OK have ha a better play with easy eda, Schematic..


Consider adding 100k-220k pulldowns on analog inputs. Letting them float is sometimes ok, but having them pulled low in case something is disconnected and logic being able to see this pulled low below normal range = disconnect / fault in logic ...

Geothermal power plants will be the future once we figure them out.
I'd be interested in how vertical East West biaxial panels do as a portion of solar to help fill the gaps.

Down the rabbit hole..
https://www.ti.com/document-viewer/lit/html/SSZT243

https://www.analog.com/en/resources/analog-dialogue/articles/protecting-and-powering-automotive-electronics-systems-with-no-switching-noise.html

Then people who do this for a living chiming in on their preferences,
https ...

johu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2026 11:08 am Is it still the case with alternator and starter gone?
Don't want to argue against surge protection of course, just wondering.

My understanding is any large relays like contactors, fan, etc. can do this. Large motors like power steering, vacuum pump, etc. can as well.

I'd be looking at something like this, a little pricey but most of the sourcing and layout headache is taken care of inside the ic, being new to this, consider de-bs-ing the design
https://jlcpcb.com/partdetail/54689569-TPSM33610S5QRDNRQ1/C51957001
Automotive rated, pretty efficient, and has low ...

Consider setting up the ground rules for the AI to follow, pull request, documentation, best practices, etc. to get good info to be able to merge in. Will help reduce slop and the headache to merge.

Automotive 12v systems can regularly see 80v spikes, how long will it last?
This is doing throttle to can? Need to be thinking about safety, not just make it work.

TI Webench is great for power supply designs but only works for TI ICs. Does layout, schematic, and component selection. Hard part is making sure you find the right components and use the right footprints.

Most of the interest so far seems to be from new usernames looking to control this transmission in ice powered vehicles.

For people interested in the electric side of this but silent and or confused, here's some info to help understand the significance of this transmission / hybrid transmission ...

You can assign sub agents to be responsible for things like documentation, git, tech debt, best practices, etc. to have these things done automatically.
Not sure what way or model you're using copilot but there are lots of options. They also evolve capabilities almost weekly.
My favorite is Claude ...

Should we group buy a block of mac addresses from ieee?
Could also buy a $2 wifi usb adapter, take the MAC address and recycle it. (I think..)

I will also continue supporting this in ways I can help.

The white plastic is a many years later isolation fix I guess? Looks like they forgot or couldn't do a few areas.

For the hole issue, if 2 holes are perfect you can swap in flush head / cone seat screws to align the board to those 2 then fine tune things from there for the next batch.

I just realized recent topics isn't the full list of new posts, I was missing things. It makes sense to not repeat everything but it's kind of this is what's new.
I think a consistent new posts button would be my preference.

I've ordered the temp sensor boards and holders from JLC. thanks again to jrbe. I'll uprev to V3.3 and see how we go.


The temp towers you screenshot are for the through hole temp sensors. Just want to make sure you got the ones you need.
The ones for the PCB are here, https://github.com/jrbe ...

Would it make sense to name it heating and cooling? Could lump radiators and coolant pumps in here too.

I'd expect as this evolves it becomes more of a mishmash of parts to make a system. I'd say leave the existing posts in OEM sections for now as well.

Braking and steering are others to consider ...

I made a symbol, footprint, and a step file of the pcb tower assembly for KiCAD 10
https://github.com/jrbe/Tesla-Model-3-Current-Sensor-Block/blob/main/Model_3_NTC_Thermistor_Library.zip
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Damien, Dave, and anyone else helping with the PCB side of things, this should be able to swap the ...

The issues of power split front to rear pop up mostly when traction is near the limit.

The front motor (induction) can run mostly free, no acceleration, no regen so could be used only above say 15% throttle.
Rear will be controlled between acceleration and regen.
Can swap positions.
Lots of ...

That is a crazy amount of work. Thank you. Very much in the spirit of an opensource project :)

Board scan here : https://grabcad.com/library/tesla-model-3-y-inverter-pcb-1


Happy to help, thanks for all of your efforts in this Damien. The one piece for you to think about is the thermistor, what ...

Generally, compressing quickly is desirable, so that when you hit a bump, the tires can bounce upwards without much stopping them, while the cab stays at the same height. In that way, you won't feel the bump. It eventually needs to reset, but you want it resetting slower than it compressed, spread ...

I panelized the temp sensors,
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12 v-cuts to pop them apart
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5 panelized pcbs at .6mm thick is under $10 USD and under $50 assembled, this is for 40 inverters worth (120 individual) temp sensor pcbs.
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for some reason JLC jumps the price up 6x if you drop to .4mm ...

Anyone soak it with kroil and try? Freeze it then try?

If you're willing to share the research it will help others, https://openinverter.org/wiki/Coolant_Fittings

Paying different taxes for different things is something you would say is forcing people?

Flip your position with theirs, if gas burners wanted to make owning an EV more expensive you'd see that as forcing something, right?


But when i also make fixing fuel burning cars more easy and ...

You don't make change happen by forcing people to do things. You make change happen by making the right choice the easy and affordable choice.