Abstract: An electronic ignition system for an internal combustion engine. In a first embodiment an input pulse is generated at the same point in each revolution of the engine. Clock pulses at a first pulse rate are counted between consecutive input pulses. The resulting count signal is transferred to a down counter which, between the consecutive input pulses, counts down at a faster rate. For an eight cylinder engine this faster rate is four times the first pulse rate, for a six cylinder engine it is three times the first pulse rate, and for a four cylinder engine it is twice the first pulse rate. In a second embodiment a computed count signal is reset into a down counter which is then counted down. In each embodiment, when the down counter reaches its zero count level the count signal is again preset into it so that it recycles. Each time the down counter passes a pre-selected count level, an output pulse is generated.