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Old 04-06-2011, 02:20 PM
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Default RE: RPM sensor

My turbines are working so far (still need to test out the new ECU)!

Actually I am trying to prototype up a flameout alert circuit. I was thinking of tapping into the rpm signal if it was big enough to discern without extra amplification needed.

If its sinusoidal, I can most likely bring it into an analog pin and chop it with a comparator. What voltage levels do you see?

I am assuming the rpm sensor picks up one rotation of the entire wheel or are there more than one pulse per revolution?

I only need to know rough rpm, figuring 150k rpm is about a 2400Hz sine wave each rotation. That is doable to measure accurately but I am not sure if there are any other scalars for converting frequency from the sensor to actual rpm.