Sunday 19 June 2011

Build a simplified ignition module off car




Build a simplified ignition module

Find the maximum current value of the transistor from the data sheet, the resistance of the coil. Then calculate the resistor need to protect the circuit.

14V , 100mA

14/0.100 = 140 ohms

Connect your circuit up to the function generator and fire the spark plug.





What difficulties did you encounter in building this circuit?
The resistor prevented our circuit from working because the resistor was drawing too much current.

If you were going to build this circuit again what would you do differently?
I will not involve the resistor.

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