oren_rokach
Well Known Member
Hi Guys,
Continuing a thread I started a while ago:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=174158
After so many years designing / debugging electronic boards and systems(designed most of these: www.variscite.com ) , I highly appreciate the significance of monitoring the various current draws (Power consumption) of as many nodes as possible in our aircraft. It can give an ahead notice of possible failures such as :Fuel pump clogging, flaps engine issues, possible beginning of a shortage in lights , avionics...etc
It is not a question of if anymore, but a matter of how.
We are about to start the design which its main advantage is the ability to retro fit it to already wired aircraft and keeping possible collisions as low as possible to eliminate any risks.
For that, we will be using hall affect sensors such as http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1685541.pdf (There are smaller size ones)
to monitor the current draw and display it all on a dedicated LCD
We will of course use an extended/automotive grade components/ICs.
We intend to share this design as an open source of both the HW and SW.
Your opinions/notes/suggestions are highly welcome and appreciated.
Thanks
Oren
Continuing a thread I started a while ago:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=174158
After so many years designing / debugging electronic boards and systems(designed most of these: www.variscite.com ) , I highly appreciate the significance of monitoring the various current draws (Power consumption) of as many nodes as possible in our aircraft. It can give an ahead notice of possible failures such as :Fuel pump clogging, flaps engine issues, possible beginning of a shortage in lights , avionics...etc
It is not a question of if anymore, but a matter of how.
We are about to start the design which its main advantage is the ability to retro fit it to already wired aircraft and keeping possible collisions as low as possible to eliminate any risks.
For that, we will be using hall affect sensors such as http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1685541.pdf (There are smaller size ones)
to monitor the current draw and display it all on a dedicated LCD
We will of course use an extended/automotive grade components/ICs.
We intend to share this design as an open source of both the HW and SW.
Your opinions/notes/suggestions are highly welcome and appreciated.
Thanks
Oren
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