High speed glow plug controller

Includes:

High-speed glow plug control unit for constructing a high-speed glow system with phase-shift control of glow plugs.

Experiment hardware includes:

• Educational depiction of how the controller works using the IPO (input-process-output) model.
• Control of the glow indicator light to indicate glow status and faults.
• Engine speed pre-set for controller.
• Coolant temperature pre-set for controller.
• Door contact switch indicating door position as open or closed.
• Controller for controlling four separate high-speed glow plugs.
• Phase-shift control of high-speed glow plugs.
• Four indicators to display control status and outputs to the high-speed glow plugs.
• Monitored controller outputs with fault display via the glow-plug indicator lights.
• Separate control of each individual high-speed glow plug via 4-mm safety sockets.
• Pulse-width modulated control of glow plugs at 12 V rms for 2 seconds and 5 V rms afterwards.
• Start of glowing process initiated by closing driver’s door or switching on ignition.
• Colour printing of front panel.
• Terminals 30, 15 and 31 are laid out from left to right to make the circuit structure easier to learn and understand.
• 12 V power supply via screw terminals.

Dimensions: 297 x 228 x 100 mm
Weight: 1.2 kg approx.