Uaefi tachometer setup explained

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Uaefi tachometer setup explained

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Hello guys
So as documentation and also to get some help setting up the tachometer signal, could we have a brief explanation what the variables are for?

In my case i want to drive a oem honda 92 tachometer.
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Re: Uaefi tachometer setup explained

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I have a similar problem, I have a '97 Toyota Camry. It worked fine with a pulsed 12v output from my Microsquirt.

As far as I can tell, there isn't a 12v pulsed output to use on the UAEFI. It was suggested to use a ignition output for the tach, and... it sorta works for ~1 second when I first start the car. Then the needle falls to 0rpm and stay there regardless of revving it.

I've read elsewhere that I can use a injector output with a pull-up resistor to 12v. I'm not sure where to pull 12v from, or what value resistor to use. The documentation has zero information on tach output wiring.
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Re: Uaefi tachometer setup explained

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there is "prototyping are" in the middle of uaEFI but does not look like it has +12v

power supply area has a couple of vias with +12v.
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Re: Uaefi tachometer setup explained

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What pull-up resistance would be okay to use on a injector output? I assume a 10k resistor would be fine. 4.7k if the 10k doesn't work? I assume this would function as "default inverted" but am having a hard time understanding that as well.
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