accelerometer based dyno ideas

[James Montebello]

> I've got a pair of AD ADXDL-05 accelerometers and have been looking
> for a cheap 10 -12 bit 8 channel serial port or parallel port A/D
> to make my own mini dyno / skidpad / engine monitor / data
> acquisition system. I finally found a parallel port kit (#8418-KT)
> at Marlin P. Jones and Associates (www.mpja.com) for $55.00. It
> seemed neat beacuse it also comes with C, VB, QB and Win95
> routines. When I called to ask about specifications, the (ahem)
> gentleman on the phone said without any hesitation, rustling of
> papers or click of keys that it could sample at 5k samples /sec.

You'd probably find a lot of relatively cheap stuff if you lowered
your sights a bit.  8-bit should be quite adequate for most auto
related data acquistion.  A sampling rate above 100Hz is overkill.

james montebello