digital tachometer - reads up to 9990 with an accuracy of 10 r.p.m. on an LCD display

Opinions as to what is the most important part of a car are many and varied. For some people it is the seat they sit in for hours at a time, for others it is the engine under the bonnet, and for others again it is the built-in safety feature designed to save a life. There are differences of opinion, too, on smaller details, such as what is the instrument in the dashboard that could least be missed. The speedometer is generally the largest instrument making it easy to read at a glance. The most important instrument, however, is the tachometer rather than the speedometer, although most car makers consider it as an "extra" or leave it out altogether. digital tachometer elektor september 1984 digital tachometer The importance of a rev counter in a car is greatly underestimated, largely because it is considered as "something for sports cars" and run-of-the-mill car manufacturers are reluctant to fit anything that is neither a legal requirement nor guaranteed to in- crease sales. Of lat...