Contributors

Who
What
Historical

Who

In chronological order of contribution.

Fred Cooke - Founder - The man behind DIYEFI.org
Cam Walker - Supporter
Matthew "Mops" - Supporter
Daniel "em_knaps" - Supporter
Karri "STW" Koivusalo - Supporter
Alex Babkin - Supporter
Jean Bélanger - Supporter
Gearhead - Supporter
Rebecca Cumberlege - Supporter
Rob Ebersol - Supporter
Nick "Carcenomy" - Supporter
Peter Siebold - Supporter and Inspiration
Carl Barnes - Supporter
Karsten Sperling - Supporter
Lindsay Kenrick - Supporter
Robert Clark - Supporter
Stephen Bates - Supporter
Sean Keys - Supporter
Abe Mara - Supporter
Your name here! - Future supporter

Special thanks to James Murray, Ken Culver and Jean Bélanger for the inspiration they have provided through their work on MS2Extra particularly and all the other DIY EFI related work they have done. Note.

What

Skills and contributions.

Fred Cooke
Skills
- Software Engineer
- Serious electronics hobbyist
- Serious HiFi circuitry
- Mechanical hobbyist
- Unix systems
Contributions
- Architect
- Coordinator
- All current code
- Founded the site
- Financed the site
- Web site content and layout
Jean Bélanger
Skills
- Schematic design
- Board design
- Code modification
Contributions
- Inspiration
- Plenty of his time donated to helping DIY EMS users
Cam Walker
Skills
- Electronics Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Embedded software design
Contributions
- Provided inspiration to go ahead with an open source EMS
- Encouragement and support
- Many favours that helped make my last project a success
Matthew "Mops"
Skills
- Network infrastructure
- Software systems
- "l33t tuning god"
- Mechanical hobbyist
- Electronics hobbyist
Contributions
- Ideas for FreeEMS
- Corrections to draft content
- Encouragement and support
- Invaluable discussion partner to bounce ideas off
- Many favours that helped make my last project a success
Daniel "em_knaps"
Skills
- Mechanical hobbyist
- Electronics hobbyist
- More than half a dozen DIY EFI projects
- More than half a dozen engine conversions
Contributions
- Encouragement and support
Karri "STW" Koivusalo
Skills
- Mechanical Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- VERY serious electronics hobbyist
- Mechanical hobbyist
Contributions
- Designed the 100 pin dual IDC Adapt
  card footprint library for KiCAD
- Ideas for FreeEMS
- Encouragement and support
- Resources and Contributions page layouts
Alex Babkin
Skills
- Software Engineer
- Electronics hobbyist
- Mechanical hobbyist
Contributions
- Ideas for FreeEMS
- "FreeEMS" as a name
- Encouragement and support
- Massive amounts of research
Gearhead
Skills
- Engineering
Contributions
- Ideas for FreeEMS
- Code specification
- Hardware configuration
Rebecca Cumberlege
Skills
- Web Designer
Contributions
- Created the base web page for me to work from
Rob Ebersol
Skills
- Graphic designer
- Race driver and tutor
- Mechanical hobbyist
Contributions
- The logo graphic
- The banner graphic
- Encouragement and support
Nick "Carcenomy"
Skills
- Web site administration
- Computer hardware
- Networking
- Mechanical engineering
Contributions
- Forum setup advice
- Web site checking and corrections
- Encouragement and support
Peter Siebold
Skills
- Flight
- Electronics
- Embedded code
- Probably much much more!
Contributions
- Permission to distribute his aems555 project under GPL/OHL - Thanks!
Carl Barnes
Skills
- Electronics
- Embedded code
- Customer service!!
Contributions
- Technical support - hardware
- Permission to post the board schematic - Thanks!
Karsten Sperling
Skills
- Software Engineer
- Photography
Contributions
- Code implementation ideas and solutions
Lindsay Kenrick
Skills
- Editor
- Patience
Contributions
- Multiple corrections to the site copy
Robert Clark
Skills
- Software Engineer
Contributions
- Code implementation ideas and solutions
Stephen Bates
Skills
- Software Engineer
- Accounting
- Web design
Contributions
- Page layout ideas
- Multiple corrections to the site copy
Sean Keys
Skills
- IT Professional
- Mechanical hobbyist
- Electronics hobbyist
- Metal working
Contributions
- 68hc12 toolchain "from source" installer
Abe Mara
Skills
- Mechanical design
- Electronics hobbyist
- Image processing
- DNA manipulation
- Cryogenics
Contributions
- Ideas for FreeEMS
- Crucial information for bug diagnosis
Your name here!
- Tell us what you can do for the community
- Suggestions
- Skills
- Code
- Schematics
- PCB layouts
- Projects
- Etc

Historical

Who made DIY EFI as famous as it is today?

