[Diy_efi] Stepper Motor to drive mechaical speedo

brucem@dynamicrange.com brucem
Sun Oct 14 17:09:08 UTC 2012


I'd go DC with pwm. I suspect you can get within 5% which should be good enough for daily driving...but not for rally nutz like steve  :-)


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From: "Hugh Keir" <hugh at sol.co.uk>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Subject: [Diy_efi] Stepper Motor to drive mechaical speedo
Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:39 AM


My reason for wanting to keep the original speedo in place is just that, I
want the car to look original.

Thanks

Hugh


> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:59:05AM -0400, ScottyGrover at aol.com wrote:
>> An analog (needle) speedo is easier to read and provides more
>> (intuitive)
>> information than a digital unit.
>
> I once thought the same thing, coming from a background in electronics
> where analog is still alive and well.  However, finally having two
> vehicles with a digital speedo readouts has convinced me otherwise. To
> be truthful, the analog speedo on my '10 Camaro is just about
> unintelligible.
>
>   --Brian
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