Wireless Auto Tachometer


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Anyone performing their own automobile tune-ups knows how important it is to know your engines speed. With this tachometer, you can measure your engines speed without any connections or annoying timing lights.

Schematic

This is the schematic of the Tach

PC board layout and parts placement

This is the parts placement and printed circuit pattern of the Tach

Parts

Part
Total Qty.
Description
Substitutions
C110.47uF Capacitor
C2147uF Electrolytic Capacitor
D118V 1W Zener Diode
D2, D3, D431N914 Diode
M11200uA Meter
Q1, Q222N3391A Transistor
R1, R2, R931K 1/2 W Resistor
R3147K 1/2 W Resistor
R4110K 1/2 W Resistor
R5, R6225K Trim Pot
R7110K Trim Pot
R81200 Ohm 2 W Resistor
R10115K 1/2 W Resistor
R1112.2K 1/2 W Resistor
S11SPST Togglae Switch
S21Three Position Single Pole Rotary Switch
MISC1Telescoping Radio Antenna, Enclosure, Power Cable and Battery Connector

Notes

  1. Calibrate the unit as folows:
    1. Set up this circuit:

      This is the setup for calibrating the Tach

    2. Turn on the Tach and allow a few minutes for temperature stabilization.
    3. Set S2 to 4 cylinders and adjust R5 for a meter indication of 180 (1800 rpm).
    4. Set S2 to 6 cylinders and adjust R6 for a meter indication of 120 (1200 rpm).
    5. Set S2 to 8 cylinders and adjust R7 for a meter indication of 90 (900 rpm).

  2. To use the Tach, turn it on and let it sit for one minute to allow for temperature stabilization. Extend the antenna, select the right number of cylinders and hold the unit over the engine. If the reading is erratic or the needle jumps around, move the antenna closer to the ignition coil or spark plug wires.
  3. The unit draws power from the car battery. If it is connected backwards, it will not work, but it won't be damaged.

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Comments

Ernesto Forchetto
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:31:06 AM
Hi, I'm a student and therefore spend my time drinking, playing role games on my daddy's PC, and practising advanced onanism. Can you therefore send me all details of this project, properly written and bound and, of course, a ready working prototype so I can present it as my course project and get top marks. Right on man...
HARCHARN
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:46:57 AM
hi it is usefull to all electronic related people but sir i can try on this project on my bike single cylinder. how can be possible please send me full details or sir i lived in india use 220 volt 50hz power .if it is possible please send me related details i am very thankfull to you.ok
Bob
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:42:07 PM
can another resistor be added to have this work on a 2 cylinder Harley Davidson motor?
anonymous
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:59:45 AM
I have been a Product Design Engineer for 28 years now, and find the Wireless portion interesting. In Reality, you still must hook up a Power source, and for any moving vehicle, It's just as easy to make the other connections as well for a hard wire connection, and without having all that Radior Frequency Static. Now for a Generator or Stationary Engine, this would be great.
anonymous
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 4:54:26 AM
Sir, i want to know all the details of the wireless auto tachometer with all the relevant details like circuit diagrams, the principle of operation and the list of components required in the circuit diagram.I would be very thankful to you if you send me the above details to my e-mail id as soon as possible.
Arnel C.
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:49:27 PM
is there a way to use this with an internal combustion engine that has only one cylinder (i.e. motorcycle engines)? i'm really interested to put this in my motorcycle. please enlighten me, sir.
Wook
Wireless Auto Tachometer Alternate Calibration using 50Hz
Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:44:01 PM
The above calibration procedure is for 60Hz AC. Calibrating using a 50Hz 12VAC transformer If your mains power is 50Hz, set up as per the calibration schematic above, and use this procedure: Set S2 to 4 cylinders and adjust R5 for a meter indication of 150 (1500 rpm). Set S2 to 6 cylinders and adjust R6 for a meter indication of 100 (1000 rpm). Set S2 to 8 cylinders and adjust R7 for a meter indication of 75 (750 rpm).
anonymous
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Monday, June 16, 2008 7:41:44 AM
Hi, interesting project, well done...but will the person/s posting multiple requests under diffrent names please stop. If you have course work to do, do some research and learn something and stop trying to leach some easy grades, also it will help if when requesting that you do not use such a demanding tone as people dont like this. If this work would be used as course work then whom ever uses it should have a sound understanding of how it works just by studying the diagram, if not then it is to advanced for you to be using in your work. Dave.
Ben w.
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Monday, April 07, 2008 12:21:51 PM
hello sir i have been looking at your wireless tach and have choose to do it as a project ror my electronics class could you please send me details on this project thank you
anonymous
Wireless Auto Tachometer
Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:40:52 AM
Very nice!!! I was seraching for a signal conditioning circuit, to sense RPM from the engine. I'll use this circuit to feed pulses to a micro-processor and capture RPM digitally (torque curve up to a scale factor)

(Editor's notes: Also look at the schematics of the Megasquirt project.)

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