"Eldis" (diyelectriccar user name) did not reverse engineer the Tesla controller. He designed and built his own controller to replace the motor controller in any electric car inverter, hence the name UMC, universal motor controller. He is using it to run a Tesla motor, others working with him are using it to run Volt motors. He plans to make it available to others. It circumvents the need to work with the manufacturer's proprietary firmware. He is making it so it fits inside the existing inverter box. Just pull out the manufacturer's board, and install his. He is just using the Tesla hardware as a test mule for his UMC currently, so he doesn't require larger wires. To me this is the most exciting development in diy ev for a long time. In the true tradition of people modifying stock cars to use for their desired purpose.
Collin (working under contract for Jack R.) took a different, much more narrow, approach and hacked the software of the Tesla controller. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/video-Tesla-motor-hacked-tp4676720p4676740.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
