Newb Asks: What's inside an Active Vehicle Control gizmo anyway?

[Gregski]

Nobody: What's an AVC?

Me:

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[Gregski]

Genesis: In the beginning there was a company called ZEVA which "from 2007 to 2021, produced a range of custom electronic devices for electric vehicles. In July 2021 the decision was made to wind down the business, and as of October 2021 no new orders are being taken.

As a parting gift to the EV community, the designs of all products have been released "open source", which means you can download everything needed to reproduce each device, both pre-prepared production files and code/schematic/PCB files in case you wish to modify them. All files are provided freely to use for any purpose including resale"


among the devices was a J1772 EVSE Interface a small gizmo slightly larger than a piece of domino which allowed DIY EV Conversions to charge at public charging stations.

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[Gregski]

so now companies such as EV West amongst half a dozen others sell these doodads at various price points

[Gregski]

I am offering a peak inside one of these gizmos for those of us "schematic averse"

[jrbe]

I am offering a peak inside one of these gizmos for those of us "schematic averse"

Cool, a bunch of little magic smoke containers!

[Gregski]

Cool, a bunch of little magic smoke containers!

yup, and alien snot

[Gregski]

wait did this fool really buy another one of them things just to tear it apart

Let's play Spot The Difference:

It's the AVC2 vs the AVC2.r (Race model)

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