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pyrocam
5th June 2010, 08:51
saw this on hackaday (http://hackaday.com/2010/06/04/motorcycle-current-gear-indicator/) just now. looks like pretty neat mod

http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/automotive/006/index.html
209475

basically using a magnet and two hall sensors, it figures out when you gear up and gear down, and then changes the number up and down as appropriate. re-calibrates on neutral.

I dunno though, I miss gears all the time, seems like it would be quite easy to get it out of sync.

imdying
5th June 2010, 23:27
Yep, it's a crap idea. He'll never make much of an engineer if he can't see that.