Re: Development

[Edward C. <ed...@la...>]

Hi All,

Sorry haven't been including the list in my replies, so I'll reply again!

Welcome aboard Neville!

We accept any and all help for developing EV's. My primary areas are inverter/motor electronics, general electrical cabling, looms, and especially handling DC.

Currently on the top of my to do list in the inverter is replace the veroboard/crimp connections/ribbon cable with a compete one piece Tumanako Inverter board. Given your electronics background I imagine you would be perfect for helping out with the schematics for this. We have been using Kicad, as it seems to be the best open source PCB kit around. It lays out circuit boards pretty well.

I will most probably be in the Palmerston North - Taupo - Hamilton leg of the Killacycle tour (thanks Greenstage! (Press Release)) and hope to meet up with as many EV enthusiasts as possible!
 
After the dust settles from the tour we will forge ahead with the inverter board. I've got a whole list of things for the software buffs to work on too!

Cheers,

Edward

On 14/01/2010, at 10:57 AM, Neville wrote:

> Hi, this is a fascinating project and I'd like to help, if possible.
> I am a retired electronics engineer with a bit of experience in embedded micros of a few types, some small programming skills in assembler and C and a keen interest in EVs. I have converted a BMW (E30) to electric power using dc motors mostly because I couldn't find a suitable ac controller that was small, light and affordable! But I'd like to convert it to ac one of these days. The fruits of this project might be just what is needed.
> I've been working on a BMS for a little while and its just about ready for road testing. 
> I live in Mt Maunganui.
> Regards
> Neville Harlick
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