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From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Spark plug Inductive pickup.
Message-ID: <5170136@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 13 May 91 22:27:08 GMT
References: <1991May10.164429.4146@ducvax.auburn.edu>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:

>will have any effect.  For something like a spark plug, there is
>a fairly slow firing rate (7000 RPM on a four cylinder engine
>would only be 17 milliseconds, and more cylinders or slower
                                    ^^^^
                                    John, I think you're slipping...

>revs would be longer time).  Just set the monostable time constant
>to 10 ms, and you'll get clean pulses from dirty input.