This is the program for the research and development projects.
The pages here are for information about the detailed progress of the R&D; effort.
The goals of all these projects is to reach the minimum complexity in the allocated budget.
You are free to use any part of this in your own project so long as you understand the terms of the licence:
1. You must acknowledge that you are using Turbo Electric Ltd technology.
2. You must share your modifications and findings with us so we can add it to our project.
Research Lab
The research lab is for investigating the state of current technology.
One good example of current controllers and motors is the Toyota Prius.
To that extent Turbo Electric has acquired two Gen 1 Pruises to experiment and test.
.... Full Pinout of the PM200CVB060 (previously unreleased)
Full pinout of the PM200CVB060 IGBT Power Inverter Module. more...
This is a Fiat 126 purchased about 3 years ago with the intention to turn it into an electric vehicle.
Fiat 126 is a very small car which is powered by a 650cc 2-cylinder air cooled rear petrol engine. more...
Software Lab
The software is possibly the most complex part of the project to develop.
Here we strongly believe in simplicity, small steps and peer reviewing.
Because of this, the software will be open source and the steps well documented for maximum peer understanding.
Your very basic PCM routine is thus...
Which for a PIC is...
However this is a fixed 50/50 mark/space.
This is good as a starting point, but we need to vary the mark/space.
This is where things go wrong, since every instruction take time. more...
In order to charge this car it will need a high voltage charger.
It's either that or we attempt to charge the 60 x 12v batteries in parallel! more...
Electronics Lab
In the Electronics Lab there are projects which are all targeted at research and development of the patent technologies to ensure the uniqueness of the Mass-EV and other projects.
The projects are focussed on either drastically bringing cost down for the Mass-EV project or improving the driving experience of the Impulse-EV Project (or in some cases both).
Since we are building a new controller using the patent method of integrated (super- or ultra-) capacitors,
we need to build the controller from scratch. more...
Using a model it's showing there may be some overlapping issues at full frequency....
Improving the model (and learning the software better) leads to a quite useful model where the results
do see to be similar to measured values on the real circuit.
This means a bit of tweaking quickly shows results (without blowing expensive IGBTS too:). more...
As with the outputs it's a good idea to start simple.
This means using reed switches and magnets for sensing position, and probably using a diode matrix as the logic to drive the outputs.
So going back to the Simple relay-based controller and swapping out the reed relays with reed switches.
Since the relays are not a one-to-one with reed switches we need to introduce a diode matrix. more... It seems we have reached the minimum complexity for the position sensing electronics, so this part of the project is complete.
In order to add the milk float motor to the Fiat 126 we need to construct a frame which can hold the motor and the gearbox to which it will be attached. more...