is this possible
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is this possible
Cleaning through my garage today i stumbled upon an ECU pinout sheet for my car. After briefly skimming over it i noticed the pin out for the knock sensor. Would it be possible to hook up a light so you could see if the knock sensor is sensing anything? I guess i'm just a little paranoid about knocking and detonation, but i think it'd be a nice thing to have if possible. Also, what does a detonating engine sound like?
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Re: is this possible
Originally Posted by JDMFantasy2K
Cleaning through my garage today i stumbled upon an ECU pinout sheet for my car. After briefly skimming over it i noticed the pin out for the knock sensor. Would it be possible to hook up a light so you could see if the knock sensor is sensing anything? I guess i'm just a little paranoid about knocking and detonation, but i think it'd be a nice thing to have if possible. Also, what does a detonating engine sound like?
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Re: is this possible
Originally Posted by highroller54
knock sensors run of freqencies(sp) not voltage so good luck :P
Knock sensors give out an audio signal. This is variable voltage and variable frequency. IIRC most of the knock signal should be around 7kHz.
You should run the signal through a filter network and then into an amplifier to drive a light.
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Re: is this possible
Originally Posted by baldur
Originally Posted by highroller54
knock sensors run of freqencies(sp) not voltage so good luck :P
Knock sensors give out an audio signal. This is variable voltage and variable frequency. IIRC most of the knock signal should be around 7kHz.
You should run the signal through a filter network and then into an amplifier to drive a light.
I just ment its not a striat on/off signal like a oil presure switch or something, you can buy aftermarket systems with a graduated display to show you the serverity of the knock also. He just wanted to hook up a idiot light to the ecu (simple) I was just saying its not that simple. You are right though I guess I shouldn't have said "not voltage" (since its pretty hard to have a frequency with out voltage ) was just simplifiying things for him :P
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