Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #23239
From: <WRJJRS@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EC2 dual power feeds
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:04:18 EDT
To: <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
In a message dated 6/6/2005 5:10:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, jwvoto@itlnet.net writes:
In order to have truly redundant EC2s would require a 3rd CPU to monitor the two controllers and automatically switch the failed unit off.  Then what is going to monitor the 3rd computer?
Wendell
As a little side interest the guys at Mistral are using a computer that does exactly that. That is, it automatically switches between computers at failure. Expensive but nice for certification. There is a test circuit that checks BOTH ecu's before startup.
Bill Jepson
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