FIS future (Page 1 of 2)

There are two options.

1. There is a German distributor of tuning parts, who wants to take care of the manufacturing and distribution of the FIS-Control. There are some pros and cons. The good thing is that the FIS-Control will be available again and there will be good support. On the other side I expect that the company will have to recalculate the price of the FIS-Control.

2. I published the PCB layout and the part list of the current FIS-Control and also the wiring diagrams of the cable sets. I could now also offer the mircocontroller with the pre-installed firmware. So it would be possible for everyone to build a working FIS-Control. Maybe people can organize a group buy for the PCBs, the enclosures and the cable sets to get better prices.
People from a German Audi A2 community already did that and there were no problems. There is also a cheaper version of the FIS-Control hardware that was developed by Rumpelstilzchen (he is a member of this forum). It is also compatible with the current FIS-Control firmware (but is missing some features). The drawback for you is, that you will have to organize the hardware your own and if there are any problems with it, I cannot help you.

For me, there is no big difference between the two solutions. In both cases I will offer the microcontroller with the FIS-Control firmware for a reasonable price. The difference is on your side. You either get a plug'n'play solution with warranty, or you will have to put some effort into the hardware.

The second option also allows distributors to manufacture a batch of units and to sell them to their customers.

I can pull a parts list thru Eagle, but it's rather obfuscated as I'm sure you know. 

Thanks again Stefan.  Once I can verify I can source all of the parts on your list, I'll order some boards and start fabbing!

The German distributor, I mentioned in the first post, contacted me again last week. Our plan right now is, to produce a small batch of units, to see how things work out.
If either the company, me or the customers are not satisfied with that solution, there is also plan B.

The Golf Mk5 is not supported, because I have not yet reverse engineered the CAN bus protocol. So you are right, it would "only" need a firmware update.

The German distributor got a sample unit from me. They want to install it in one of their cars. After that they want to order the parts to manufacture a small batch of units.
I can't give a better schedule right now. Normally the cable sets need the longest to be ready.. about 6 to 8 weeks. So don't expect the next units before April.

Where can I find the part list? I work at an electronics factory and could build one with relative ease, provided the components not being too exotic.

Which would be the price for the microcontroller and the schematics and list with  needed parts for A4 B6 with color FIS RB4??

This is good news. Will it be possible for me 2 help u develope firmware for different vag brands?

Do you have any information about the CAN bus protocols?

But don't underestimate the ammount of work. If you have no microscope and a soldering station with a really fine soldering tip you won't success.

Ok, I thought you want to solder even the smd on the pcb.

many of us would like to access the wireless board .