Anybody here tune/work with a Speeduino?
#23
On the speeduino there is no closed loop initial targets for the iacv. There are no idle ve, idle advance, or rpm timing correction to add or retard timing to give a more stable idle. I don't even see an ac idle up feature. Those are all features that are important to me. It does however offer vvt control so for that feature alone I would consider it over a ms2 for a track car that would use a vvt motor. But for a car that keeps ac or that goes on the streets it still seems like the ms3 would be better in every way besides price.
#24
^ this. Very little control outside of bare necessities which I wouldnt recommend for a car you drive often or on the street. Spend a little more and get an ms2 at the very least. I wouldnt even say the speeduino is between an ms2 and ms3 even if it has VVT control, it lacks many other features.
also a DIYPNP Pro is not $500. a unassembled DIYPNP MS2 is right around $500. a pre-assembled is about $200 more. MS3 is about 900-1100. Pro is 1,200+.
also a DIYPNP Pro is not $500. a unassembled DIYPNP MS2 is right around $500. a pre-assembled is about $200 more. MS3 is about 900-1100. Pro is 1,200+.
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Id say nowadays DIYPNP is bare minimum. There are lots of things youre missing when running the microsquirt board, but its at a great price point, and has enough to work well. I love the idea of speeduino, and I would like to fool around with one, but for a street Miata Id say bottom/minimum tier is DIYPNP. Anything less is going to be disappointing.
#28
1) you cannot compare PNP prices with assemble yourself kit prices.
2) from what i can see ms2pnp starts around 800USD speeduino is 240USD that's more than 3 times the price! "whats a few hundreds more?" for some people, A LOT!
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everyone has his own needs . its definitely possible to have a perfectly working daily street car, I don't understand the fuss about all these idle features. If I would put a value on adding those functions I'd say 50 usd more, not 560. but again, this is purely Subjective.
out of curiosity does the MS2 have all this?
2) from what i can see ms2pnp starts around 800USD speeduino is 240USD that's more than 3 times the price! "whats a few hundreds more?" for some people, A LOT!
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On the speeduino there is no closed loop initial targets for the iacv. There are no idle ve, idle advance, or rpm timing correction to add or retard timing to give a more stable idle. I don't even see an ac idle up feature. Those are all features that are important to me.
out of curiosity does the MS2 have all this?
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You also cant compare a PNP MS to a PNP speeduino. Ive been working with Arduino dev boards and other embedded microcontrollers for many years and I can assure you that its not going to be a polished, easy-to-use, product. Even an assembled Speeduino setup will be pretty DIY, I dont see the assembly of a DIYPNP as remotely difficult compared to the setup and tuning of either of these ECUs.
The DIYPNP is under $500 and has features that I wouldnt want to be without on a street car with AC, varying electrical load, etc.
And yes, the MS2/microsquirt/DIYPNP does have those idle features mentioned by andym. Closed loop idle control, adaptive idle ignition advance, AC idle up, etc.
The DIYPNP is under $500 and has features that I wouldnt want to be without on a street car with AC, varying electrical load, etc.
And yes, the MS2/microsquirt/DIYPNP does have those idle features mentioned by andym. Closed loop idle control, adaptive idle ignition advance, AC idle up, etc.
#30
I'm more of a software guy, soldering iron is not for me, so only PNP, thanks, and I believe it is the majority of car owners.. the tuner can take care of the tuning, assembling a board is a different matter.
The DIYPNP is under $500
#35
I downloaded their firmware and basetune and I am not pleased with the features it gives. If I was building purely a non street driven car and wanted to do so on the cheap, it seems decent. For a car that I plan to drive on the street it would be a hard pass for me.
On the speeduino there is no closed loop initial targets for the iacv. There are no idle ve, idle advance, or rpm timing correction to add or retard timing to give a more stable idle. I don't even see an ac idle up feature. Those are all features that are important to me. It does however offer vvt control so for that feature alone I would consider it over a ms2 for a track car that would use a vvt motor. But for a car that keeps ac or that goes on the streets it still seems like the ms3 would be better in every way besides price.
On the speeduino there is no closed loop initial targets for the iacv. There are no idle ve, idle advance, or rpm timing correction to add or retard timing to give a more stable idle. I don't even see an ac idle up feature. Those are all features that are important to me. It does however offer vvt control so for that feature alone I would consider it over a ms2 for a track car that would use a vvt motor. But for a car that keeps ac or that goes on the streets it still seems like the ms3 would be better in every way besides price.
Also, I poked at my friend's speeduino PNP (from AU) and it has everything you need for a basic setup. It will be a good baby's first ECU and tuning experiance it looks like. Only odd things I saw were that the spark map on whatever base map it has only goes to 100kpa and there is no table scaling or 3D or table smoothing options in tunerstudio with it? Though that may be cause he has the free version of tunerstudio?
#37
The problem with flex fuel on both platforms is the inability to blend tables. I don't want to be stuck adding 10 degrees across my entire ignition table. I want less than that at idle and more than that in other areas. I also want to target different air fuel ratios based on ethanol content. If you want to do flex properly you need a MS3.
#38
The base map is an NA only one by choice. I can provide a turbo one as well, but those are slightly riskier as people just take them and run without making any changes, which is something you can get away with on an NA, but not so much on a boosted setup.
#39
Just in terms of missing features, if you can make a case for something being needed I'll add it. Simple as that. As long as it's something that's adding genuine value and not just handling 1 persons niche setup, then I want to make life as easy as possible for people.
Personally I've never had a problem getting good solid idle on any of the Miata engines I've done, but I can see why some people like dedicated curves for idle ignition etc rather than just using the advance table. AC Idle up was added a couple of months back (though requires a jumper wire on the existing PNP units that are out there).
With the other models, I have a 64-pin NA8 board ready to go, I just need to find some cars to test on. NB8A ones are close, but again I need a test car. NB8B I haven't started on yet.
Personally I've never had a problem getting good solid idle on any of the Miata engines I've done, but I can see why some people like dedicated curves for idle ignition etc rather than just using the advance table. AC Idle up was added a couple of months back (though requires a jumper wire on the existing PNP units that are out there).
With the other models, I have a 64-pin NA8 board ready to go, I just need to find some cars to test on. NB8A ones are close, but again I need a test car. NB8B I haven't started on yet.