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Power Watcher EV Dashboard

January 28, 2019 jbman

Instrumentation Solution I have found a company that is making a dashboard system for EVs running up to 200 volts.…

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Field Weakening with the P&S Nissan Leaf Control Board

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New Feature! I spoke with Paul a bit ago about adding field weakening to his control board for the Nissan…

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Brushed DC Motors and Controlling Them

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First of All, What is a Brushed DC Motor? Well, it’s a DC motor with brushes! What is a brush?…

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Dry Fitting the Adapter Plates

January 26, 2019 jbman

I tapped the mounting holes and got the necessary hardware to bolt everything together. The plates look good! As soon…

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Moment of Truth 2.0 (Does The Adapter Fit Better?)

January 25, 2019 jbman

Drilling new holes I decided that I definitely wanted to fix the orientation of the holes that mate the motor…

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Moment of Truth… (Does The Adapter Fit?)

January 23, 2019 jbman

Yes, it fits! Mostly. The adapter plate arrived today, and I’m happy to say that everything lines up. I did…

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Nissan Leaf Motor Adapter Plate and Coupler

January 20, 2019 jbman 5 Comments

Coupling the Motor and Transmission Connecting the Leaf motor to a transmission has been pretty frustrating, to say the least.…

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The New Project

January 17, 2019 jbman 13 Comments

1969 Mercedes Benz /8 I’ve been looking to start a new project, and I found this beauty on Craigslist. At…

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Interfacing with the P&S Power Electronics High Power DC Control Board

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This is the control board that I used in the MG. Actually building the controller was a big learning curve,…

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J1772 Support

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More power! J1772 is the standard used for level 2 charging. That is 220v at 16a+. Adding support for this…

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