Anyone have details on how the Avocet 30 cyclocomputer magnet ring works?

From memory BITD they were always a fiddle prone to failure in bad weather. The wheel part is magnetic, and the sensor is a coil with no moving parts. They need to sit close to each other. Weak points are the contact from the handle bar mount to the sensor (crimped if I remember right), and likewise from the handle bar mount to the computer (a very weak sprung friction connection).
 
So the magnet will induce a current in the pickup, and
i imagine it then reads the frequency...but it's possible it reads the voltage.

If the sensor is faulty, its hard to imagine a fix, although it might just be a small coil
 
Are you sure that ring was a magnet though? Might be a metal tooth ring, non magnetic. Like they are used in automotive ABS sensors.
100% sure it's magnetic.

Just measured the coil via the computer mount contacts, it's 365 ohms
 
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