Jan 24, 2016  Spark plugs, for example, are typically replaced every 100,000 miles. And the federal EPA and Department of Energy say that replacing a clogged air filter will not improve gas mileage but can improve acceleration by roughly 6 to 11 percent. The agencies do not say what benefit can be derived from fresh spark plugs.

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Aug 17, 2016 Microsoft has published a statement noting that disabling Auto-Tuning will definitely limit your internet speeds, and it won’t improve it one bit. The company also says that the feature is consistent throughout all modern operating systems, not just Windows, and you shouldn’t disable it. How to disable ‘Window Auto-Tuning’ on Windows 10. Tuning range of a PMSE is the frequency range over which a receiver, transmitter or other piece of equipment (such as antennas) can be adjusted by means of a tuning control in consideration of required system performance. Limiting factors for the system performance within the tuning range among others are - varying large signal behaviour of the receivers caused by the variation of the receiver. Auto-tuner Tuning Range Extender (or Extending the MFJ-927 to 160-Meters) Phil Salas – AD5X Approximately 40-50 uHy of inductance is needed to match a 43-foot vertical on 160 meters. Many auto-tuners don’t have the maximum inductance necessary for this. For example, the MFJ-927 remote auto-tuner has 25uhy of maximum inductance. However, the TCP auto tuning feature may get things wrong sometimes. Instead of optimal true receive window size, incompatible and out of range RWIN size may be used. By default, Windows in normal auto tuning level will use RWIN size of 256 bytes with a scale factor of 8. I own a number of radios (Sangean, Tecsun, Crane, Grundig G2 Reporter) and bought the larger Eton Grundig Executive Satellit (without an 'e' at the end) (NGWSATEXEC) and the smaller Eton Grundig Executive Traveler (NGWTIIIEXEC) to compare keep just one. Megasquirt Tuning Basics-Initial Startup & Fuel VE. Stinger-Performance.com News & Notes. Then to be driveable before you start to auto tune using the VE Live tuning tab. At that point, the easy or normal change settings will depend on the length of the drive and how far off the tune is. Example of How Using an Auto Tune.

Mechanical and/or electrical tuning provisions are provided with most crystal oscillators to adjust the frequency for phase-locking or modulation or to compensate for long-term drift. Mechanical tuning is often accomplished with a single or multi-turn trimmer capacitor or inductor in the crystal circuit which is accessed through a hole in the oscillator housing.

Most Wenzel Associates oscillators employ a varactor diode for all tuning and the mechanical tuning is accomplished internally with a precision potentiometer connected to a precision reference voltage. Our tests have shown that the mechanical stability and hysterisis of the highest quality trimmer potentiometers exceeds the stability of the best precision trimmer capacitors. Electrical tuning is accomplished with the same varactor diode in a configuration yielding high tuning linearity. The mechanical tuning voltage from the potentiometer is applied to the cathode of the tuning diode and the electrical tuning voltage is applied to the anode of the diode through a signal isolating network. The electrical tuning may be centered around zero volts so that in the absence of input the oscillator reverts to the mid-point of the electrical tuning.

As an option, the oscillator’s internal reference voltage may be brought out to a pin for connecting to a multi-turn potentiometer for fine tuning. Alternately, a clean DC derived from a separate supply may be applied to the electrical tuning pin. If the available supplies are noisy or unstable, it may be desirable to add a zener diode or reference device and a low-pass noise filter. A temperature compensated zener such as the 1N821 is an excellent choice giving good temperature stability and very low noise – in most instances the 22uF filter capacitor shown below may be left out. Reference devices exhibit excellent stability but they often have rather high noise voltage and the additional filtering is recommended.

