Re: Palm Pilot software for E-Meter

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Chancey" <evtinker@hotmail.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Palm Pilot software for E-Meter


> This Palm Pilot software looks like a really neat idea, though I can't see
> as it does all that much more than the E-meter alone.  As I have mentioned
> before what I would like to see is a way to tie together the E-meter data
> and a speed/distance signal from the EVs speedometer.  I was just checking
> the Honda manual and found the speed sensor on my Civic generates four
> pulses per revolution of the speedometer cable.  Once corrected for number
> of pulses per mile this could easily be used to generate both speed and
> distance.  Combine that with the E-meter data and you could have
> watthours/mile, range to empty (full discharge) at current rate, avaerage
> distance per cycle, and many other such useful functions.  Has anyone ever
> tried doing something like this?
>
> On a side note, as I am not a Palm Pilot owner but was considering looking
> into an older one to try this kind of thing on could anyone recomend a
> specific model for this kind of application?  Ebay seems full of the
things,
> but there seems to be a zillion versions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Chancey,
> '88 Civic EV
> Kansas City, Missouri
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