For archived V2 and V1 MicroSquirt® controllers documentation (sold before 2012), click this link: V1/V2 MicroSquirt® Information.

The V3 MicroSquirt^® EFI controller is a fully-assembled surface mount technology (SMT) version of the MegaSquirt fuel injection controller and is most like the MegaSquirt-II and V3 main board assemblies.

MicroSquirt3® controllers have:

1. Tiny footprint. The V3 MicroSquirt case is just is 4.71" (120mm) long by 3.13" (79.5mm) wide by 1.67" (42.4mm) to the top of the Ampseal connector. The V3 MicroSquirt^® controller uses the sealed 35-pin AMPSEAL connector and a sealable plastic case.

2. Dual Spark capability: The major new feature in MicroSquirt^® v2.822 embedded code is the capability to use two inputs and two outputs for ignition. See this document for more information.

3. Adaptive ignition input chip: This makes VR and Hall sensor setup both simpler and more relaible by doing the filtering in hardware rather than software.

4. No pulse width modulation (PWM) to limit injector current. The fuel injector drives will max out at 5 amps each, enough to drive one low-impedance (or 4 high-impedance) injector per bank. To get everything to fit without lots of heat sinking, MicroSquirt^® uses the ST VND5N07 from STMicroelectronics to drive the injectors. This is not a 'peak and hold' driver, but it does clamp the current at 5 amps, so it can be used with one low-impedance injector per bank, however the close time may be a tad higher (or you can use resistors). For up to 4 high-impedance injectors per bank, it should work fine. For example, for motorcycle use MicroSquirt^® will be perfect!

5. No internal MAP sensor. In order to shrink the 'footprint' of MicroSquirt, the MAP sensor was left off the board. An external MAP sensor, such as those from General Motors products, can be used instead. See the MicroSquirt^® hardware page for more information on MAP sensors.

6. No stepper IAC control: In order to make room for the dual ignition inputs and dual outputs, the ability to to control a stepper IAC was removed. PWM Idle valves, as well as on/off idle valves, can still be used.

7. Pre-loaded code: The MicroSquirt^®® EFI controller comes with the embedded code already loaded onto its processor. You can still upgrade to newer versions of the code as they are released, of course, but you won't have to load the code initially to get MicroSquirt^® working.

8. Access Board: For MicroSquirt^® EFI controllers, we have made a simple "access" board, similar to the relay board for MegaSquirt (but that also includes some of the diagnostic LEDs of the simulator). They will be conformal coated, and these will be an assembled unit like the MicroSquirt. It is in the same form factor as the relay board (3 x 5 inch) and slides into the same case.

The bootloader is externally accessible, so you don't have to open the case, even to load new code. And the serial RS-232 signals come out of the AMPSEAL connector (instead of a DB-9 on the front, as with MegaSquirt^® controllers).

The place to start in the MicroSquirt-specific documentation is the MicroSquirt V3 QuickStart guide.