We would like to acknowledge those that made diy-efi.org, MegaSquirt, and VEMS truly famous here. All of the names below have contributed to the DIY tuning sector in their own way. We are deeply grateful to all of them.

diy-efi.org brought a group of like-minded enthusiasts together for a good cause. Al Grippo, Bruce Bowling and Eric Fahlgren put in the initial hard yards to make MS1 1.01 a reality, Al for firmware, Bruce for the hardware, and Eric for the tuning software. MS1 1.01 was purely a fuel controller with limited capabilities and some flaws, however it was cheap and easy, and that is what attracted many people to it. Since that time a LOT of people put in a LOT of work to make it what it is today. We would like to pay tribute to those people in particular here.

Software
- Firmware
  - MS1
  - MS1Extra
  - MS2
  - MS2Extra
  - VEMS
- Tuning
- Testing
Hardware
Documentation
- Main MegaSquirt
- MegaSquirt Extra

Software
- Firmware
  - MS1 - proprietary
    - Al Grippo
    - Bruce Bowling
    - Other original contributors?
    - We know there were a large number of people involved in making it to version 3.0, and probably back ports from MS1Extra too. Who are those people?
  - MS1Extra - proprietary
    - Al Grippo
    - Bruce Bowling
    - Eric Fahlgren
    - Guy Hill
    - Magnus Bjelk
    - James Murray
    - Philip Ringwood
    - Matt Dupuis
    - Shawn Henry
    - Keith Grider
    - Dave Edge
    - Dave Haynes
    - Baldur Gisalson
    - David Hooke
    - Roger Enns
    - Robert Hiebert
    - Ken Culver
    - Mike Soultanian
    - "and likely many others." ???
    - We know there were a large number of people involved in making it into what it is today, and we think we have most of them. Are there any additions?
  - MS2 - proprietary
    - Al Grippo
    - Other original contributors?
    - We know there were a large number of people involved in making it to version 2.8XXx, and probably back ports from MS2Extra too. Who are those people?
  - MS2Extra - proprietary
    - Al Grippo
    - Philip L Johnson
    - James Murray
    - Ken Culver
    - Jean Bélanger
    - Mike Soultanian
    - Other original contributors?
    - We know there were a large number of people involved in making it to version 2.0. Who are those people?
  - VEMS - proprietary - This can live here regardless, because if nothing else it gave B&G a good prod to get moving and bring out better gear. The sourceforge site would seem to be fraudulent. It claims to be GPL, but has no code available. Code on their website is NOT GPL! We were unable to find public board design documents or C code!
    - Michael Kristensen
    - Gabor Racz
    - Dana Scott
    - Jason Russel
    - Jorgen Karlsson
    - Marcell Gal
    - Other original contributors?
- Tuning
  - MegaTune - GPL
    - Eric Fahlgren
    - Bruce Bowling
    - Other original contributors?
    - Anyone else?
  - MegaTunix - GPL
    - David J. Andruczyk
    - Other original contributors?
    - Anyone else?
  - MegaLogViewer - proprietary
    - Phil Tobin
    - Other original contributors?
    - Anyone else?
  - Other Analysis - proprietary or GPL
    - Roger Enns - EasyTherm
    - What else is available, please come forward!
    - Who made them happen?
  - Various palm apps - proprietary or GPL
    - Roger Enns - PalmTune, PalmEdit, PalmLog
    - What else is available, please come forward!
    - Who made them happen?
- Testing - In no particular order (both software and hardware)
  - All those listed as devs were of course also testers
  - mops (MS2)
  - ka24det (MS2Extra)
  - baldur (MS1Extra)
  - Karl Skewes (MS1Extra)
  - andy whittlebeast (MS1Extra)
  - em_knaps (MS1Extra)
  - Your name here?
  - Dozens more no doubt, but who was truly key?
  - Many Many MANY people have been involved with testing all of the various flavours of all the DIY EMS solutions that exist and we can't hope to get them all, but in typical Kiwi spirit we can bloody try! Please let us know of any that were integral to development!
Hardware
- MS 1.01 board
  - Bruce Bowling
  - Other original contributors?
- MS 2.2 board
  - Bruce Bowling
  - Other original contributors?
  - Please help us name those that made modifications to the 1.01 board that made it into this board! We know there were quite a few.
- MS 3.0 board
  - Bruce Bowling
  - Other original contributors?
  - Please help us name those that made modifications to the 2.2 board that made it into this board! We know there were quite a few.
- MS2 daughter card
  - Bruce Bowling
  - Other original contributors?
  - Please help us name those that made modifications to the 2.2 board that made it into this board if there were any.
Documentation - last but not least, in fact, many would say most!
- Main MegaSquirt Docs known as "The MegaManual"
  - Lance Gardiner
  - Bruce Bowling
  - Al Grippo
  - Others?
- MegaSquirt Extra Docs
  - Philip Ringwood
  - James Murray
  - Ken Culver
  - Others?

If you know someone that should (or shouldn't) be on this list, please let us know! Other corrections are of course also welcome.

Note : Both James and Ken were concerned that it appeared they were helping on FreeEMS. I would like to make it clear that that is not the case. I was inspired by all of the MS2Extra developers and wanted to acknowledge that here as a contribution.