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:lol: yeah the negative one about it killing the onboard charger made me chuckle. 


Believe me I had thought about going the arduino route.  From my JuiceBox I already have the FTDI cable and the development platform on my laptop.  I tweaked a few things in the code mostly to eliminate my false GFI problem.  The problem with the arduino is the IO is 5V.  So for just getting the 12V pilot signal I might as well just use the 555 timer and forego the arduino.


I fully intend this to function like a "real" EVSE:

-plug EVSE into car

-soon after relays energize

-car charges

-relays de-energize when car is done charging. 


I'll just be ignoring a large portion of the J1772 spec that isn't absolutely necessary for the car to charge  :lol:


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