Flywheel/Encoder patterns
Walters Chris
p23610 at gegpo6.geg.mot.com
Fri Dec 6 21:24:24 GMT 1996
>>An encoder giving absolute crank position would implicitly supply an
>>interrupt when the position changes value. Reading crank position directly
>>means you wouldn't have to fool with timers or counters to derive it.
You'd
>>also know exactly what the position is upon start-up without having to
store
>>the last known position info upon shutdown. No way around the cam sensor
tho
>>that I can see.
>
>Why not just have an encoder or sensor on the cam if you can get enough
>resolution?
Kalle has a good idea -- some sort of retrofit device in a distributor
housing that encodes off the cam. This would work great *IF* you could get
rid of all the mechanical slop between the crank and the encoder, like
timing-chain stretch and cam/distributor gear backlash.
Snake
no cool Fords yet, one cool Dodge
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