Feeler: One-touch window modules

[KenC]

id like to keep the lights but at 70 bucks youre starting to lose me, wed still have to buy the switches, this is getting up to 200 bucks for window switches, i mean i have wasted alot of money but 200 bucks on window switches just seems like alot.
but ill be damned if i dont want them
im on the fence at the moment

They'll work with regular e30 switches.

[KenC]

i would think retention on the lighted switches would be fairly easy why not hook the light circuit seperate from the module and tie it to the dash lights ?

There is no separate circuit for the lights within the window motor circuit. It really doesn't have anything to do with how we're going to build the module.

[KenC]

with lights

and when you say relay are you talking an average size relay?

The relays will be around 1" x 1/2"

[KenC]

OK, so it's going to be a tad bit more complicated, but we're going to get the lights in the switches to work, because I don't really want to lose that function. For the slight price increase (~$10), it's not really worth it.

[Digitalwave]

I don't care if mine light up or not. I'm interested in the E36 setup.

[NC325iC]

dont the lights in the e30 switches have their own wire? isnt it just run off the main power wire?

[87-325ic]

PLEASE MAKE THESE!!

i would love one with the E36 One-Touch switches..

i think you should sell the unit made for the e36 switches.. with or without them.

add a little to the price if youd include them.. but leave the option open wether or not to include them..

i think it would be nice,
but maybe with an on/off switch for that 100 degree window cracker..
how much would they crack open?


PS. id really like to keep the Light feature..

also, i have 4 windows that go up down... is this just for the front two like most e30s have, b/c thats fine with me..

MAKE THEM MAKE THEM MAKE THEM, ill buy one.

[KenC]

dont the lights in the e30 switches have their own wire? isnt it just run off the main power wire?

lights are run through the main power line.

[KenC]

PLEASE MAKE THESE!!

i would love one with the E36 One-Touch switches..

i think you should sell the unit made for the e36 switches.. with or without them.

add a little to the price if youd include them.. but leave the option open wether or not to include them..

i think it would be nice,
but maybe with an on/off switch for that 100 degree window cracker..
how much would they crack open?


PS. id really like to keep the Light feature..

also, i have 4 windows that go up down... is this just for the front two like most e30s have, b/c thats fine with me..

MAKE THEM MAKE THEM MAKE THEM, ill buy one.

We're going to make one for the e30 AND e36 switches (both the regular and one-touch).

As of right now, we're not going to mess with the window-crack feature because we would have to draw constant power for the module from somewhere else.

We're going to keep the light feature.

We will not be selling e36 switches with any of the modules.

Each module will control two windows. If you have a 4-door or a cabrio, and would like to control all 4 windows, you'll need to buy two modules.

[BDSax]

awesome, ill be in line for these, i may consider going to e36 switches....

what e36 bases would i need to use?

[blantonator]

when are you expecting to sell these?

[KenC]

when are you expecting to sell these?

2-3 hopefully until we have enough made to sell. we're going to solder them all ourselves.

[KenC]

I got the switches from Scott yesterday, and we were looking over them and the wiring schematics for e36s. It look like that in 92 and 93, BMW still used high voltage switches (just like the e30s). In 94, they switched to low-voltage and used a computer module (much like the one we're building) to control the windows... it looks like all 94+ E36s already have one-touch windows.
The first module we're going to build will work for all e30 switches as well as the single stage 92/93 e36 switches (not sure what color bases these are yet... perhaps you guys could help me out???). We'll still have the lights working on the switches, and as mentioned before, the one-touch feature will be based on switch depression time.
My friend ordered a bunch of demo chips from some companies online. Right now we're waiting for those so we can figure out which command board to purchase to program them.

[NC325iC]

find some green base switches, afaik these are the most common 2 stage e36 switches

[KenC]

find some green base switches, afaik these are the most common 2 stage e36 switches

I have plenty of the two stage newer switches, but I'm looking for the single stage ones. The dual stage ones use a difference in resistance to control the computer module. We're going to work on that after we get the first one working.


Does any one know how many different single stage e36 switches there are (the different colored bases)? And what are the differences between them?