Chips with everything

And a Happy New Year to one and aAprilia Caponord ETV1000 Rally-Raid - Test gear switch boxll. Welcome to 2013 ….. and have I been a busy boy over the festive period.

The Caponord/Futura instrument panel simulator-rig thing is built and working, allowing all the functions to be tested and it will plug directly into my main loom/ECU simulator when I get round to finishing it. I also piggy-backed a neat socket for the 24c chip onto the programmer and so now I can test a board and reprogram it all in one location.Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 Rally-Raid 24C02 EPROM Programmer

A nice new solder station (thanks Lucy!) with better heat control has made working on the boards a breeze and a ‘Chipquik’ SMD removal kit’ has made chip replacement so easy compared to a couple of weeks ago. Working on stuff this small is certainly challenging!

So what’s left to do with these boards? Nothing much, finish the circuit diagram and replace some of the back-light LED’s as an experiment and trial a built-in  Sparkbright battery monitor. Stay tuned!

8 Replies to “Chips with everything”

  1. Bonjour,
    Est-ce que vous vendez un programmeur comme celui-là?
    Cordialement,
    Jean-Pierre

  2. Bonjour Jean-Pierre,

    Désolé, mais aucun de l’équipement d’essai ou de logiciels est à vendre.

    KarlB

  3. Bonjour
    mon tdb a était réparé suite a un regulateur defectueux
    il a fonctionné apres tres bien
    mais depuis quelque semaine le compteur km et vitesse ainssi que les voyants
    neutre bequille et clignotants ce fonctionne plus
    pouvez vous me diriger vers la panne
    car je cherche dessus depuis 1 mois sans succès
    merci a vous
    cordialement fredo

  4. Hi,
    I seek a zener diode GEW05E for my panel instrument. Can you give me an equivalent reference.

    Thank you

  5. The GEX TVS diode is the equivelant to SMCJ22C, however you might want to consider replacing it with an SMCJ14C instead.

    Cheers
    KarlB

  6. Hello
    On my dashboard only my speedometer and odometer don’t work most everything else is ok, even my speed sensor is ok.
    Can you direct me to failure.
    thanks kermit33
    forum caponord France relay

  7. hello You forgot me it’s a pity
    On my dashboard only my speedometer and odometer don’t work most everything else is ok, even my speed sensor is ok.
    Can you direct me to failure.
    thanks kermit33
    forum caponord France relay

  8. Hi Pellerei,
    Life has been a bit busy of late …. sorry for the delay in replying! I’ll email you direct as the response is quite long.

    Cheers
    KarlB

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