[eSharo]

Hi all,

I am interested into the Open ReVolt Controller. I would like to build it myself but if possible, I would like to buy a board that is already etched and ready to have the parts to be soldered to with instructions if applicable. I went to the P&S Power Electronics web site but could not find anything there. I just sent them an email and I'm awaiting their reply. Meanwhile, did anyone get into the same path and could give me some guidance on how to optimise the process. I am mostly interested into the "What to do" and even more, into the "What not to do" topics.

Thanks!

 

[eSharo]

No.. I actually got my units that were fully built.... Not sure where to get more boards.. this is not supported anymore unfortunately... i can sell you a non functioning 1000 amp Zilla controller for real cheap!!

Thanks for your offer GE11 but I guess I will stick on the Open ReVolt since I just got good comments for it so far over the Net. Do you remember where you bought your unit from?

Thanks again!

 

[eSharo]

Welll... So far, after about 10 hours of searching over the net, I don't still have a clue of where to start from to buy or build my Open ReVolt Controller. It looks like everything related to this project is pointing towards M. Paul Holmes and that he is no longer supporting the project. I got the original project files though. It includes the control board schematics in .pdf format which could be very useful if I ever succeed to get what I need to build the unit but it also includes files with the .sch and .pcb extensions. I tried to use Orcad to view the .pcb with no luck. Anyone knows what are the softwares that were used to generate these files? Maybe these are containing my missing link...

 

[eSharo]

Thanks Matts for the searching.
Thanks Remy, I will try to look at the .pcb files with designSpark as Paul was suggesting instead of sending you the files to pdf them as I committed to yesterday. If I ever can do it, I will post "somewhere" the .pcb and .sch files along with the recipe to open them.

BTW, don't you think we should start a thread to figure out a good file transfer solution for this site? This would be nice if everyone would use the same approach.

I will get back to you soon...

 

[eSharo]

Hi all,

I downloaded and installed Design Spark. This is definitely a key to our ability to follow Paul's design. From a first survey, it allows to open the .sch and .pcb files while the .pcb file seems to be generated from the .sch file. So, this is a CAD software. I will send you the exported graphic files that are giving an idea of what it looks like but the real trick is to install Design Spark and to dig into the original files that I will post here as well. Could someone tell me what are the allowed file extensions on this site so that I can post the relevant files?

Thanks.

 

[eSharo]

Remy, I installed MegaDownloader but my security system keeps me from installing MegaUploader... Since I don't want to turn my security protection off, can't we just use a widely available file transfer site as Dropbox or Google Drive or anything of the kind?

 

[eSharo]

Hi there. Here is a link to all the information I retrieved so far about the Open Revolt controller (you need a Google account to reach it)

EV interest groups file transfer - Google Drive

drive.google.com

I am afraid it is not complete and that some parts of information may be out-of-sync with others. Unfortunately, I have not keep track of where I found everything since I spent a few days last month to try to figure out where to start from with limited success. One thing that I know is that this whole project was relying on the volunteered kind contribution of Paul Holmes but it looks like he is no longer supporting the project. I hope this will help.

 

[eSharo]

Hi there. Here is a link to all the information I retrieved so far about the Open Revolt controller (you need a Google account to reach it)

EV interest groups file transfer - Google Drive

drive.google.com

I am afraid it is not complete and that some parts of information may be out-of-sync with others. Unfortunately, I have not keep track of where I found everything since I spent a few days last month to try to figure out where to start from with limited success. One thing that I know is that this whole project was relying on the volunteered kind contribution of Paul Holmes but it looks like he is no longer supporting the project. I hope this will help.

And here are a few links that may help:
BOM - Open ReVolt/Control - Control Board
Open ReVolt - EcoModder Forum Wiki
BOM - Open ReVolt - Power board
Paul Holmes Forum long thread