A bit late to the party here! And I see it's gotten out of hand and noise control has been called. That's often how such things go. Que sera sera
Is Free EMS the Russians? Haven't heard from them in a while...
EDit - Nope not the russian = rusEfi
Free EMS seems to be active, but stalled awaiting development of more permanent hardware layout?
No new boards have been made in 1.5 years. (jaguar 0.7?) (waiting on hardware changes?)
Difficult to tell what is going on, the forum seems like a diary/scratch pad for Fred.
No, definitely not Russian, a quality design
Originally Kiwi in the UK, but gradually a global international project. 12 countries, 42 engines. Drive by wire. Paddle shift. etc etc. Depending on skill, hardware, and code variant.
Jaguar 0.7-alpha is solid, however it's a pain to assemble and install and use, and can be fragile depending on how you put it together.
Prior Jaguar releases had various extra flaws, but 0.7-alpha is pretty solid. The only update from that to a potential new version would be revised MAP/AAP sensor footprints due to obsolescence of the package in use on the 0.7-alpha. However Andy only sells blank boards now, so you need reasonable skills to put one together including the SMD parts. I need to step up in this space. Andy has another product "basic ECU v2" that can run an engine, but AFAIK he's not run one with it yet, so consider it still awaiting testing.
There was a decent Russian project on the forum by the name of SECU-3 however they eventually went their own way hosting wise. I originally gave them a forum section because they were using a single thread on some other site and it was unmanageable for Alexey (who is a good honest dude with skill and morals).
FreeEMS has 40 documented installs, the latest was posted Sept 16.
I'd buy one and give it a twirl but with the last board release 1.5 years ago, I'm in wait and see mode.
I'm actually looking forward to trying one as that will force me to learn a new skillset compiling code.
Apologies for what appears Stagnant. You can blame my Volvos for sucking up all of my time
Semi serious excuse. Also been through a few jobs and family issues and a land purchase and so forth. Kids on the horizon now, too. I have a few regrets with the project and they can be summed up by:
- Tried to put community first and encourage a team effort
- Didn't do all aspects of project myself in the first place
Though a couple of people in here would probably bitterly argue that I did the opposite of that. You can't help the blind to see
The net effect was I poured many many thousands of hours into helping others to do things I could have done quicker and better myself, and less got done. Oh well, live and learn.
rusEfi is where it's at now.
I don't think so!
So crying about breaking IP law generally just means that you're a hack who can't or won't code up your own junk.
Quoted for truth.
easy or not, with *any* kinda management system there's usually a steep up front learning curve.
Quoted for truth, also. This reeks of experience and hands-on knowledge
The open source evangelists, who think anything closed source is evil and should be purged from the earth.
Not everything, just anything involving trust. As someone else said, operating systems, browsers, and, when you have 5k in your engine build, ECUs (after careful review of code, bench testing, and someone else with a similar setup trying it first).
MegaSquirt (of any variety) is what it is. A product with a well known set of flaws with well known work arounds that some people have memorised and mastered. 11 years ago when I first ran an engine with MS2 on the very first sequential code I had a flawless experience - not because the product was - rather because I knew all the gotchas before I began. I also built my MS2 from local components for about 200nzd and sold it a 4 or 5 years later for double that. Can't complain. Not looking back, either. I've personally seen FreeEMS running engines in 6 out of the 12 countries it's run them in. Nothing like watching your work come to life and meeting the people that make it happen. Especially when it's a truly original work!
Speaking of which, the topic of this thread is about Speeduino. One of the things I'd criticise about Speeduino is that it uses the M$ style algorithms, and they're flawed. ReqFuel? Oh come on!
And while critiquing work, if you ever looked at the MS2/3 code, you'd be forgiven for crying. It's not open source, but the source is readable, and that's valuable in terms of QC and many-eyes review. It failed all of my tests. My own code fails *some* of my tests, but passes many others. The failure modes of MS firmware are scary in the context of that 5k engine. When you have been coding since before your voice dropped and your balls grew hair, have a formal tertiary education in the topic, and have worked across several continents in various types of software development from one end of the spectrum to the other, you're well qualified to make judgment calls like that. When my forged 16 valve redblock turbo wakes my 740 GLE up, rest assured, only one code base will be running it: FreeEMS. 'nough said.
