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rallen71366 · 09-29-2012, 02:38 PM

Well, I work with CAN bus a bit at work, but we always use a CAN-to-USB adapter. Those are a couple hundred dollars each. The hobbyist way is to pick up a $30 Arduino microcontroller and use it. It's almost a plug-n-play project anymore. You "could" get some kind of speed reading, run it into the arduino, and have it control your pump speed. I doubt that it would be that easy, but it's something to try.

You'll need to be able to do some programming, or have a buddy that can.

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rallen71366 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, I work with CAN bus a bit at work, but we always use a CAN-to-USB adapter. Those are a couple hundred dollars each. The hobbyist way is to pick up a $30 Arduino microcontroller and use it. It's almost a plug-n-play project anymore. You "could" get some kind of speed reading, run it into the arduino, and have it control your pump speed. I doubt that it would be that easy, but it's something to try. You'll need to be able to do some programming, or have a buddy that can. Last edited by rallen71366; 09-29-2012 at 02:39 PM.. Reason: added programming requirement.