I'm using mine to replace the ignition system on my motorcycle (1979 Honda CX500). The original system is a lovely piece of electrical engineering, but is prone to stator coil and capacitor failure (respectively, by heat and age). The Arduino will allow proper ignition timing to be maintained even as three of four timing coils fail.
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I'm using mine to replace the ignition system on my motorcycle (1979 Honda CX500). The original system is a lovely piece of electrical engineering, but is prone to stator coil and capacitor failure (respectively, by heat and age). The Arduino will allow proper ignition timing to be maintained even as three of four timing coils fail.
That's pretty cool. Have you considered making the design open source?
It will absolutely be open source. I just need to complete it first. :)
That sounds like a bad idea to me. Arduino electronics are not designed to withstand vibrations, and they will go kapput very quickly.
The finished product will just use an AVR, not a whole Arduino.