This kit consists of the motherboard (pictured above) and a portable terminal (pictured below), which is connected through a cable to a 6-pin RJ11 socket on the motherboard. Core of the system is a 32-bit microcontroller, he processed all the important measurements and controls the motor. The 32-bit ARM7 RISC controller from NXP LPC2106 has nearly ideal properties for this project . The boards are designed so that the project can be built as far as possible with conventional devices (with connection wires). Nevertheless, there are some SMD components available.
Characteristics
- 32-bit ARM7 processor running at 59 MHz, 128 kB flash memory and 64 kB RAM.
- Throttle control by standard model servo. Configurable travel and direction of movement.
- Microcontroller-driven glow plug heating.
- Engine speed measurement from 0 to over 30,000 rpm.
- Engine temperature measurement from 0–160 °C.
- Ambient temperature measurement
- Mixture adjustment managed by the on-board software.
- Mobile pocket terminal with 4-line / 20 character alphanumeric LCD display, push buttons and encoder knob.
- USB link
- Direct Servo Control (DSC) interface
- Emergency stop push button
- Power supply: 7–15 Vdc