Title: Car electrics
Post by: krede on December 14, 2006, 09:40:22 am
Im loking to improve my knowlage on this topic... like designing circuts etc..
Can anybody recommend any books, sites etc on this subject?
Can anybody recommend any books, sites etc on this subject?
Title: Re: Car electrics
Post by: Anders Dinsen on December 14, 2006, 10:43:09 am
What more specific do you want to design?
Making wiring is one thing, designing logic with relays another, and designing electronic circuits with active components yet another thing. There are many levels of complexity, but the best way to learn is to try things. Obviously you will fail at some, but every failure means experience.
I think what most people benefit the most from is studying other peoples' designs.
The best open automotive electronic design I know of is MegaSquirt - studing that will also learn you some facts about software and electronic fuel injection - if that's in your interest area.
http://www.megasquirt.info/ (http://www.megasquirt.info/)
Making wiring is one thing, designing logic with relays another, and designing electronic circuits with active components yet another thing. There are many levels of complexity, but the best way to learn is to try things. Obviously you will fail at some, but every failure means experience.
I think what most people benefit the most from is studying other peoples' designs.
The best open automotive electronic design I know of is MegaSquirt - studing that will also learn you some facts about software and electronic fuel injection - if that's in your interest area.
http://www.megasquirt.info/ (http://www.megasquirt.info/)
Title: Re: Car electrics
Post by: Matra_Hans on December 14, 2006, 04:45:41 pm
A good site to get info is here:
http://members.aol.com/dvandrews/ems.htm
Hans
http://members.aol.com/dvandrews/ems.htm
Hans
Title: Re: Car electrics
Post by: Lennart Sorth on December 14, 2006, 06:59:43 pm
but every failure means experience.
"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience often comes from bad judgement"
:-)
/Lennart
Title: Re: Car electrics
Post by: Anders Dinsen on December 14, 2006, 09:30:58 pm
A good site to get info is here:
http://members.aol.com/dvandrews/ems.htm
http://members.aol.com/dvandrews/ems.htm
Hans, thank you very much for that link, this is a complete backgrounder for electronic engine management!
Title: Re: Car electrics
Post by: Matra_Hans on December 14, 2006, 10:16:04 pm
Yes I find the site very interesting myself, and the owner of the site is (as I remember it) a senior auditor at one of the major auditing companies!!!.
hans
Title: Re: Car electrics
Post by: Anders Dinsen on December 15, 2006, 10:22:39 am
Yes I find the site very interesting myself, and the owner of the site is (as I remember it) a senior auditor at one of the major auditing companies!!!.
I think you are wrong on that...:
"I used to work in the Computer industry doing software R&D, but am now modifying and building engines for a living"
Quote from http://members.aol.com/dvandrews/ (http://members.aol.com/dvandrews/).
Apparantly he's doing it mostly on Rover K series types of engines. Sounds like a nice fellow :)
