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MetroMPG · 11-26-2007, 12:43 PM

Good ideas. Something like this?

http://www.rentron.com/Volt-Meter.htm

It would satisfy the nerd in me to drive both the cheapest AND most instrumented NEV in existence.

Or a DMM with an RS232 output:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mastech-PC-RS232...QQcmdZViewItem

Too expensive for Project Forkenswift, but I didn't even know they existed until you suggested it.

11-26-2007, 12:43 PM	#215 (permalink)
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