Getting Started

[thomas walter x5955]

> Quick questions for everyone here.  I am new to the list, so some of
> this might have been covered else were. 

Welcome to the list.

Quite a few people have vastly different idea's of what to use, 
and so on. Best is to use what YOU are comfortable with! Sorry,
just no correct answer on this one (80535 -8031 code-, 64180 -Z80
code-, 8096, 68HC11, 68HC16 are just a few of the possibilities).

Some of the people on this list came to the conclusion the 68332
was the uC to use, forming a seperate mailing list titled "efi332"
also served by the same machine. 

I'd highly recommend using the majordomo command for the list
and getting all the archieves to read through first. Probably
answer a good number of your questions. [John just posted
that, but if you missed it: send the word "help" to 
majordomo at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu  for more infomation]

Check the following www sites for more information:

http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fridman/diy_efi         *diy_efi*
http://cim.mm.swin.edu.au/                           *efi322*


other neat sites:
http://proffa.cc.tut.fi/~k124476/vehicles/3T-GTEfi.html
http://devserve.cebaf.gov/~bowling

For MOTORCYCLE's I would be hestitant of fitting a bike with
any system until it is 100% debugged. Having an engine sieze
at 70 mph could be FATAL! No fun at all going down at that
speed, leathers or not! 

With any "test mule" always realize there is a good chance
of damaging the engine due to too lean, wrong advance 
curves, etc during debug. Once again I'm being pessimistic,
but you should be aware of that if the vehicle is a "daily
driver".

If you read back through the old email messages it should
be clear that everyone has a different background, and can
bring "their piece of the puzzle" to the table. ;-) Also
quite a few work in the industry in same manner, and are
restricted by "non disclosure" agreements, but are more
than willing to help with GENERAL questions.

Hmmm.... John & the rest of the list. Probably would be
nice to set up a "Welcome packet" of information to send
to people when they subscribe. Listing the "Purpose and
Scope" of the list, and handy references. Hey, we've all
been there wondering "how does that work", so nothing
wrong with that. 

Cheers,

Tom Walter  '67 Datsun 2000  '72 Datsun 510 ("test mule" to be ;-)
Austin, TX. '95 Ford Aerostar 


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