Posts made by pete.dubler

• OLED display

  The OLED is on I2C right off the regulator board.   I created a class structure for holding the formatting information for each data field and some template methods (functions) to accommodate the d...

  posted in WS500 Improvement Suggestions

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  pete.dubler
  11/4/20, 5:42 PM
• External, remote TFT LCD display with graphing

  Because I first implemented the OLED screen using I2C, I ended up not using the serial strings that the system generates and made my own serial strings.  I only output data as the data changes, but...

  posted in WS500 Improvement Suggestions

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  pete.dubler
  11/4/20, 5:26 PM
• Does WS500 require #define SYSCAN in order to use System Configuration Editor

  open source version Is their a community for the open source folks?  Of course, the WS500 config tool first came out for the open source version.  

  posted in Software Configuration Tool

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  pete.dubler
  11/4/20, 5:19 PM
• Daughter card to add second amps input

  I added an off-the-shelf INA226 daughter card with the sense resistor removed and two TVAs added to protect the current sense input.   This provides a second set of voltage and current inputs and a...

  posted in WS500 Improvement Suggestions

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  pete.dubler
  11/3/20, 12:09 PM
• External, remote TFT LCD display with graphing

  I have used an Arduino Uno with a 2.8\" TFT LCD to make a remote display that captures serial data generated already by the regulator (well I could have done it that way, but instead I use my own s...

  posted in WS500 Improvement Suggestions

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  pete.dubler
  11/3/20, 12:03 PM
• OLED display

  I am using the open-source firmware and added a .96\" OLED in the case.  This displays Volts, Amps, Temp for both Battery and Alternator, Charging mode, countdown while in warmup and ramp-up, PWM%,...

  posted in WS500 Improvement Suggestions

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  pete.dubler
  11/3/20, 11:56 AM
• Does WS500 require #define SYSCAN in order to use System Configuration Editor

  Does WS500 require #define SYSCAN in order to use System Configuration Editor? I have customized my firmware and don\'t use any CAN functionality so I commented out #define SYSCAN to give me mor...

  posted in Software Configuration Tool

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  pete.dubler
  11/3/20, 11:51 AM