Hi all.
This is a quick pass at the design using an average of the injector
voltage as an analog of the fuel volume. It compares the air mass flow
to the fuel volume flow and adjusts the fuel flow (via Control on the
555) to force the fuel to match the air flow. The signals are summed in
the integrator made up of the opamp IOP1 and C5, R8.
I ran a simulation to make sure it was stable. The injector pulse
smoothing filter values ( R7 and C7) are approximate, but they shouldn't
be critical. Since the constant pulse width, one pulse per rev approach
gives a first approximation of the fuel requirements of the engine,
allowing 1 second or more for the feedback loop to adjust to the new
MAF sensor voltage shouldn't be an issue.
For an actual system, some component values need to be optimized. I
used 15k and 200nF for the one shot RC time constant. For a 555, the RC
product of the components is very close to the actual pulse width; here
it's 1.5E4 Ohms x 2E-7 Farads= 3E-3 seconds= 3ms.
That means that when the Control voltage is 2/3 of the supply voltage
(6.66V in my case) the output pulse is 3ms. This base value can be
easily adjusted by varying R1.
You should be aware that increasing Control voltage above about
0.95xVsupply will cause strange things to happen. So shouldn't make
that voltage part of the normal operating range. Therefore I would pick
RC to be the middle of the expected injector pulse width range. That
allows Control to adjust the pulse width over a reasonable range.
Also note that I haven't make any attempt to "calibrate" the system.
I have no idea, for instance, what full scale ( 5V? ) on the MAF sensor
output is equal to expected full speed-full throttle air flow. I don't
even know if the MAF sensor output is LINEAR with air mass flow. I sure
hope so!
Craig Taylor
Thanks for doing this Craig.
Let me get this straight in my feeble mind. VG1 is a fixed frequency
square wave generator correct?
VS23 is the mass airflow sensor correct?
Why not just connect the MAF sensor directly to the control pin?
Paul Lamar
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