Do You Need To Upgrade Your ECU?

Why release a new generation of ECU?

The G4 series of ECU including. the G4+ have been a solid choice for many car owners and tuners over the last decade, and it has even received a somewhat recent update via the G4X, so what specific features would warrant the move to a new generation of ECU with a Link Engine Management G5 Voodoo Pro?

In a nutshell, direct injection is the answer, and the new platform allows the use of both direct and port injection from 2 to 12 cylinders. While they were at it, LINK ECU added GPS capabilities as well as dual drive-by-wire (DBW) and wideband controllers as onboard/built-in features taking a bit of extra leg work out of what are now very standard requirements for many setups.

In more basic terms, that means DBW throttle control on your V8 engine will control your throttle bodies and your oxygen/O2/lambda sensors (one on each bank) out of the box without the need for additional modules to be added.

CAN Bus, a strong point of the older Link G4 platform, has also received a little overhaul, with the addition of some features to help protect the IP of professional tuners doing custom work on your behalf if you haven't taken the HPA CAN Bus Communications course yet.

G5 VOODOO PRO SPECIFICATIONS
Inputs/Outputs
- Control any engine with 2 cylinders, all the way up to 12 cylinders, thanks to:
- 12 injector pins
- 8 ignition pins
- 4 injector/ignition dual role pins
- Access up to 30 auxiliary pins (when setup for a 4-cylinder sequential engine):
- 8 dedicated auxiliary pins
- 4 shared e-throttle/H-Bridge pins
- 2 shared wideband heater pins
- Up to 16 from spare injector and ignition drives
- Any unused injector/ignition pins can be used as an auxiliary pin
- All ignition and auxiliary pins are back feed protected.
- 14 analog inputs
- 10 digital inputs
- 4 temperature inputs
- Dual knock inputs
- 2 trigger inputs
- Dedicated ignition switch pin
- 2 x internal wideband lambda controllers
- Dual e-throttle, with internal solid state throttle disconnect relays
- 5v sensor supply
- CAN 1 input now supported via CAN connector
Communications
- USB-C (cable included)
- Connect directly to the ECU via built-in Wifi Access Point, or add it to an existing network (Antenna Included)
- Dual CAN (CAN 1 on CAN connector, CAN 2 on header E)
- GPS (antenna included)
Logging
- 512MB logging capacity
- Ultra High Speed (250 Channels of Logging, up to 1kHz per channel, up to 100kSamples/s in total)
- GPS Logging - up to 50Hz
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Link G5 Platform
0:20 - Why Upgrade From G4, G4+ or G4X?
0:59 - Direct Injection
1:37 - Port Injection AND Direct Injection
2:22 - Injector Outputs
2:57 - New Fully Sealed Unit
3:24 - Onboard GPS Capability
3:52 - Onboard Dual Wideband and DBW
4:29 - G4/+/X to G5 Crossover
5:12 - CAN Bus Capabilities
6:05 - Comercial User CAN Encryption
6:56 - She's Out In The Wild, Thanks Dan!
7:29 - BUILD.TUNE.DRIVE