Why do you race?
After a weekend of racing I was emailing back and forth my mentor K.C. and during the exchange he asked me: “Why do you race?” Surprisingly, I couldn’t just spit out the answer- it took some time to...
View ArticleAdvanced Time Series Metric Data with Cassandra
There are already a few good resources for doing time series data with Cassandra. This post tries to build upon those posts, so feel free to go read them now… I’ll wait. :) Overview So basic summary of...
View Article2012 Season in Review
It’s been a few weeks now so I’ve had time to digest the 2012 AFM season. Things definitely started on the wrong foot with the first race of the season being cancelled due to weather conditions. That...
View ArticleXT Racing GPX Pro Review
Note, this is a review of the first generation GPX Pro, not the current GPX Pro4/8 units- however, much of this review should apply to both units. Overall, I’m in love with the GPX Pro- it’s a great...
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SV650 ECU EFI warning decoder/dash replacement
So I finally finished the design of my very first PCB and placed an order with OSH Park to get some samples. The basic premise is I needed a way to decode the data stream from my 2nd gen SV650 ECU to...
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SV650 ECU Decoder part 2
Part 1 is here. So I got the first boards back from OSH Park: And with the all the components populated: And finally in the small ABS plastic enclosure: At this point I decided to do a little more with...
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SV650 ECU Decoder Part 3: New boards just arrived!
Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. So I got the v2.0 boards back today from OSH Park and they looked really good: Front side of the v2.0 PCB Back side of the v2.0 PCB The back side of the PCB has solder...
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SV650 ECU Decoder Part 4: Third time is the charm?
Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. So my v2.0 boards were a complete dud. Turns out some how I messed up the design and ended up wiring up the connector to the wiring harness backwards so...
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SV650 ECU Decoder Part 5: They’re here!
Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here. So I got the new boards back from OSH Park: The boards look really good. I’m waiting on some parts to show up from Mouser, but was able...
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New SV650 ECU Decoder Firmware
So I’ve been spending my time working on the firmware running on the Teensy board which does all the ECU decoding. I’ve added support for displaying water temp and ECU error codes on the four digit LED...
View ArticleSV650 ECU Decoder is now Open Source!
I decided to release both the Arduino source code for the Teensy 2.0 board as well as the Diptrace files necessary for creating a PCB. Please feel free to fork the code on Github and add support for...
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The 2013 AFM Season in Review
So I had planned on doing regular reports after each and every AFM round during the 2013 season. But after missing the first three rounds due to mechanical problems and then a constant struggle to not...
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Parting out 2008 Ducati 1098S with 916 miles
Bought this bike salvaged for a project. As you can see, it had a lowside on the left side. I kept the front wheel, forks & frame as they were straight. Selling all the parts I don’t need and that...
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v4.1 board design finished!
I’m happy to announce I’ve finished with the latest design of the SV650 ECU Decoder which has a number of improvements: Add button for switching the display modes Add support for detecting “very low...
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2014 Racing Season Preview
This year looked like it was going to really start out on the right foot. Gregg Spears of Spears Enterprises finished building my new motor in early January- well in advance of the race season. I...
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SV650 ECU Decoder v4.6 Design Finished
So I just ordered a few new boards from OshPark: This was a major update which fixes all know bugs (many which are severe) and improves the protection of the circuit. Switch to Murata 5V switching...
View Article2014 AFM Round 3 Race Report
After missing the last three rounds (my engine leaking oil from the cases at Round 7 last year, an electrical issue for round 1 and an injury sidelining me for round 2), I was desperate to finally get...
View Article2014 AFM Round 4 Race Report
After Round 3, I was able to get a lot of track riding in which ended up being both good and bad. The bad came early- a lowside while riding the new full 5 mile Thunderhill course. Both I and the bike...
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A working basic TeensyDSC board
I recently got my first generation PCB in the mail from OshPark and I’m happy to say that the board works just like I had planned! I was able to do some basic testing using 10,000 step encoders, but...
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TeensyDSC – it works!
So last night I was finally able to test my custom digital setting circles setup on my AD12… it worked great! I used the Astrosystems 10K encoder kit with the TeensyDSC and SkySafari on my iPad....
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