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Originally Posted by DJBecker
I'm wondering if there is interest in adding CAN reporting and configuration to the Cougar controller.
Why? CAN provides a standard interface for reporting and diagnosis. All new cars in the U.S. are required to use CAN for their OBD-2 diagnostic interface. You can use standard OBD-2 tools, like the ScanGauge, to report what is going on with the controller or have a digital instrument panel.
If someone is interested enough to lay out a circuit board, I have some ideas on a few no-extra-cost features it should have: a pass-through for the ISP signals, jumpered CAN termination, bringing a few of the controller pins out to a header (they can be used for general-purpose I/O or status LEDs), sleep control for the transceiver and jumpers for optionally using an isolating transceiver.
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DJBecker,
Thanks for the post.
I'm sure that if you post the schematic or firmware, someone would use your Cougar CANbus interface PCB, I would be interested. I'll post it on the ReVolt wiki for you, or add a link to your project website just PM me.
Would your interface work with a
Elithion - Lithiumate - Distributed Li-Ion BMS that uses a CANbus interface.
It would be a very nice add-on item to the ReVolt Cougar PCB family.
-Mark
