Thanks Dean, This has been a real interesting project, and I can totally agree with Tim on the external governor issue of not being the ideal method of doing this. It started out trying to make a better system than the "power-up" idea in the JMP timer, and the first few versions were useless. I was never able to use these PIC chips, as I come from a purely hardware background in electronics. I therefore had to learn to program, and it was a challenge. The last time that I did this was on the old "steam-driven" Apple 2, and mostly I used BASIC and a little assembler. Anyway, I did manage with lots of help from friends like Igor, and eventually I have a very useable timer with a pretty good governor. Sure it may be not be as good as the Jeti, CC, or Schultze systems, but then I can provide a total package here locally for a .40 glow equivalent, for the price of an OS LA 46. This consists of the E-Max/Arrowind 2820 motor, 40 amp Hobbywing esc, plus my governor timer. Making a dedicated C/L esc is the real answer, but that's way above my head, and would be pricey, so for now my system works well enough for the sport flier that wants to fly electric without breaking the bank.
I'm just waiting for some feeedback now from Dennis and a few others, and then I'll try to finalize the software, and post the details of how to get one one this forum. I am selling them now locally, but then it's easy for me to update the software when I get feedback. I would say at this point that I'm around 98% happy with the software. I have found a few real cheap esc's that don't like my system. One of the Scorpion Heli esc's also does not work too well, but then it does have a 6 volt BEC and I did not add an extra regulator on my pc board to protect the PIC chip. Anyway, as I said, I will post something shortly.
Keith R