Replace the germanium transistor with a MOSET transistor....
(maybe shift the capacitor value a bit) and use a hall effect sensor
and magnets as the 'points' ...and your have the very common
'Pertronix' module of today.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
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From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: DIY electronic ignition
> Hi all :
>
> Came across this link on USENET, thought someone here might possibly be
> interested.
>
> This is a fairly simple circuit that acts as a "points amplifier", it uses
> the original points but routes the coil current through a transistor. It
> won't help with dizzy shaft wobble, but should make the points last a long
> time. I ran something similar on my TR3A, and didn't change points for
over
> 10 years !
>
> http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/TransIgn.pdf
>
> Randall
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