openinverter forum

Hi all,

A year ago, I bought a 1971 Honda N600 with the intention of full restoration with the original ICE. Six months ago (and one engine rebuild later), I stumbled across the openinverter forum and had an immediate change of heart.
The components list:

• Prius Gen3 Inverter
• Chevy volt/Ampera battery (Gen1) - using the original BMS
• Chevy volt/Ampera charger (Gen1)
• Nissan Leaf EM61 Motor
• OpenInverter V1c board (purchased from Damien -- thanks for the awesome work, man)
• Custom board design (jlcpcb fabricated) for CAN battery management, charging, and peripheral control
• Raspberry pi touch screen for BMS display/updating settings/heads up display

Progress so far:

• Motor tuned and running with FOC firmware
• Requesting cell voltages over CAN from Volt BMS (still need to handle balancing)
• Touch screen displaying BMS voltages
• Custom control boards fabricated for fan/pump control, charger CAN control, and BMS CAN

The resources on this forum were immensely helpful in getting setup and running -- thanks to Damien, Johannes, and everyone else who have shared their progress here. All code and schematics will be on my github. Most of the videos end up on an instagram highlight.

Is that a cat?

Ha yes -- he can't turn a wrench, but he's nice to have around.

Loving the Honda Logo on everything

Just curious why is the Honda bike Logo and not the Honda H which is the car company logo?

Partly that the N600 was the first Honda non-motorcycle sold in the States, partly that the original ICE was basically a motorcycle engine itself, partly because I just like the Honda motorcycles logo better. Just felt right.

April 2022 update:

• Picked a color and got some paint on the hood and doors
• New subframe welded up -- paint going on this week
• Leaf EM61 going in this week
• Blanking plate for Prius Gen3 (Had some DB25 connectors lying around -- CADed out printed). Thanks to bobby_come_lately for the base model
• Leaf EM61 Blanking plate (3phase cable glands out CADed and printed)

A little more progress made:

• Body painted
• Nissan Leaf EM61 motor mounted
• Prius Gen3 inverter mounted
• DC-DC working from inverter (resistor swap)