idea..

[Bruce Bowling]

> 
> >This mechanical engineer had an idea related to this thread and I
> >haven't a clue a clue how to implement it.  Would it be easy to use one
> >or more of the standard IC's to make a visual instantaneous fuel usage
> >meter?  If the fuel pressure to the injectors is constant, then the
> >variable of fuel delivery is injector pulse.  If you knew what the
> >longest potential injector pulse length is, then could you make a
> >display of ten LED's and have the LED's light up as the pulse length
> >goes up?  I realize the pulse length is rather small in relation to the
> >respomse of the LED's and your eyeball, but it seems like a resonable
> >project.  I'm more interested in if it could be done easily rather than
> >begging someone to do it.
> 
> 

How about a tri-color LED and two resistors? See:

   http://sura1.jlab.org/~bowling/fieye.html

- Bruce


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