Megasquirt-3 MS3 V10 and V12 support

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Introduction

Support for full sequential fuel and coil-on-plug ignition on V10 and V12 engines is possible. However, the stock hardware only has provision for eight channels so DIY is required to add the addition channels (or purchase pre-configured from your vendor.) For V10 you need to add spkI,J, injI,J. For V12 you need to add spkI,J,K,L and injI,J,K,L. As always the coils and injectors are wired up in firing-order order.

Hardware Modifications

Injection
For injection, a suitable PCB is available from JB Perf. The ignition FETs and resistors are not required.
4 way driver
Read more here

The recommended connection points for injI,J,K,L are the 'spare' pins on the MS3X card.
extra inj on MS3X
When using the JBperf board, connect:
FunctionMS3XJBperf board
Inj IH3inj 1
Inj JH4inj 2
Inj KH1inj 3
Inj LH2inj 4

Ignition
The recommended method to add the extra ignition channels is to replicate the circuits used on the MS3X card by installing components in the prototype area of the mainboard (or on your own additional PCB.)
ignition buffer circuit

Having built that circuit, either connect to your own connector, or route through the JBperf board mentioned above. The ignition FETs are not needed and should not be installed. Jumper from the output of the buffer circuit you built to the middle pin of each FET. i.e. spkI -> ign1, spkJ -> ign2 etc.

The output connection from the JBperf is
JBperf 4way connector

Settings

Ensure you have support for more than 8 cylinders by enabling CYL_12_16_SUPPORT in Project Properties - settings.
v12 proj props
With the wiring advised above, be sure to select H1/2 for injI/J.
v12 settings
(Note that the setting name incorrectly says H1+2, when it should say H3+4. This will be corrected in a future code release.)
Spark hardware on the ignition settings page should be set to "MS3X"

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