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by Matt Williams
Tue May 19, 2009 8:43 am
Forum: Pre-Sales Advice
Topic: Suitable probes
Replies: 3
Views: 6983

Hello, thanks again for your post. Yes it is certainly OK to measure a signal at the ECU, this will be the actual information that the ECU is seeing and using to run the vehicle. An excellent example was a suspected faulty crank sensor, the sensor was back pinned directly and the signal was absolutl...
by Matt Williams
Fri May 15, 2009 11:05 am
Forum: Pre-Sales Advice
Topic: Suitable probes
Replies: 3
Views: 6983

Hello, thanks for your post. Within the Pico automotive kit we have many options for connectivity. The preferred method is to use the acupuncture probes to back pin a connector, this is done by sliding down the wire between the silicone rubber boot within the connector body. The other option is to p...
by Matt Williams
Tue May 06, 2008 9:50 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: a170 steering angle sensor
Replies: 3
Views: 8501

Unfortunately we do not have any experience of doing this but I would suggest looking for a voltage change or a change in duty cycle based on the steering angle, this would involve probing the output pin of the sensor on the steering. Hope this helps.