Electronic Ignition
What is Electronic Ignition? How does it work? What are the benefits?
Are just some of the questions asked about Electronic Ignition. So why did I make this site? I've always had an interest in electronics and cars, electronic ignition is where the two meet. I own a classic Mini that I drag race so decided on developing an electronic ignition system for that so I would be able to obtain maximum efficiency from the ignition system.
I spent many hours working on this project and in the process learnt a lot about electronic ignition systems. The project started out using simple assisted electronic ignition. This is where the electronics take the main current load rather than it flowing through the points. The next development was to produce an mappable ignition curve using a pic processor to sense the RPM of the engine and adjust the timing accordingly. This system progressed out of a pic processor into using a mini ITX board using "Real Time Linux" and being interfaced with the ford EDIS system. The EDIS ignition system is distributorless crank position is sensed via a crank toothed wheel. This whole system equates to a mappable, accurate ignition system.
Don't worry I some of the text above does not make sense. Reading through the pages on this site gives a detailed account of ignition systems. Starting out with how an engine works, why ignition timing is important,
how the conventional non electronic ignition system works all the way through to the latest computer mappable electronic ignition systems. The site is work in progress so if you feel something should be added please
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