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Home made electronic timer
Hello grumpy old people that think money is more important than life.
Now what would be really controversial? An E-timer!
So I made my own. Just to make people mad.
It's an arduino. That they use to teach programming to children.
And a few hall effect sensors, and MOSFETs.
It runs, it drives.
For coils I used old decaying ones that had open secondaries and no points at all. Nobody else thought they'd amount to anything. Work really well after all.
Never ran so smooth.
Now what would be really controversial? An E-timer!
So I made my own. Just to make people mad.
It's an arduino. That they use to teach programming to children.
And a few hall effect sensors, and MOSFETs.
It runs, it drives.
For coils I used old decaying ones that had open secondaries and no points at all. Nobody else thought they'd amount to anything. Work really well after all.
Never ran so smooth.
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Re: Home made electronic timer
Tell us more or have you become preoccupied with some young ladies
Then tell us more now autumn has arrived
Then tell us more now autumn has arrived
Tony Bowker
La Mesa, California
1914 Touring, 1915 Speedster, 1924 Coupe.
La Mesa, California
1914 Touring, 1915 Speedster, 1924 Coupe.
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Re: Home made electronic timer
Kep is King! Of the cheap... Been there.
Cool stuff Kep.
Cool stuff Kep.
Since I lost my mind mind, I feel more liberated
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Re: Home made electronic timer
You sure it’s not some old bomb from the IRA ?
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Re: Home made electronic timer
Very crude looking time on the outside, but ingenious!! Let us know how it holds up. - Matt
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Re: Home made electronic timer
Excellent! Just curious - why MOSFETs instead of triacs?
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Re: Home made electronic timer
Mindless, make sure you run plenty of grease inside that timer like originals. Watch out for infringing on the "Big Company's" patent rights or the lawyers will have fun. Did you disable your magneto? Looks pretty Cool!! Smarter than the ave. T!!
1912 Torpedo Roadster
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Re: Home made electronic timer
Interesting stuff.
I had a look at your YouTube channel. Is that a Sachs rotary engine on your bicycle? I picked up one of those a few years back but haven’t worked out what to do with it.
I had a look at your YouTube channel. Is that a Sachs rotary engine on your bicycle? I picked up one of those a few years back but haven’t worked out what to do with it.