New Warpfeed electronics

[WickedAirSportz]

What is your definition of "intellifeed"? Intellifeed means to power the unit via another device while activating it. I don't think Intellifeed even applies to this device.

You can use any power source (up to 24 volts) you would like to use. The board will come with two 9v battery clips. The reason people do not like the clips is because they forget about the batteries being left in, and as a result frequent battery changes are required. If you had to change the batteries every few months, the clips probably wouldn't bother you nearly as much.

I just submitted the artwork to the PCB manufacturer. I will have the new boards on Friday.

[kosmo]

So long as this board doesnt need to be retuned each time I try to use the thing wasting buttloads of paint and time in the progress, then Ill love it. I think there was something wrong with mine though. Wouldnt know, havent used it in like a year

BTW Willystyle, Im an Intelligence Analyst in an Apache Longbow Squadron. Being attack helicopters we do a lot of stuff with the F-16's and A-10's just up the road at Osan Airbase. The S-2 section in my unit is pretty much the liason to the AF in my unit since our fat bastard fire control liason doesnt do his job. And you people need to stop wearing ear rings with BDU's. Its just plain silly.

[athomas]

Intellifeed is not an external power source. An external power source is just that, an external power source. Intellifeed refers to a switched output that can be used to activate an external device. In the case of the warp or hopper, an intellifeed allows the warp or hopper to start their motor as the gun first fires and the bolt opens. This reduces lag caused be the system reacting to the noise of firing the first ball or the lack of a ball in the feed tube.

I don't think the warp needs an intellifeed output for the hopper. The warp itself can buffer any lags that the hopper may cause. The warp would benefit from the intellifeed input though.

I for one can hardly wait for the new warp board to be completed. Keep us posted.

[JT2002]

so jim does that mean we can run the warp directly off an emag battery now?

[Kevmaster]

jim,

I'm very interested in the idea. and I agree with what you have to say about the snaps. IMHO, the crappy ones AGD puts on the stock warp feed do break and do cause trouble. I've broken two sets of them on my warps. However, each time, I installed a plastic one in its place and I have yet to break them. As long as you hold the wire and then pull on the battery, the plastic ones work just fine...its the crappy cheap ones that don't work well at all.

This looks good. IMHO, I'd like to see a seperate on-off toggle switch on the board somewhere, just because I know it is hard to get to the primer switch when I have a 68ci tank on my drop right beside the warp.

anyways, board looks GREAT. Im interested to see what you have for us next week...and count me in on two sales in that first batch..

[ignatz]

Since you're open to suggestions for the new board, how about a reverse prime switch? Wouldn't this be significantly easier with R/C speed controller technology? Just curious... either way, can't wait to see the finished product.

[WickedAirSportz]

The "Intellifeed" came from the Angel, and was a way to activate AND power your hopper from the Angel's battery.

Yes, you could use your Emag's battery to power the warp... I hope they have big batteries!

I am going to use the nicer plastic type snaps instead of the cheesy ones!

Reversing requires 3 times as many parts in the motor circuitry, and there is not enough room for that.

The on/off is also the prime/program button. Most people have easy access to the prime button (from what I have seen).

[JT2002]

jim also, i think it would also GREATLY help everybody who buys one of these if you include a small piece of paper with easy to understand instructions on all the programming and led and everything. will you be making this warp board with a mode setup so that when the board recieves an intellifeed signal from a gun like an emag, it will run for the amount of time the user sets it so?

[WickedAirSportz]

The 3/32 phone jack is an external input. This can either be an external piezeo sensor (like the ProTeam setup) or an electrical trigger (like the Equalizer can do, or from a solenoid or trigger switch).

The programming method is the SAME as all of the Equalizer boards... via button presses and LED blinks. In fact, its the same code. I am trying to standardize the industry (single handedly - LOL!) The programming is very simple, allowing you to set the speed, spin duration, and sensitivity level.

There will be complete instructions, just like with our other products.

[ES13Raven]

Jim,

How well will this perform using 2 9.4v 200mAh NiMH batteries?

[lamby]

RAven, where did you find 9.4v NiMh batteries? The largerst I could find were the ray-o-vacs at 8.4.. All I know is stay away from energizer (only 7.2vdc)

[WickedAirSportz]

I don't know how it will perform with rechargable batteries... I guessing extremely poor, just like with any other product.

Rechargable 9v batteries are horrible for their milliamp hour (mah) rating. A standard 9v battery has 550ma of current capability, and even the best 9.6v rechargable batteries are only 175mah. 200mah (never heard of this one before) is really not any better, especially considering that the Warp's motor will draw more than 2 amps of current on start up.

I don't use 9v rechargables in paintball... period. We learned this from the Revolution.

[Timmy63]

[WickedAirSportz]

I spent a great deal of time working on hopper technology, and inventing the TurboRev. I can tell you that although it seems like a good idea to turn on the Revolution at the same time as the Warp, it actually reduces the potential feed rate. The Revolution needs to stay running to make sure that the Warp is filled. If both are shutoff at the same time, the motor in the Revolution will block the balls from falling. Your best bet would be to power the hopper using the Emag's 18v power source, but leave the stock eye system and logic (or better unit, use a TurboRev board).

[thecavemankevin]

i use plain view 9.6v 170mha in my warp and it works far better than it does with energizers or duracell. Spins far faster than it use to.

However, i am definatly looking forward to this board. keep us updated regularly