Here are a few points to consider:

• The amount of tuning range that may be provided is a function of the crystal frequency, cut, overtone, and spot size (or motional capacitance). Precision low frequency oscillators using third-overtone SC-cut crystals will have a tuning range of only a couple of PPM whereas large spot size AT-cut fundamental crystals can achieve over a thousand PPM.
• The bandwidth and tuning slope of the electrical tuning input may be specified for PLL applications.
• At the time of shipment oven oscillators may exhibit a daily aging rate which would quickly consume all of the mechanical tuning range. This rapid aging will decrase significantly within a few weeks of operation at the oven temperature.
• Oven oscillators may use high precision, “stiff” crystals since they operate at a single temperature and the tuning only compensates for aging whereas TCXOs must tune far enough to remove temperature effects as well as compensate for aging.
• When an oven oscillator’s aging pattern has been established (usually an upward drift) the frequency may be offset in the opposite direction during calibration to nearly double the calibration cycle time.
• Linearity is usually specified as a percentage of the total tuning deviation from a straight line fit to the tuning curve. A 10% linearity specification would allow a deviation of 100 Hz away from the best straight line fit for an oscillator with a 1 kHz tuning range. A potential problem is that this deviation can occur rapidly at one end of the range as shown below. The slope is significantly lower at the top of the curve despite the fact that the oscillator meets a fairly tight linearity specification. For PLL systems where the tuning slope impacts the loop stability, it may be appropriate to specify the minimum and maximum tuning slope at all points on the curve in addition to the percent linearity.

Using Precision Oscillators with External References

Many instruments employing precision crystal oscillators as an internal frequency reference have provisions for accepting an external reference as well. The selection of internal or external may be made by manually throwing a switch or it may be automatically triggered by the presence of signal at the external reference input connector. In the simplest of cases the manual switch simply selects which signal source to direct to the instrument and terminates the unused source with an appropriate resistor. When the internal reference is an oven oscillator, it is often desirable to have a “signal-kill” input to turn the oscillator off while leaving the oven operating. TCXOs and non-compensated oscillators may be turned off when the external reference is present to avoid potential interference.

Signal-kill inputs typically accept ordinary TTL levels but they may be configured for custom switching levels without difficulty. Most signal-kill inputs are designed to float to the “on” state when not connected and internal RC circuitry protects the oscillator from damaging voltages or interfering RF signals which might be present on the control line. The circuit shown below will detect the presence of an external reference greater than 1 volt p-p and generate a logic “low” suitable for driving most signal-kill inputs. This control signal could also be used to gate the external input to the instrument’s circuitry. The circuit is designed to exhibit a fairly high input impedance so proper cable termination is assumed elsewhere in the instrument.

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If the internal oscillator is expected to have better short-term stability than the external reference it may be desirable to phase-lock the internal oscillator to the reference. The locked oscillator will exhibit the good short-term stability of the internal crystal oscillator and the good long-term stability of the external reference. A simple first-order loop may be made with a tri-state bus device or analog switch and a few additional parts. The basic concept is to drive the tri-state control with the external reference signal and pass the internal oscillator signal through one of the tri-stated gates so that the reference signal samples the internal oscillator signal. The output of the tri-state gate is low-pass filtered to remove the RF frequencies and connected to the electrical tuning of the internal oscillator. The tri-state control line is biased such that the gate output “floats” when the external reference is absent. This high-impedance state allows the tuning line to be pulled by a high-value resistor connected to a tuning potentiometer when no external reference is present. The 74HC244 has two sets of four tri-state buffers and is a good choice since the four gates not being used may be employed to buffer the signals.

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The following circuit uses the same technique using only two CMOS devices, a 4069 hex inverter and a 4016 or 4066 analog switch. The frequency trimmer potentiometer controls the frequency when no reference is present. The circuit also includes an LED driver to indicate the presence of the external reference signal. Component values are not particularly critical and optimum values will depend upon the application.

