From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 6 13:23:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA25534 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 13:23:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA25521 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 13:23:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dufault@hda.hda.com) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA12510; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:35:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199710061935.PAA12510@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: project truck.....ideas wanted In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971005203340.006a12ec@mail.internexus.net> from cliff ainsworth III at "Oct 5, 97 08:33:40 pm" To: cliff@cliffsworld.com (cliff ainsworth III) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 15:35:01 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I am starting a project, and I am looking for any input. I have until next > spring or so to get it completed... I've already read the blue-sky responses. I'm a low budget tinkerer (not racer) who buys Bosch pieces at the junk yard. You can also look at http://efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu/efi332/ for a home brew fuel injection project. I'm planning on collecting data using a microcontroller board we developed for a customer and uploading it to a FreeBSD laptop. That would probably be fine for starting out but the warnings about rotating media will come into play eventually. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval