G'day Tony, >I have a circuit for an interface if you like. It is in gif format. I'd be interested as well.. I'm tinkering with some RPM activated switch PIC applications.. I'm wondering if a conventional tacho pickup will deal with a capacitive discharge ignition (Where 500+v is applied to the coil primary) that a lot of high performance cars use, rather than just the usual switch the negative of the coil with the + at 12v type ignition (deceleration) type.. --- Brett Paulin : Trance DJ Spock, Electronic Engineer & Gyrocopter Pilot For DAT trading, DJ Spock & Techno Magic - http://home.mira.net/~rando THINK for yourself, QUESTION Authority - ICQ Id# 5879520