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Instructional Master

LSM 8.5-3

Cruise Control

microprocessor

throttle/fuel injector

servo control
mechanism

sensing
coil

drive shaft
magnet

Figure 5
Rotating magnets induce brief pulses of current in a loop connected to a microprocessor in a
cruise-control device. Similar measurement devices are used for ABS (the automatic/anti-lock
braking system) and traction control on individual halves of the axle, or on wheels.

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