Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:56:34 -0600
Reply-To: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
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From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject: Re: making a Tach
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Hi Larry, Ken, and Volks,
It is very possible to monitor most any pressure or temperature desired.
Digi-key makes an 8 pin dual inline chip to monitor pressures. They also
offer various temperature sensors. The output from the various sensors
could be made selectable to display on a lcd display/ digitool/ or most any
analog or digital display / meter.
For those of us with lots of time there is a small company Weeder
Technologies ( weedtech.com) that make analog and digital input / output
kits that attach to a pc serial port. They are reasonably priced, most
less than $50. The software program that the pc uses to talk to analog or
digital kits are pretty straight forward.
As for gauges it seems to me the van coolant temperature gauge does a
good job of monitoring the engine temperature. I like a volt meter. Mine has
a switch I can select left or right battery. I use an electric oil pressure
gauge attached to a switch. The switch has pressure sensors inputs for oil,
fuel, and coolant pressure. And of course the digitool does a good job of
monitoring the engine electronics.
If we don't hold ourselves back a bit many of us will have more gauges
than a 747. Seems a couple of years ago Uncle Joel mentioned he feels he is
in a cockpit at times and needs to go through a preflight check list.
Darrell Boehler
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: making a Tach?
> Heh, knock it off guys. Stop picking on Ken.
> Ken has a REALLY NEAT IDEA and I want one already.
> What do you think Darrell? $500 for the complete setup?
> Larry
>
> KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > I hate to start this dreaming again but I was wondering if oil pressure,
oil
> > temp, water temp, and head temp readings could also be monitored with a
> > modified digitool?
> > I know Darrell has talked about this before, but I would love to be able
to
> > click through some of these other readings on my digitool.
> >
> > I also had a really demented idea of making a stealth digitool. Install
the
> > digital face in place of the digital clock, and the leds in the
instrument
> > cluster blanks (there are places for 6 additional lights with some
drilling).
> > Then just put the toggle switch in the blank under the "4-way" flasher
> > switch and you have the "stealth digitool"!
> > I have way too much time on my hands :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wilford
> > http://www.vanagain.com
> > John 3:16
> > Phone: (856)-765-1583
> > Shop: (856)-327-0027
> > Fax: (856)-327-2242
>
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