Megasquirt ems

Well I've begun my Megasquirt build. I bought 8 BIP373s from DIYAutotune, and two Coil Board Drivers from Glenn's Garage, a little warning about Glenn's he's SLOW to ship, took me four months to get the boards. GRRR. But he did eventually ship.

List of materials

8- BIP373 from DIYAutotune
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/bosch-bip373-coil-driver-mod-kit-p-230.html

2- Coil Driver Boards from Glenn's Garage
http://www.glensgarage.com/catalog/wire-idle-valve-coil-driver-board-p-80.html

1- Project box from Marvac Electronics

1- DB9 Connector

18 AWG Wire

4- 4-40 1" Counter Sink Machine Screws

1/8" X 3/4 Aluminum Bar Stock to use as a heat sink.

From the Photos

First is the project box.

Second, is the project box's backside. I drilled four small holes to use to mount the boards and counter sunk the holes so the screw heads will fit flush.

Third, is ONE of the three heat sinks I made. The first acted mostly as a spacer. I placed it on the bottom of the project box to lift the lower board off the bottom to keep it from shorting out.

Fourth, is driver board assembled, if you look closely you can see the mica insulator underneath the BIP373.

Fifth, you can see the first board place in the box, the second board is simply sandwiched on top with an extra nut acting as a spacer.

Not show, I used a DB9 connector for the input. and fed the wires out of the box through a grommeted hole for the output to the coils.

Regards,

Joe Dokes