VSR Alternator Regulator

This morning I posted up a parts list and Mouser BOM  (See Parts list tab above).   And there is some good news / bad news from a cost stand...

I looked at what was needed to move the Arduino 'cpu' from 5v to 3.3v, and it looks doable.  the CPU certainly support 3.3v, a bit a...

Today I posted a revised version of the regulators schematic, and also completed filling in the Hardware Overview.  Some major changes betwe...

Debugging the hardware I have IDed several areas I am not happy with.  In fact, overall I am not happy with almost the whole design and am ...

Load Dump is a condition when a large DC load is suddenly removed.  A common example aboard Viking Star is when the Dryer is running, it con...

Over the past several weeks I have continued to test out the Arduino based Alternator Regulator.  It has gotten to the point where I now am ...

Today I posted source code version v0.0.3 on the links above, this represents a usable source stream on actual hardware.  Over the past few ...

Over the past week I installed the regulator aboard Viking Star, and have made three runs.  Two long and one with lots of starts / stops.   ...

It has been very quiet on this blog for some time now, mostly as a result of Kristi and I taking a trip back to Minnesota for her folks 60th...

A new feature of the standalone regulator is built in charge profiles selectable via the DIP switches.  There are 8 positions which can be c...