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Easy to build projects for everyone (3c-iral; cf A '... 1••••1 111 1 FOR USE WI UR OIROUI TR ANSISTORS EDAC Prize Winning Project COMPUTER EXPAN I SYSTEM SIMPLE S.W. RAM CAR LIGHTS ALERT OPTICAL TACHOMETER Australia $1 35 Malaysia $495 IR El 21 (inc. V.A.T.) etqf No ite! 7% PRICE EFFECTIvE INCRE4sE Ocr DIMENSIONS: TOTAL ENERGY DISCHARGE electronic 12 .5 cm Width ignition gives all the well known advantages of the best capacitive 8.9 cm discharge systems. Height 4.3 cm Lead length 100.0 cm PEAK PERFOR MANCE higher output voltage under all conditions. TECHNICAL DETAILS IMPROVED ECONO MY no loss of ignition performance The basic function of a spark ignition system is often lost among claims between services. for longer 'burn times' and other marketing fantasies. It is only necessary to consider that, even in a small engine, the burning fuel releases over FIRES FOULED SPARK PLUGS no other system can better the capacitive discharge system's ability to fire fouled plugs. 5000 times the energy of the spark, to realise that the spark is only a trigger for the combustion. Once the fuel is ignited the spark is insignificant ACCURATE TIMING prevents contact wear and arcing and has no effect on the rate of combustion. The essential function of the by reducing load to a few volts and a fraction of an amp. spark is to start that combustion as quickly as possible and that requires a high power spark. SM OOTH PERFOR M ANCE — immune to contact bounce and similar effects which can cause loss of power and roughness. The traditional capacitive discharge system has this high power spark PLUS but, due to it's very short spark duration and consequential low spark energy, is incompatible with the weak air/fuel mixtures used in modern SUPER PO WER SPARK 3% times the energy of ordinary cars. Because of this most manufacturers have abandoned capacitive capacitive systems — 3/12 times the power of inductive systems. discharge in favour of the cheaper inductive system with it's low power OPTIMU M SPARK DUR ATION 3 times the duration of ordinary but very long duration spark which guarantees that sooner or later the fuel capacitive systems — essential for use on modern cars with weak fuel will ignite. However, a spark lasting 2000pS at 2000 rev/min. spans 24 mixtures. degrees and 'later' could mean the actual fuel ignition point is retarded by this amount. BETTER STARTING full spark power even with low battery. The solution is a very high power, medium duration, spark generated by CORRECT SPARK POLARITY unlike most ordinary C.D. systems the TOTAL ENERGY DISCHARGE system. This gives ignition of the the correct output polarity is maintained to avoid increased stress on the weakest mixtures with the minimum of timing delay and variation for a H.T. system and operate all voltage triggered tachometers. smooth efficient engine. L.E.D. STATIC TIMING LIGHT for accurate setting of the engine's most important adjustment. SUPER PO WER DISCH ARGE CIRCUIT A brand new technique LO W RADIO INTERFERENCE fully suppressed supply and absence prevents energy being reflected back to the storage capacitor, giving 3/12 of inverter 'spikes' on the output reduces interference to a minimal level. times the spark energy and 3 times the spark duration of ordinary C.D. systems, generating a spark powerful enough to cause rapid ignition of DESIGNED IN RELIABILITY an inherently more reliable circuit even the weakest fuel mixtures without the ignition delay associated with combined with top quality components — plus the 'ultimate insurance' lower power 'long burn' inductive systems. of a changeover switch to revert instantly back to standard ignition. HIGH EFFICIENCY INVERTER A high power, regulated inverter it provides a top performance IN KIT FOR M provides a 370 volt energy source — powerful enough to store twice the electronic ignition system at less than half the price of competing ready- energy of other designs and regulated to provide sufficient output even built systems. The kit includes everything needed, even a length of solder with a battery down to 4 volts. and a tiny tube of heatsink compound. Detailed easy-to-follow instructions, complete with circuit diagram, are provided — all you need is a small PRECISION SPARK TIMING CIRCUIT This circuit removes all soldering iron and a few basic tools. unwanted signals caused by contact volt drop, contact shuffle, contact