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From: ajf@maximo.enet.dec.com (Adam J Felson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Inductive pickups.
Keywords: Inductive Pickup.
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Date: 31 May 91 00:14:18 GMT
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In article <12974@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, wilker@gauss.math.purdue.edu (Clarence
Wilkerson) writes:
>I used to have an add-on cruise control for a Plymouth.
>The pickup was activated by 2 small magnets taped and glued
>to the drive shaft, fairly near the transmission. The weight
>was small, and fairly balanced anyway.
>

late model cars with a computer controlled engine sometimes have
a sensor in the speedometer as an input to the computer.

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