The circuit as shown is a first-order loop with most precision oscillators. For example, a 10 MHz oven oscillator might have a tuning sensitivity of 1Hz per volt and, with a 15 volt supply, the phase slope is about 3 volts per radian. The bandwidth of the first-order loop is the product of the tuning sensitivity and the phase slope (1 Hz/volt x 3 volts/rad. = 3 Hz) which is well below the roll-off frequency of the 10k and 10nF network. If the oscillator has a much higher tuning sensitivity, the bandwidth will be proportionally higher and a second-order response may be desired to reduce external reference noise. Although the traditional lossy-integrator op-amp type-2 circuit could be added, additional provisions will be necessary to control the frequency in the absence of the reference since the integrator will tend to wander to one of the supply rails. An alternative way to achieve a second-order response while preserving the automatic tuning switchover is to add an additional passive filter. This type-1 second-order loop is easily achieved by adding a 100k or larger series resistor to the output. Another resistor in series with a capacitor is now added to ground at the output to add an additional roll-off. It may be tempting to simply increase the 10nF capacitor to achieve a lower bandwidth but the damping may become unacceptably low. In fact, if the oscillator has a very wide tuning range, the 10nF may be too large for sufficient damping. (In most reference applications, the first-order loop as shown is usually fine since phase error is not important and the lock bandwidth is not critical.)

Notes:

• The circuit above is operating at the frequency limits of the devices at 10 MHz but the 15 volt supply gives about 12 volts of tuning voltage swing without amplification. HCMOS devices will improve the high frequency performance but the lower 5 volt supply will give a smaller tuning voltage range (under 5 volts). An amplifier could be added for oscillators requiring more tuning voltage swing. To calculate the bandwidth of such a system, multiply the amplifier gain by 1.5 to get the amplified phase slope (the 5 volt squarewave will give a 1.5 volt/radian phase slope) and then multiply by the tuning sensitivity of the oscillator.
• The reference input may require a resistor to ground on the reference side of the 100nF capacitor to properly terminate the input.
• The circuit may be built with tri-state gates but if they are non-inverting gates then a different bias scheme will be required. Remember to bias the external reference gates so that they turn off the tri-state control when no signal is present.
• The oscillator tuning input must be a high impedance (megohms). Add a voltage follower to drive lower impedance inputs.

Also read about high-performance Type-2 loops featuring Ultra-Low Noise Oscillators.

CARS.COM — A car tuneup is an outdated service consisting of replacing parts to bring the ignition and fuel systems up to spec for maximum engine performance and efficiency. A traditional tuneup hasn’t been available or necessary for years. Today’s remaining tuneup services include new spark plugs and cabin air filter replacement. Both are part of your vehicle’s maintenance schedule just as much as checking tire pressure or getting an oil change are — and today’s “tuneup” services are likely to be more like checkups for your car.

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Spark plugs, for example, are typically replaced every 100,000 miles. And the federal EPA and Department of Energy say that replacing a clogged air filter will not improve gas mileage but can improve acceleration by roughly 6 to 11 percent. The agencies do not say what benefit can be derived from fresh spark plugs, but computers that control today’s engines adjust the air-fuel mixture and spark timing to compensate for wear, such as when the electrodes on spark plugs are worn down.

Even so, some car owners still dutifully take their vehicle in periodically to have it “tuned up.” Instead, what actually happens is that service technicians will inspect and perhaps test the fuel, ignition and emissions systems to look for faulty vacuum hoses, oxygen sensors and various other parts that can hurt the car’s performance. The federal government, for example, says a bad oxygen sensor can give engine computers false readings and reduce fuel economy by as much as 40 percent.

Don’t Ask for a Tuneup, Just Follow Your Car’s Maintenance Schedule

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Having your vehicle serviced and inspected periodically is a good way to extend its life and keep it operating efficiently. (Here are some signs your car needs to be checked by a mechanic.) However, walking into a repair facility and asking for a tuneup is a bad idea because it indicates you’re still living in a previous century with no knowledge of what your car actually needs and have extra money to spend. Some in the auto repair business will take advantage of those opportunities.

Look in the owner’s manual for your vehicle (or separate maintenance schedule) to find what the manufacturer recommends, and see if you can even find the word “tuneup.” (Finding it with a hyphen counts; don’t worry, we’ll wait.) For example, we looked at the maintenance guide for the Ford Fiesta that also applies to other Ford vehicles. The first mention of anything related to a traditional tuneup was to replace the engine air filter every 30,000 miles. The only other related item was to replace the spark plugs every 100,000 miles.

Now, to find a mechanic you trust and get some proper maintenance done, check out the video below.

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