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New Feature: PWM as input trigger

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

Modern vehicles are beginning to use PWM to control the output of their circuits for the same reasons Motobrain does this. This is great, but it creates an issue if you want to use the status of the OEM circuit...

Temporarily Out of stock

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

Sorry gang. We are currently out of stock. Texas Instruments is backordered on a necessary chip and it is gumming up our supply chain.

New Motobrain PCBs Delivered

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

1300 Motobrain PCBs were delivered last week. We are looking forward to manufacturing our new versions of Motobrain very soon.

Low current draw on standby mode

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

The next generation Motobrain hardware will draw 6.4mA in standby mode. It does not scan it’s inputs for triggers in this mode. It only waits for the key signal to turn on or the Bluetooth to connect. How it works...

Motobrain with CANBus and automotive connector

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

The first prototype of the new Motobrain with CANBus and automotive connector just came out of the mold. She is looking good and works well!

What it takes to build a Motobrain

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

Building just the smart half of Motobrain, what I call the “brain board”, requires 220 surface mounted components (40 different types) with 900 individual solder joints. I will manually place all the parts on the PCB and then “reflow solder”...

Using Motobrain to create a tachometer, just because we CAN(bus)

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

Here we use Motobrain’s ability to read data off the vehicle OBDii port to build a functional tachometer. This experiment is designed to show off how flexible this gizmo is.

New Motobrain hardware tested to 100A

From www.motobrain.net 5 years ago in Blogs

We have a new high current PCB manufacturer and we are doing our first burn in test with their boards. We are currently driving 100A through the Motobrain to see how their boards endure the abuse. These boards use new...

CANBus Triggering

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

We’ve been posting about updating Motobrain with CANBus and LINBus capability on Facebook for a little while now. Here is the first example of that triggering capability in action. Here we show a new Motobrain prototype monitoring the coolant temperature...

Graphing Voltage and Current Data

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

We are updating the software to allow viewing the voltage and current data in a time series. It has not been released yet, but it is in the work queue.

New Action Trigger Interface

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

This is a demonstration of the new, more sophisticated programmable logic controller we have developed. We call it our Action Trigger Interface. It allows you to define an action and then select one or more triggers that are required before...

New Feature Prototype: AND logic on the inputs

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

This new feature was a suggestion from many of you guys who are using Motobrain and others who just read the datasheet. You guys noticed that it is not possible to programmatically setup AND logic such that you can control...

New firmware available: 3.05

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

There is an update to the Motobrain firmware available. Update at your leisure.

User Installs

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

Martyred from Germany put together this impressive install. Here are a couple other examples from various users.

OTA Motobrain Firmware Update with Android

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

We explain whole process to update the firmware of a Motobrain with an Android in a 1 minute video. Too fast?

Motobrain: New Security and Timer Features Explained

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

A multi-tiered security system will be introduced into Motobrain in the next firmware revision along with the timing features previously discussed.

User programmable output startup timers

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

You guys asked for and we will be delivering user programmable startup timers. You will be able to define a time period that a circuit will wait before turning on in response to all the normal triggers. After we are...

Buy It Now

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

You can now purchase a Motobrain with Wiring Kit at motobrain.net. Try it out. We are shipping, Priority Mail, within 24 hours of your order Monday-Friday.

Apple Approved the App

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

We will be shipping Motobrain to iOS users this week. If you are interested please email us at contact@motobrain.net with your Paypal email address and if you will require international shipping. Price breakdown: $300 for the Motobrain $30 for the...

Happy Holidays from the Motobrain team.

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

We are wishing all of you a very happy holiday season.

Android Unit Shipping Today

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

We are shipping our first unit to a non business customer today. Many thanks to Moto_D, the lucky first customer, for accepting the challenge of being first.

Motobrain Parts Kit

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

The parts kit contents: 9 M6x8mm Philips head screws 8 14 AWG ring terminals 4 M3x14mm Hex head screws 2 M3x4mm Philips head screws 2 18 AWG ring terminals 1 8 AWG copper ring terminal 1 laser cut acrylic Motobrain...

Shipping begins next week.

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

Everything looks good here. We should be getting our laser cut tops this afternoon and then we will begin shipping units to Android users. We are still waiting on Apple to approve the iOS app. They are slow.

Production Unit Testing

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

So far so good. I’ve updated the firmware and tested the outputs on all the units. I’ve completed a burn in of the first unit. Fifty amps for 2 hours. No drama of any kind. Everything is just humming right...

First Production Units Arrive

From www.motobrain.net 6 years ago in Blogs

The first production units arrived from the Florida factory this afternoon. So far, all the units I’ve tested are working electrically. Two were mishandled during the encapsulation process and are too funky to let out of the lab. The will...

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