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matthewvia

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    Comment #22473555

    Thanks for your interest! I didn't want to be dependent on the number of hardware timer captures, so I did actually start with a system like you describe, with a single timer/compa…

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    Comment #22468888

    I appreciate that FPGAs are certainly one way of doing this, and your point are valid, but I respectfully disagree that it is an overall better approach. FPGAs are more expensive t…

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    Comment #22467045

    Fair enough. Having an FPGA can certainly make various aspects easier (especially for supporting higher precision outputs), but shouldn't be necessary for basic engine running. As …

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    Comment #22466851

    It may still be open source, but it is not free software anymore, at least for MS3 software and hardware.

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    Comment #22466563

    I'm not aware of any aftermarket EMS's using FPGAs, and there are quite a lot of them. The engine position sensing isn't something that requires a lot of specialized hardware: The …