There are a million and one things that could go wrong with a car engine. In old times, it was solely up to the owner and/or technician to drudge through possible issues until they determined what was ...

The engine’s knock sensor (or sensors) detects preignition and detonation, potentially damaging forms of abnormal combustion. Though full-blown knocking and pinging are audible to the human ear, the ...

This article applies to the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird (1993-2002). Knock sensors are basically small microphones attached to the engine that listen for the typical frequencies emitted from ...

Dyno tuning is great. But, a dyno-tuned engine can't always be tuned for the stress it might see on the street, let alone something like the continued abuse of, say, a track day. This is especially ...

Detonation is probably a hot rodder's worst enemy. It's also been called ping, the death rattle, or just plain spark knock, but by whatever name, detonation is a big killer. When you hear a noise that ...

The engine is full of metal components, and a knock is bound to happen. Here is why your engine is knocking. This article applies to the Porsche 928 (1979-1995). The Porsche 928 production run spanned ...

Programmable features on this device include the selection of engine knock detection sensitivity, engine resonance frequency, and sampling rate control of on-board ADC and DAC in signal processing ...

Abstract: This paper describes a knock sensor signal conditioning circuit, which is appropriate for monolithic implementation, thus providing a low-cost option for such an important part of electronic ...