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zinalco · 16th December 2003, 04:43 AM

Hello, I am new in the forum, so I want to say hello to all of you.

Well, Before Anything, My natal language is Spanish so please forgive me If I don´t write something right.

Well I Have installed an Aftermarket tachometer with shift light on my dodge neon 2003, but there is a problem, my tach function only for, 4,3, and pulses per revolution (ppm), but my ignition coil works at one ppm, My ignition coil sends to signals, one for cylinders 1,3, and other for 2,4 cylinders, so´I hooked up my tach to one of this signals and I am receiving only the half of the RPM´s readings, but, I want my tach to work normally, so one person, told me that I could conect each coil signal to a rectifier diode, so when I put them togheter i would receive the full RPM´s, but it didn,t worked, each coil signal worked fine whe it was alone, and I say that it worked fine because i received the usual hal of rpm´s, but when I putted the to lines together, Nothing happend, I don´t know why if each one alone worked well, so I think that a pulse doubler could work, and instead of wiring the to coil lines toguether with the diodes, I could keep using one, but with the pulse doubler I can get a double pulse signal so my tach reads the real RPM´s.

Does Anyone can help me to build a Pulse doubler, or can you help me to solve the problem with the diodes??

Thank you very much,

crust · 16th December 2003, 08:53 PM

The loss in the diode might have been too much for the signal. I am not familiar with the characteristics of a tach pulse, but if it is around 5-15V, (hopefully doesn't change much), you might be able to use a 74 series OR gate. Wire both inputs to the or gate and the output to your tach.

ivancho · 16th December 2003, 10:14 PM

Did you put the diodes the right way? Is your siganl High or Low.... because if your siganl is always high and you receive low pulses then chances are that your diodes were not connected with the right polarity.

I don't know how the signals work on a tachometer.... I always thought they were analog voltages :?

Ivancho

Russlk · 16th December 2003, 10:31 PM

This is how the diodes should be connected: use 100 volt rating at least, 1n4003 maybe.

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16th December 2003, 04:43 AM	(permalink)
zinalco	Pulse Doubler Hello, I am new in the forum, so I want to say hello to all of you. Well, Before Anything, My natal language is Spanish so please forgive me If I don´t write something right. Well I Have installed an Aftermarket tachometer with shift light on my dodge neon 2003, but there is a problem, my tach function only for, 4,3, and pulses per revolution (ppm), but my ignition coil works at one ppm, My ignition coil sends to signals, one for cylinders 1,3, and other for 2,4 cylinders, so´I hooked up my tach to one of this signals and I am receiving only the half of the RPM´s readings, but, I want my tach to work normally, so one person, told me that I could conect each coil signal to a rectifier diode, so when I put them togheter i would receive the full RPM´s, but it didn,t worked, each coil signal worked fine whe it was alone, and I say that it worked fine because i received the usual hal of rpm´s, but when I putted the to lines together, Nothing happend, I don´t know why if each one alone worked well, so I think that a pulse doubler could work, and instead of wiring the to coil lines toguether with the diodes, I could keep using one, but with the pulse doubler I can get a double pulse signal so my tach reads the real RPM´s. Does Anyone can help me to build a Pulse doubler, or can you help me to solve the problem with the diodes?? Thank you very much,

16th December 2003, 08:53 PM	(permalink)
crust	The loss in the diode might have been too much for the signal. I am not familiar with the characteristics of a tach pulse, but if it is around 5-15V, (hopefully doesn't change much), you might be able to use a 74 series OR gate. Wire both inputs to the or gate and the output to your tach.

16th December 2003, 10:14 PM	(permalink)
ivancho	Did you put the diodes the right way? Is your siganl High or Low.... because if your siganl is always high and you receive low pulses then chances are that your diodes were not connected with the right polarity. I don't know how the signals work on a tachometer.... I always thought they were analog voltages :? Ivancho