I thought you might be
Do you know which ECU you've got? It should have a label on it saying something like B64F or B63H.
I think they changed the ECU on the 1.6 around 1994 and I don't know if this will work on the later ones.

Oh, I have a B6GP!

[skov]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Oh, I have a B6GP!

Bugger
There is a possibility you could switch to one of the earlier ECUs.
I've heard it's possible with a few small changes to the wiring loom

[CTWV50]

I've got the mazda wiring diagrams, I'll have a look tonight, it may just be different pinouts on the ecu?

[skov]

The pinouts are almost identical between the early and later 1.6 ECUs:

[CTWV50]

No mine is a B6 (115bhp) not the later (BP 90bhp).

Only real difference there is later cars had sequential for emissions, not batch. I think mine will be the same as yours. Pretty much.

[skov]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

No mine is a B6 (115bhp) not the later (BP 90bhp).

Only real difference there is later cars had sequential for emissions, not batch. I think mine will be the same as yours. Pretty much.

I'm confused too - I thought the B6GP was the ECU for the 90bhp version

Is there any chance you could pop the lid off your ECU and take a photo of it's innards?