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by alnwlsn 410 days ago
It's always a little jarring to me to see a seemingly competently laid out automotive grade PCB, with a cheap as dirt Amazon special D1 mini ESP board lovingly stapled in one corner.

Best rating you can get on those ESP modules is "blue PCB".
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scrappyjoe 410 days ago
The D1 board on the Zombieverter is just a piggyback board to allow web interface access to the VCU. Once you've set everything up, you can remove the board. It makes configuring the Zombieverter significantly easier since you don't have to mess around with serial cables.

If you like, you can leave it on and monitor your EV data via the web interface. But if the D1 flakes out the VCU will be unaffected.

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alnwlsn 410 days ago
Ah, that makes more sense then, good idea! I have personally blown up a laptop by having the USB section of a board it was plugged into hang around too close to an exposed 24V supply.
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