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Originally Posted by ZS Phil
Sorry to hear this, I was in exactly the same position in 2011/12. Fitted a VNT on the basis that there would be a controller for me to buy from the same guy you've been dealing with. Never materialised so built an arduino controller myself as got tired of waiting (this is another option for you!!).
There is another guy running one of these elusive controllers but yet to see any dyno figures from it (unless they've been published and I've just missed them).
There's a post above from Jan 2016 saying the controller is virtually finished... I'd be peeved too! Hope he delivers the goods for you and you can press on.
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Sorry to dig up an old post but I guess I'm 'that guy'.
Pete's going to get his controller, and we've communicated throughout the process - there have been technical issues, some required bug fixes, one in particular has been a right headache and i couldnt find an obvious causes for ages as it didn't affect all controllers even though I made identical duplicates. It also doesn't help that I don't have a test car myself and have to wait dats, weeks sometimes to get the chance to test a single firmware update.
It's why I've told Pete to drop his car off with us next year when i've got my new unit and we can do some intensive installation and debug work, it's a lot easier developing electronics for a car if you actually have an example of said car in front of you.
I'm a bit disgruntled because the way the l-series community has turned out, and I'm not pointing fingers, but i've always shared my knowledge and theories and in the dying days of l-series all i've got is a long list of people who have used me, or reverse engineered my work, or even taken malicious action against me. I'm quite open and where things haven't worked out how they should be i've always explained why.
Now, explaining why something isn't working doesn't do anything to make things work, but thats as far as I can go because making vnt controllers is at the very petty end of some of the changes we've made in the last 3 years, someone with a bit more business sense would have tried to run away from the project but I promised a controller to peter and he's getting it - i dont care about the opinions of anyone else in the community as there's very few genuine good eggs left, but i promised it to this chap, so he'll get it. It might take more time if more things go wrong in life, and they could - and if they do - pete might have to wait even longer. I hope not. He knows whats happening, and whilst we've been a bit frank at times he's been very good about it all.
But yeah, my commitment to petes project is all there, and there are going to be benefits for him holding out i think, because our facilities if things go the way ive planned will be better than i first expected.
I do unfortunately see the l-series tuning community in a very poor light compared to how i used to though, so many people leeching, nobody developing but everyone wants a whinge when the developers resources are so stretched thin noughts seems to be happening. lot of people over the years, especially on the mapping front (wanting to be seen doing the whole gubbins but nobody wants to sit down for three months of evenings with IDApro actually reverse engineering **** to discover it
thankless task this l-series lark. On the bright side though, anyone who has issue with my dealings doesn't have to deal with me at all, there is the arduino setup which will no doubt give you something to play with, rover ron now does a controller, i've my doubts about the algorithms behind these but my opinion doesnt matter - they're options, or if you want something like mine and a bit quicker you can always commision a freelance developer to do it, cost a penny though.
lifes free, make ya choices, i'll be sticking with pete but its a loyalty thing not a commercial thing, i promised so he'll get. once we've solved the challenges and thats pretty much that. I haven't really worded this reply well but reading through i just thought i gotta say something. Pete I will take criticism from as he's done all he can to help, but theres a lot of people in this world who once upon a time wanted a vnt controller, or other stuff from me, expect to me to give all my development work out on a plate and will at the same time complain at my weaknesses whilst producing nothing themselves.
It's why I don't bother with the l-series scene these days, nobody into actual development, more a case of what they can get
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