Old Oct 8, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Barry_GTi
Heavy equipment has the advantage of 24volts which allows for less current going through the control units hence they can cram more functions in to one.

CanBus is pretty interesting though yes, a lot of day to day stuff in my job now involves scoping CanBus signals etc.
Yep .. The ECM's (engine for instance) Have alot more to do than most dirty DERV's tho .. CAT's latest and greatest .. Monitors 30 points on the engine, Drives 20 Injectors and communicates over 100 parameters.

The ECM is also Fuel cooled .. Ever seen anything like that on a Motor?

Sure it's will be the same as the AUTO industry.

1' Receive 3 types of input?

2' ECM has 3 types of Outputs?
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