bounce, and external transients which, in many designs, can cause timing AS REVIE WED IN errors or damaging un-timed sparks. Only at the correct and precise ELECTRO NICS TODAY INTER N ATION AL JUN E '81 ISSUE contact opening is a spark produced. Contact wear is almost eliminated and EVERYDAY ELECTR ONICS DECE MBER '81 ISSUE by reducing the contact breaker current to a low level just sufficient to keep the contacts clean. FITS ALL NEGATIVE EARTH VEHICLES, 6 or 12 volt, with or without ballast OPERATES ALL VOLTAGE IMPULSE TACHO METERS TYPIC AL SPECIFICATION Some older current impulse types (Smiths pre '74) require an adaptor — PRICE £2.95 TOTAL ORDINARY ENERGY CAPACITIVE STANDARD CAR KIT £14.85 DISCHARGE DISCHARGE SPARK POWER (PEAK) 140 W 90W ASSEMBLED AND TESTED £24.95 PLUS SPARK ENERGY 36 mJ 10 mJ (STORED ENERGY) 135 mJ 65 mJ U.K. P. & P. T WIN OUTPUT KIT £ 22.94 SPARK DURATION 500 pS 160 pS For MOTOR CYCLES and CARS with twin ignition systems OUTPUT VOLTAGE (LOAD 50pF EQUIVALENT TO CLEAN PLUGS) 38 KV 26 KV ASSEMBLED AND TESTED £34.70 Prices include V.A.T. OUTPUT VOLTAGE (LOAD 50pF + 500 Kfl EQUIVALENT TO DIRTY PLUGS) 26 KV 17 KV ELECTRON IZE DESIGN Dept. C VOLTAGE RISE TIME TO 20 KV Goods normally despatched within 7 days (Load 50pF) 25 pS 30 pS BARCLAYCARD Magnus Road, Wilnecote, TOTAL ENERGY •DISCHARGE should not be confused with low power Tam worth, B77 5BY VISA inductive systems or hybrid so called reactive systems. Phone 0827-281000 VOL. 11 NO. 10 OCTOBER 1982 PROJECTS . THEORY . NE WS . PROJECTS COM MENT . POPULAR FEATURES... SINE W A VE GENER AT OR by R. A. Penfold 628 Covers 15Hz-1.5MHz in 5 ranges GENER AL PU RP OSE PRE-A M PLIFIER by R. A. Penfold 632 Wide band, low noise unit ZX81 EXP AN SION SYS TE M by M. Lysejko and A. Hudson 636 More memory plus communication slots OPTIC AL TACH O METER by P. Leah 648 Digital measurement of revolutions per minute LIG H TS ON ALERT by T. R. de Vaux-Balbirnie 662 Looks after your car battery SIMPLE S W RA DIO by A. Sproxton 665 Two-transistor t.r.f. circuit SERIES INTR O DU CIN G ELECTR ONICS by G. Hylton 642 Part 1: From Electrons to Electronics A.C. M AIN S EXPLAINED by A. Kenyon 668 Part 4: The final part; Three phase power: A.C. motors START NOW FEATURES Our policy is to make electronics an easy to follow and enjoyable hobby. First steps can be EDIT ORIAL 627 difficult, and so in presenting a new six-part Wide Choice; Come To The Fair series Introducing Electronics, we have FREE TR AN SIST ORS 631 deliberately eliminated the business of soldering. Parameters of this month's two free transistors Just a screwdriver and wire cutters are required SH OP TAL K by Dave Barrington to start off on practical work, because all con- 635 Product news and component buying nections between components are made by means of screw-terminal blocks. And with the JAC K PLUG AN D FA MILY by Doug Baker 635 longer evenings coming, what could be a better Cartoon time to start studying electronics than now? FOR YOU R ENTERT AIN MEN T by Barry Fox 646 On the Line, Testing Time, Protected Network SC H O OLS CO MPETITION 647 Details of SEDAC 1983 COUN TER INTELLIGEN CE by Paul Young 655 A retailer comments Electronic Design Award RA DIO W ORLD by Pat Hawker G3V A 656 Made in Britain?, TV Across Frontiers EVERY D AY NE WS 658 What's happening in the world of electronics CALLING ALL SCHOOLS PRESTEL by C. Stringer G3RSK 660 The second Schools Electronic Design Award Your Phone-in Teletext Competition (SEDAC) is announced in this issue. Please turn to page 647 for full details. BO O KS IN BRIEF 670 A selection of technical books recently received CIRCUIT EXC H AN GE 673 IPC Magazines Limited 1982. Copyright in all A forum for readers' ideas drawings, photographs and articles published in EVERYDAY ELECTRONICS is fully protected, S QU ARE ONE 674 and reproduction or imitations in whole or in part Beginners page: Circuit symbols and abbreviations are expressly forbidden. Our November issue will be published on Friday, October 15. See page 641 for details. Readers Services • Editorial and Advertisement Departments 627 Everyday Electronics, October 1982 617 is • ai® 111M U I I INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL THE MOST COMPRE HE NSIVE RANGE OF COMPONE NTS, KITS AND MODULES IN THE WORLD a THERE'S ONLY ROO M FOR A FRACTION HERE, GET THE CATALOGUE AND FIND THE REST. 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