Who knows electronics well?
#1
Who knows electronics well?
Hey, I'm in the process of designing a knock monitor. I will have a microphone next to the #3 cylinder that I will use to tune the ignition timing by monitoring for knock.
First of all, I need to create a power supply for the mic, so I need to scale down the 12 v supply down to about 5v.
Then, I am using a condenser microphone (the ones you buy from radio shack) and I need a schematic to of some sort of pre-amp to use with the mic so that I can have an output through an 1/8" jack.
I will plug that jack into an fm modulator that I have. That way I will be able to use the car radio to tune into the knock monitor.
Can anybody help me with some schematics?
First of all, I need to create a power supply for the mic, so I need to scale down the 12 v supply down to about 5v.
Then, I am using a condenser microphone (the ones you buy from radio shack) and I need a schematic to of some sort of pre-amp to use with the mic so that I can have an output through an 1/8" jack.
I will plug that jack into an fm modulator that I have. That way I will be able to use the car radio to tune into the knock monitor.
Can anybody help me with some schematics?
#2
Re:Who knows electronics well?
Make sure you're using a piezo mic. Second, you're going to want a bandpass filter targeted at around 3kHz. This will be kind of tricky. You're not going to be able to do it by listening to it. Well...you can, but it's much more difficult. The way ECUs do it is they know the position of each piston and then it starts listening soon after ignition for a resonate frequency (around 3kHz) which would indicate knock.
If you do a little Googling, you'll find some schematics/descriptions. Here's one:
http://www.california.com/~eagle/knock.html
Or, continue my search:
http://www.google.com/search?num=30&...o+%2Bschematic
-Tim
If you do a little Googling, you'll find some schematics/descriptions. Here's one:
http://www.california.com/~eagle/knock.html
Or, continue my search:
http://www.google.com/search?num=30&...o+%2Bschematic
-Tim
#3
#4
Re:Who knows electronics well?
Originally Posted by Whitey
I will be using the same microphone that this guy is using, but rather than using the headphones, I have an FM transmitter (like the modulators that CD changers use) that will broadcast this so that you can just listen to the motor through the radio.
We'll see how this all works, but I think should turn out pretty good.
BTW, I've been told that after I have wideband tuned the fuel tables to advance the ignition timing tables until I begin to hear the signs of detonation, then to retard it 2 degrees from there.
#6
Re:Who knows electronics well?
Originally Posted by racerex
BTW, I've been told that after I have wideband tuned the fuel tables to advance the ignition timing tables until I begin to hear the signs of detonation, then to retard it 2 degrees from there.
-Tim
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Re:Who knows electronics well?
ok, I finished it:
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=18800
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=18800
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