POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE KITS

AIM ADVANCED POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE KITS

In the past traditional fuse and relay systems were used to distribute and control vehicle electrical circuits. This old method was cumbersome, heavy and sometimes difficult to diagnose problems.

Built in Safety When Racing Goes Wrong…

Safety in all aspects of Racing and Road driving, is of paramount importance. Aim Advanced PDM Modules allow you to to pre-configure aspects of the vehicle power supply to ‘switch off ‘ in given conditions, for example, in an accident or impact. This is a positive safety feature, particularly in Motorsport, as it protects the driver from potential spilt fuel ignition.

Replacing old relays - This problem is now be a thing of the past, when you use our Power Distribution Modules

This problem is now be a thing of the past, when you use our Power Distribution Modules (PDM’s) which are designed to distribute power to multiple circuits on your vehicle, easily replacing traditional fuse and relay systems.

Some interesting features, like:

ECU connection, for getting data from your ECU
Datalogging, for avoiding adding another logger to your car
GPS Module, for having automatic lap times and track positions
Dash controller, for easily managing a 6” or 10” dash
9 axis EMU platform
Mirror camera, for easily getting a back view while you drive your car in reverse in the paddock

DM32/PDM08 KIT

Our PDMs, housed in an anodized billet aluminum case, are designed to handle the rigors of motorsport and include a complete professional data logger and internal dash controller.

An AiM PDM at the center of vehicle electronics will greatly simplify your wiring harness and electronics installation while providing much more control.

Connectivity

Some interesting features, like:

ECU connection, for getting data from your ECU
Datalogging, for avoiding adding another logger to your car
GPS Module, for having automatic lap times and track positions
Dash controller, for easily managing a 6” or 10” dash
9 axis EMU platform
Mirror camera, for easily getting a back view while you drive your car in reverse in the paddock

The PDM Kit includes:

New INTEGRATED Power Distribution Module
+ 4 gigabytes Datalogger
+ Dash controller
Dash 6” or 10”
GPS Module for automatic Lap Time and track position

In two different Options:

PDM32 with 28 High Side Outputs and 4 Half Bridge Outputs
PDM08 with 08 High Side Outputs

CONTROL ALL YOUR POWER OUTPUTS

The PDMs offer four different Power Outputs Levels:

Power Outputs PDM32

4 rated up to 20 A (high power)
12 rated up to 15 A (mid power)
12 rated up to 10 A (low power)
4 rated up to 35 A (Half Bridge)
Protected for: over voltage, under voltage, over current, over temperature
Total max current: 120 A

Power Outputs PDM08

1 with serie diode rated up to 20 A
1 rated up to 25 A
6 rated up to 15 A
Protected for: over voltage, under voltage, over current, over temperature
All outputs have internal freewheeling diode
Total max current: 100 A

Race Studio 3 Software (Included with the PDM Pack), offers a clear visual interface, to configure all your power outputs. This gives you a lot of flexability with any vehicle wiring installations.

Each output provides status feedback for open circuit, short circuit, high temperature, over current, under voltage and over voltage. Inrush current, number of fault retries and the time between retries are all definable.

All the outputs may be configurable as PWM and allow soft start/stop.

For every output, a multicolor LED shows the status:

Enabled/disabled
Activated or not
Fault

An elegant visual interface allows flexible and powerful configuration for every power output.

Special Functions

Some “black boxes” are available for simplifying the configuration.
For example, the Wiper may be managed by the LIN connection or using the Half Bridges.
In this case, you may take advantage by a virtual object like the following one:

Inputs

PDMs feature the following Inputs channels:

Analog inputs for connecting most of the sensors directly.

If configured as Analog inputs, it is possible to activate an internal 2K Ohm resistor, for connecting most of the sensors directly.

If configured as Digital Inputs, it is possible to activate a 10K Ohm Pull Up or a 10K Ohm Pull Down.

Mirror Camera

PDM32 features two analog camera inputs that allow you to swap your display into a mirror camera either at the press of a button, or most commonly, through configurable event logic-reverse gear.

Powerful Data Management

The PDMs receive, use and record data from:

ECU: more than 1,000 protocols available
Digital/Analog inputs
Internal 9 axis EMU
GPS: position and Lap Time
Expansions
Pushbuttons, from RIO02 Module or from any commercial CAN keypad, thanks to the simple configurability of the CAN protocols
All the currents and status of all the power outputs
Other user defined math channels

Data Logger

An internal datalogger is available, capable of recording all the analog inputs, digital inputs, ECU channels, GPS values, Currents, status of all the Power Outputs. Here an example of what the recorded data may show, during engine cranking.

In red, the ignition pushbutton
In blue, the battery voltage drop
In purple, the current absorbed by the solenoid
In dark green, the current absorbed by the fuel pump
In green, RPM Value

GPS INCLUDED WITH AIM PDM’S

PDMs come with 4,000 tracks in their database and automatically select the one you are driving on.

Aim GPS samples ten times per second position, speed and lateral/in-line acceleration at any point of the track and is more precise than most of the existing GPS systems, as it has been designed to add to the GPS satellite’s signal the Global Navigation Satellite (Glonass) system’s signal.

With an average of almost twenty satellites working in conjunction, GPS08 guarantees a precision and a reliability simply not comparable to the old generation GPS systems.