New Warpfeed electronics

[cgrieves]

Board sounds great, I'm sure most of the team will be interested!

As a side note I also use a single 8.4V NIMH in my warp, which is still piezo activated. One battery has lasted me a whole two day tournament. Ok I'm a front player but that's still over 4000 shots. I also run my Hyperframe on one, and have got over 12000 good shots.

I have noticed that they actually output around 9.6V when fully charged. I do slow charge them though (15 hours a pair) which seems to make them perform better.

[Outlaw5]

Any Word????

Mr. Drew, Any new info on the newest version of the turbo warp board?? Just wondering......I'm drooling for the finished product.....2 warps don't ya know......Thanks.

[WickedAirSportz]

I got the boards on Friday, but I just returned from a tournament in Los Angeles. I will build one and test it tomorrow, but I don't know if I will actually use it at the NPPL event in New Jersey. I don't have enough real time on it yet to make sure it works...and since I am playing with a team that is 1st in their division, I don't want to take a chance on my marker going down due to a bug in the code or hardware.

I will keep everyone posted, including new pictures since the hardware has changed quite a bit.

[Nobody077]

Tourny in LA, you must have been at the 5man at Hollywood.

Im very intrested in this board but have a question, what is the max amp rateing of the motor control side of the board? I currently run a gutted pre BE revy with a heavy RC car servo, directly off the stock warp board, so my loader gets the same voltage and dwell as the warp motor. Will your board allso be able to handle this type of current draw ?

[WickedAirSportz]

No, OSC (pump tournament).

The motor control side will be fine with your heavy duty R/C servo. The MOSFET I chose will handle 16 amps of current sustained, with a peak of 60 amps. Unless you plan on carrying a car battery with you, I don't think you are going to have a problem.

[JT2002]

pics?

[Nobody077]

16 amps should be plenty, thanks for the quick reply. Its good to hear there are still pump tournys in the area, ive been thinking about looking for a stock class group to play with. Thanks, Steve

[rpm07]

Just seeing if you used 1 in NJ and if you did how did it work.

[JT2002]

as far as we are concerned, these boards dont even exist yet. was is the only person with maybey even one

[WickedAirSportz]

No, I didn't use a Warp at all in New Jersey. I did replace the faulty parts and tested a few things out. I will be practicing at SC Village this weekend, and I hope to test it all day there.

[rpm07]

Thanks Jim just wanted to see how its comming

[Nobody077]

Hay Wicked, what day will you be at SC, Sat or Sun ?
I may drop by so I can get a sneak peak at the board and shake your hand. Now if you were to out this way next weekend it looks like we have 15 or so AO'ers planed to play SC next Saterday.

[WickedAirSportz]

I will be there on Saturday practicing with my Am team Outkast (out of Las Vegas). I frequent SC Village, even though it is 4 hours away.

[WickedAirSportz]

Update!!

Well, I got to play with the new Warpfeed electronics most of the day on Saturday. I averaged about 7 pods every 3 minutes, and I was still using the older Warpfeed that has a bad motor. Not too shaby... definitely better than the stock board was for me previously.

I programmed the speed at 60% of the dual 18v (about 10.8 volts) and I was able to shoot 14-16 bps. Quite acceptable!

It's nice not having to remove batteries or even remember to flip a switch to turn off the unit. An automatic timeout shuts it off if you forget.

Below are some pictures of the new circuit board.. a bit blurry for some reason, but you get the idea.

There is no release date for this product. I still have a few other projects to complete and get out of my hair in the next few weeks... but it looks like this will be a product that we do actually release.

[magking1971]

DANG IT JIM KNOCK IT OFF!! you just make me wan't one more
I stopped using my warp because I didnt like the sluggish response of it but now with your new gizmo I might make the change back!