unfunnyryan Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Picked up an Arduino Uno today (my first ever development board) a 2x16 character LCD, and a pressure/temp sensor. Prototyping is getting done quick! But I am missing a few tiny pieces that would make my job a lot easier. So far this is costing a lot more than a cheap boost gauge, but this one is way more fun to set up. Plus, I can expand the hell out of this. I eventually want to up my arduino board so that I can have multiple displays, tach, etc. monitored. Current stage: Software development! I've been out of the programming game for a while so we will see what comes of this. http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251417_10150200350327373_601507372_7637071_8319971_n.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 I've got a boot screen done, as well as figured out the units. As you can tell, my AC is broken. The temperature doesn't seem to update quick enough, so I will likely use something else to monitor that. It also now auto switches between vacuum and boost, if its =>0. http://i.imgur.com/5k2Vel.jpg What else should I monitor with this thing? Next on the to do list is a switch to toggle between screens, followed by maybe GPS speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickey4271647545519 Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Any way so that when it changes between boost and vacuum is changes between PSI and In/Hg also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Any way so that when it changes between boost and vacuum is changes between PSI and In/Hg also? Didn't even think of that, going to make the adjustment. I love input like this, so if anyone has any suggestions I will take them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Where did you buy the board and LCD from. Was it hard to learn the code? Id love to build a display for info for my car. Very neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Microcenter carries it all. It is sort of pricey, and I wouldn't have bought it without my employee discount (I got roughly 40% off what I bought) The code isn't too bad. I took a few Java classes, and this all runs in C. C is pretty damn similar, so no problem for me there. This is all less than 6 hours of work. Another few hours and I could have it in my car and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Kewl. Hook a brother up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboGoKart Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 UltraGauge. $69 http://www.ultra-gauge.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 reiterating the conversation from the chatbox, Arduino FTW. Here is another car where someone used an Arduino to solve some problems, its a guy with an EZ30 flat six Impreza RS http://www.rs25.com/forums/f145/t155496-dynes-1999-2-5rs-h6-ez30d-swap.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Kewl. Hook a brother up? PM me about this. But july 1st-10th I can do discounts easily. UltraGauge. $70 THIS IS FOR SMALL PENIS I just looked into ways to do RPM, looks like easiest is to measure pulses from the ignition coils. Fuck yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Would be nice to have a knock count and logging capabilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboking15 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Can you get a bigger display that would let you have all that up at once or possibly big enough to replace the factory cluster with and have the gauges you want? Im thinking speed, rpm, boost, oil, knock, fuel, etc all on one screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Can you get a bigger display that would let you have all that up at once or possibly big enough to replace the factory cluster with and have the gauges you want? Im thinking speed, rpm, boost, oil, knock, fuel, etc all on one screen. Probably not that big, at least not on this hardware. Biggest I could feasibly get to work would probably be about this http://www.sparkfun.com/products/710 although you could set up several different systems all running at once. On the other hand, I found something neat. Update when it arrives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Can you get a bigger display that would let you have all that up at once or possibly big enough to replace the factory cluster with and have the gauges you want? Im thinking speed, rpm, boost, oil, knock, fuel, etc all on one screen. I think there are modern vehicles with full LCD type gauge clusters? He would probably have to input via CAN though. That would be a PITA. There are probably also LCD type gauges that are specifically made for this... then those probably have inputs for they type of signal they display and that would defeat the purpose of this project. You could just do what that Ultra gauge does and have pages, and also have a piece of code for each gauge that says to display it by itself flashing red if it goes outside of some range. Can you do a bar graph on one of the lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 OMFG I wonder if you could make one of the 'digital' gauges from the 80's work with this. http://www.ford-taurus.org/taurusinfo/G1/86-89-digidash.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidward Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 OMFG I wonder if you could make one of the 'digital' gauges from the 80's work with this. http://www.ford-taurus.org/taurusinfo/G1/86-89-digidash.jpg I have a spare from a 300zx just sitting around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 OMFG I wonder if you could make one of the 'digital' gauges from the 80's work with this. http://www.ford-taurus.org/taurusinfo/G1/86-89-digidash.jpg Yup, you could do scaling graph or anything. It's all about coding it, it's all possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Waiting on a cable before real world testing can begin.. - CABLE ARRIVED 1 MINUTE AFTER POSTING woo. I found a pretty big library of software someone else has build, thats what I'm mostly using right now. The current menu is navigated with a mini joystick on the red board. For the finished project I'm going to add a larger one to the faceplate. TO DO LIST Replace current screen with large graphical oneJoystickEnclosure Preview pic: http://i.imgur.com/oVUZzl.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTHER91 Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 If I didn't have over 1k in gauges and a custom panel already this would be damn cool to use I like itnkeep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Thanks. I'm stuck with a few software problems at the moment and I'm trying to find some additional support for it, but having little luck. I may just have to wait it out and see what comes from a few developers in similar projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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