I was also thinking that it would be useful to force the battery fans on on a cold morning, when the cabin is warm, but the batteries are still frozen, as a way to warm them up. Lets make a list of new features, and see what we can do towards making them happen.
Another feature that I would like, is to have the FAS switch closure latch the injector control relay off until MIMA detects that the MAP signal has indicated that the engine has stopped, then it would re enable the relay in preparation for restarting. Probably want a time out if it does not stop in 3-4 seconds.
Matrix orbital makes lots of nice LCD displays, Scott Edwards has more,
http://www.seetron.com/, Noritake makes some nice vacuum fluorescent
http://www.noritake-elec.com/
A search for LCD displays at digi key yields over 8 pages of choices.
Back light color, transflective, OLED, vacuum fluorescent, touch interface, lots of choices.
That is one of the problems in choosing one. The selection of the display features that would be best for MIMA, for a reasonable price is the first task, determining what to display, and how the user accesses the information, is where a lot of up front engineering goes. Once the display has been chosen, and a description of the user interface written, it is just a matter of sitting down and writing the code. The new PC cards are being modified a bit so we will have all 16 lines on the display port available, a new mini discrete board to make wiring of the new low profile LED display easier, and we will be making a new FAS PC board with low profile relays, so that will also be easier to build. I still have several of the FAS systems all built and available for immediate shipment.
Still have Lots of parts to order, as well as the many other projects that need to get done.
Too many projects not enough time.
Display for MIMA
although less than ~80USD for the touch TFT's that I looked at.
And I'ma hacker. not a programmer.
