Date   : Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:00:53 -0000
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: Using a Beeb for engine monitoring

> Pondering fuel consumption vs. driving speed and technique, I was thinking
> of a simple minute-by-minute log of time, speed, fuel level.
> That is convertable into mpg with the appropriate arithmetic, and checking
a
> map afterwards will tell me what road I was on. That would need two
> analogue inputs, or an appropriate digital input - such as a encoder disc
giving
> discrete values.

You could use the serial output of a GPS locator, I believe that some can
output speed and distance and just co-ordinates. Then you only need the fuel
level from the car. You use Google maps, err, I mean the Domesday Disc to
plot the route ;-)

//M