So my super glow plug system has rusted away to the point of not working, I've been using a ford starter relay and a push button for the past year, but it's annoying explaining how to start my truck to everyone, so I've thought up a way to make my own using an arduino uno board, a relay board, and a 12v to 5v adapter.
Features:
If the engine is cold then ill have the dash light and buzzer on just like stock until its ready.
Any other features I need? I mean I have so many possibilities lol.
Here's the start of the schematics
I will be building a little enclosure for the boards and probably mounting them safely behind the glovebox. Anyways, still in the planning staged, input is welcome. Now I just have to teach myself arduino IDE all over again
Features:
- 3 Way toggle switch to set Auto/OFF/Manual(or like a winter mode maybe that adds another cycle. Still in planning stages)
- Arduino powers the dash light so I can make it blink and such (give ideas)
- warning buzzer for when it's really cold out to tell you to definitely wait
- make use of the massive resistor in the intake for dropping the voltage to 6v
If the engine is cold then ill have the dash light and buzzer on just like stock until its ready.
Any other features I need? I mean I have so many possibilities lol.
Here's the start of the schematics
I will be building a little enclosure for the boards and probably mounting them safely behind the glovebox. Anyways, still in the planning staged, input is welcome. Now I just have to teach myself arduino IDE all over again