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The upcoming Tuesday, September 22nd 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern AiM Sports LearnFast webinar.

The title of this webinar is: Introducing the AiM Sports PDM – More Than a Power Distribution Module!

This webinars co-host is Fabrizio Rizzi, Hardware Team Manager from AiM Sportline in Italy.

Here is a Bio for Fabrizio: Fabrizio Rizzi currently is the Head of Hardware Development for AiM Sportline in Italy. He has worked for AiM Sportline since 2014 and in 2016 became the Hardware Development Team Manager. He also oversees all new hardware platforms including Research & Development of new AiM devices.

Fabrizio’s career started in 1999 as a firmware developer for microcontrollers. A couple of years later he also started hardware development of the board where the microcontrollers were mounted.

Fabrizio also developed FPGA systems for broadcast and automotive sectors. For 10 years he worked as a contractor with many factories like Magneti Marelli, Maserati Group, Ferrari Spa, COBO, and Fujitsu. A few of his most significative achievements are cooperation in firmware and hardware development for Maserati DashBoard (2010), Ferrari California, Ferrari 458 Italia, Ferrari FF (until 2013), and Lamborghini Remote HVAC display (2013).

Fabrizio also developed a Ultralight Plane Glass Cockpit in cooperation with a Czech Republic factory, industrial developments related to safety systems, supervising industrial process data loggers, automated end line production test benches, plus more.

He also worked as a CE LAB technician for 2 years and this experience has been valuable for all the hardware development he continues to perform with AiM Sportline.

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I was just going to post this! Ha!

This will be cool session and introduce everyone to the PDM units that AiM is making. There has been a lot of excitement for this and it's a really neat device (the 10" screen is killer!). It's can also be a very complicated product, so for anyone thinking about it, this will be a great session to learn how things work, how they program, and how you have to set things up. See you there!
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Any eta on the Actual Units?
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Originally Posted by drsrock
Any eta on the Actual Units?
No. When they're in dealer's hands, I am sure you'll hear!

But, this IS encouraging!
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No. When they're in dealer's hands, I am sure you'll hear!
Maybe....
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I will have to sit in on this one. I have been using the Cosworth IPS32 PDM's on all my resent builds.
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So do all the 991 GT3 and GT2CS, and the 718 GT4CS, as well.
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I will have to sit in on this one. I have been using the Cosworth IPS32 PDM's on all my resent builds.
If you have questions shoot me an email at Matt@TrailBrake.net I have done a lot with the configs and am familiar with the AiM PDM, software, wiring, etc. It's a really nice unit with some great features.
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As a bump for folks watching this thread, there have been 2 FW updates since this and some added functionality of the units. If anyone has questions - post up! I have a unit here that I can test things out for people if I haven't already done it. Wipers, start interlocks, CAN keypads, lights, etc have all been done along with using some of the PWM, soft start, and square wave features for some cool specialty applications.
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Originally Posted by Matt Romanowski
As a bump for folks watching this thread, there have been 2 FW updates since this and some added functionality of the units. If anyone has questions - post up! I have a unit here that I can test things out for people if I haven't already done it. Wipers, start interlocks, CAN keypads, lights, etc have all been done along with using some of the PWM, soft start, and square wave features for some cool specialty applications.
I was playing around with the Software, How do you enter the Can Keypad into it?
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Originally Posted by drsrock
I was playing around with the Software, How do you enter the Can Keypad into it?
It's in the latest FW and RS3 Beta release (today). Right now it goes on CAN2 with it's own tab and CAN output. The button modes are really cool and allow for some really neat configurations.
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Originally Posted by drsrock
I was playing around with the Software, How do you enter the Can Keypad into it?
Limited support for two specific keypads right now.

The configs can get pretty complicated with bi-directional commands (control input prompts based on single or multiple, or duration of depressing individual buttons, then controlling different colors on the button LED’s to indicate status, for instance). Pretty good stuff but time consuming.
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Originally Posted by ProCoach
Limited support for two specific keypads right now.

The configs can get pretty complicated with bi-directional commands (control input prompts based on single or multiple, or duration of depressing individual buttons, then controlling different colors on the button LED’s to indicate status, for instance). Pretty good stuff but time consuming.
The setup that Italy made handles all the bi-directional commands. That part is going to keep getting better and easy as well.

The config is really an exercise in logic and planning. It takes time to plan inputs and outputs, but execution isn't too bad when making the config. I have customers who have already completed there install and the car is up and running. It's super powerful!
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Originally Posted by Matt Romanowski
The setup that Italy made handles all the bi-directional commands.

I have customers who have already completed there install and the car is up and running. It's super powerful!
Yes, but it’s not easy now.

As do I.

At this point, we are only scratching the surface. I’m sure it will progress well from here.
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Another cool thing in the pipeline is the SAP-32. It will be just the PDM portion - 32 outputs, no logging, no 9 axis EMU, no display option. It will be strictly a PDM like the offerings from.other manufacturers. No ETA on that.

If folks have questions about the PDM or even any other AiM product, post them, email me matt@trailbrake.net, or give me a call 603-674-3250. I'm happy to help!
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