Cyrille,
If this is what keeps you happy with your motor - do it.
Let the Luddites continue to say, "You don't need it, it is being silly."
They are right in so much as to say you don't really need it but - it is the
same argument that says that you don't really need a LBC. <smile>
Guy R Day
A-H Sprite Mk IV
(and a large 'Department of Daft Ideas' that has kept me happy for 50 odd
years)
----- Original Message -----
From "de Brebisson, Cyrille (Calculator Division)" <cyrille at hp.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:00 AM
Subject: O2 sensor and others
> Hello,
>
> I am planning to build an O2 sensor for my car while I am at it...
>
> I plan to use a small PIC microcontroller with build in ADC (analog to
> Digital converter) to get the data from the sensor and then transmit it
> to my calculator (HP calculator of course) through the RS232 port for
> display, logging and graphing...
>
> While I am at it, is there other items that I might want to monitor/log?
>
> I think that I can get the ignition signal as a 12V data from the coil -
> pin, and I should be able to get coolant temperature (I do not know
> exactly how that works however) from the temp sensor....
>
> But the oil pressure is an on/off switch, do you know where I can find
> an anlog switch (ie: from which car I can pinch one if I go to a junk
> yard)?
>
> Also, for the O2 sensor, I understand that I am looking for a 0.45V for
> perfect tuning, but do you know how linear the data is? Or is it more of
> an on/off type switch?
>
> Regards, cyrille
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