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Originally Posted by skyl4rk
I would like a regular cruise control, but also a special hypermiling pulse acceleration button for pulse and glide engine off coasting.
When the pulse button is depressed, the motor accelerates at a TPS calculated to find sweet spot for efficiency, which changes with rpm and LOD. When released, the motor is shut down.
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I'm pretty sure I've read of someone working on (or having worked on) that or something very similar. Trying some creative search terms here and on some of the other FE-oriented forums might be worth a shot. (And if I happen across it again I'll certainly pass the info along.)
What I'm planning is much more rudimentary; while it could be used as a stepping stone to your goal, you might be better off with an OBD II or CAN connected device, since that would give you a wealth of data without a lot of wiring and conditioning.
Speaking of rudimentary, I'm also considering an "old school" fully analog approach.
It shouldn't really take any smarts for a device to do this job.
Cheers,
Rick