Nissan Leaf and Zombieverter minimum components need?

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Nissan Leaf and Zombieverter minimum components need?

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Hello all. I try to make fast and silent vehicle. For information - i'm from Ukraine and this vehicle not for fun :?
I have Full Stack Nissan Leaf EM57 (PDM, Inverter, Motor, 2 charge ports, and native differential) and Nissan Leaf HV Battery (without Cells but with native BMS).
I wanna to repack battery with used CATL 151ah elements.
As VCU i will try Zombieverter. I already bought PCB and now fill with all components.
I have some questions:
1) What minimum radio-components on PCB needs to start set what i have?
2) Can i use standard charger port? (Fast Chademo no need)
3) Can Zombieverter operate the gear selector on native differential? (Maybe no need this function. And maybe differential will be blocked)
4) Can you help me to wire all correctly?
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2) You can use the Leaf charge port for AC charging.

3) The differential is a fixed single speed with a Park actuator. The ZV can't operate the park actuator but it can be removed and unlocked manually.

4) Look on my Project post, I added a wiring diagram.
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Hello.
I have a few questions about the printed circuit board.
I mounted the components that I was able to buy in my city. Some components have already been ordered from China.
I created this post in order to understand which components I can not place on the printed circuit board.
What is circled in a green square is responsible for CAN 1 (43 and 44 pins)
What is circled in a blue square is responsible for CAN 2 (27 and 28 pins)
What is circled in yellow is responsible for turning on the contactors and relays (31, 32, 33 and 34 pins)
What is circled in light blue is RS 232 for connecting an external interface. Jumpers SJ 4 and SJ 3 (circled in a red square) allow you to switch to Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is connected by default.
To start the Nissan LEAF, do I need a set of IC10, IC19 and IC20 chips (CAN BUS 3 HS \ SW \ FT )?
The printed circuit board still lacks SN65HVD230QDR chips.
Is it possible to use ESP8266 ESP-01 for wifi and what firmware is needed for this wifi module?
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Taichi wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:52 amSN65HVD230QDR
You need one CAN bus so one chip for CAN1 or 2
Taichi wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:52 am To start the Nissan LEAF, do I need a set of IC10, IC19 and IC20 chips (CAN BUS 3 HS \ SW \ FT )?
No

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Tom, thanks for the answer.
Please tell me if it is necessary to download this https://github.com/jsphuebner/stm32-CANBootloader bootloader before downloading the hex file?
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Boatload hex first as documented all over this forum.
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Maybe you have canbootloader hex file? I don't know how to compile this. https://github.com/jsphuebner/stm32-CANBootloader there no hex files, only source code =(
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