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Old 08-12-2010, 04:46 PM   #3677 (permalink)
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haha, very funny you little stinkers. Hey! They shipped the boards just 2 hours ago! Hurray! So, UPS ground from Colorado to Washington State takes I don't know how long! But it better be quick, or I'm going to be super mad! I want to get them. The parts to the prototype board arrived from Mouser today. I'm getting the baseplate today for the SR controller prototype too. I"m going to mill a mirror-smooth finish on it where it will contact the 1"x2"x10" aluminum heat spreader. The heat spreader has already had the top and sides milled to a mirror shine. I predict 100% contact! ya!

The software for the prototype is DONE! The details for the CANbus communication are partially done, but I'm not assuming the prototype is going to be run with Lithium batteries and my bms, so I just commented out most of it. I would hate for the controller to open the main contactor because it didn't receive a CAN message from the bms that isn't there. haha
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