The MegaSquirt Project has experienced explosive growth other the years, with hundreds of new MS installations occurring every week - a phenomenal success! MegaSquirt has been successfully used in all aspects of Internal Combustion engine applications including R&D, Industry, Race, and Research. The MS project has transformed itself from a simple R&D project into a full-featured mature engine control system. To reflect this the support structure has also changed to meet the needs of MegaSquirt Users.
Moving forward, the R&D forums for MegaSquirt project are in a read-only mode - no new forum posts are accepted.
However the forums will remain available for view, they still contain a wealth of information on how MegaSquirt works, how it is installed and used. Feel free to search the forums for information, facts, and overview.While the R&D forum traffic has slowed in recent years, this is not at all a reflection of Megasquirt users, which continue to grow year after year. What has changed is that the method of MegaSquirt support today has rapidly moved to Facebook, this is where the vast majority of interaction is happening now. For those not on Facebook the msextra forums is another place for product support. Finally, for product selection assistance, all of the MegaSquirt vendors are there to help you select a system, along with all of the required pieces to make it complete.
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i connect my windows based tablet thru ftdi usb-rs232 converter. i wonder if using this kind of cable will work or will cause any connection issues or can damage ms? or is there any way to mod ms so that it will charge my tablet that need about 2amps of current
best regards
Pontiac Firebird 305 LT1 intake, L82 cam MegaSquirt II with mod's + TPI adaptor board, MSExtra 3.3
The 5v regulator on MS is only 500mA. There is 5v from this available at the serial connector, but I doubt it gets passed through the serial to USB adapator.
Dave P, London UK.
Rover V-8
MSII V3
EDIS
Tech Edge Wideband
This probably won't cause damage to the MS2 - worst case is the USB to serial adapter may be hurt, but I don't see any way for a voltage problem to propagate past the USB adapter.