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Using the Brilliant eLabtronics Modules!: How to use a fantastic series of low cost, universal electronic modules to modify your car, make alarms, ... - and do a whole lot of other great things!
This book is about using the electronics modules produced by eLabtronics. These electronic building blocks – especially the Multi Purpose Module – can perform functions limited only by your imagination. The Multi Purpose Module does not require user software reprogramming to perform different functions – instead you need adjust only two on-board potentiometers (pots) and set a 5-way DIP switch to the correct positions. That makes set-up very quick and easy. The Multi Purpose Module is available in different forms – it can be a voltage switch, a timer, a device that outputs a pulsing signal… and so on. The hardware remains the same – just the software has been pre-altered. So have fun – wiring and set-up are dead-easy and you don’t have to do any programming, let alone printed circuit board soldering!The approach is perfect for people who want quick electronic results – inventors, car modifiers, students, and those just learning about electronics.
48 pages, Paperback
Published November 26, 2015
About the author
Julian Edgar
45 books4 followersJulian Edgar, 56, started his working life freelancing for photography magazines. He then worked as a secondary school teacher for eight years before leaving teaching and becoming a full-time technical writer.
He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of an online car magazine. Along the way he wrote extensively for electronics hobbyist magazines while also contributing articles to publications in Australia, the UK and the US.
He has also worked at Executive Level in the Australian Public Service. Formal qualifications include a Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), Bachelor of Education and Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
In the automotive field he has owned cars with two, three, four, five, six and eight cylinder engines; diesel, petrol and hybrid petrol/electric drivelines; front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive configurations; and cars with single turbos, twin turbos and superchargers.
He has been electronically modifying his cars for about 30 years. Over that time he has modified engine management systems, engine cooling systems, turbo boost controls, electric power steering systems, auto transmission controls, all-wheel drive torque split controls, stability controls, hybrid car regenerative braking controls, and lighting and sound systems.
He also enjoys aerodynamic modification of cars. He was the first automotive journalist to extensively wool tuft cars and write about the results (starting in 1989), and use Magnehelic gauges to directly measure aerodynamic pressures (in 2000) - both approaches now widely used by amateurs. In 2018 he developed a technique allowing amateurs to measure car aerodynamic panel pressures on the road.
Julian has supercharged - and then turbocharged - a Toyota Prius. He has also turbocharged a Honda Insight and fitted it with programmable engine management, doing the engine mapping from scratch. The Insight also has electronically-controlled, custom air suspension that Julian developed and fitted.
He has an extensive home workshop that is equipped with a chassis dyno; lathe; mill; MIG, TIG and oxy welding gear; metal folder and other tools.
Julian lives in a hamlet 80 kilometres north of Canberra, Australia. He is married to Georgina and they have a son, Alexander, who is 16 years old. Also in the family are Victor the sheep and Ar-Chee the cat!
He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of an online car magazine. Along the way he wrote extensively for electronics hobbyist magazines while also contributing articles to publications in Australia, the UK and the US.
He has also worked at Executive Level in the Australian Public Service. Formal qualifications include a Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), Bachelor of Education and Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
In the automotive field he has owned cars with two, three, four, five, six and eight cylinder engines; diesel, petrol and hybrid petrol/electric drivelines; front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive configurations; and cars with single turbos, twin turbos and superchargers.
He has been electronically modifying his cars for about 30 years. Over that time he has modified engine management systems, engine cooling systems, turbo boost controls, electric power steering systems, auto transmission controls, all-wheel drive torque split controls, stability controls, hybrid car regenerative braking controls, and lighting and sound systems.
He also enjoys aerodynamic modification of cars. He was the first automotive journalist to extensively wool tuft cars and write about the results (starting in 1989), and use Magnehelic gauges to directly measure aerodynamic pressures (in 2000) - both approaches now widely used by amateurs. In 2018 he developed a technique allowing amateurs to measure car aerodynamic panel pressures on the road.
Julian has supercharged - and then turbocharged - a Toyota Prius. He has also turbocharged a Honda Insight and fitted it with programmable engine management, doing the engine mapping from scratch. The Insight also has electronically-controlled, custom air suspension that Julian developed and fitted.
He has an extensive home workshop that is equipped with a chassis dyno; lathe; mill; MIG, TIG and oxy welding gear; metal folder and other tools.
Julian lives in a hamlet 80 kilometres north of Canberra, Australia. He is married to Georgina and they have a son, Alexander, who is 16 years old. Also in the family are Victor the sheep and Ar-Chee the cat!
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