Gary Lewis Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I am still waiting for the ticker display over the radio bezel buttons that doubles as coffee maker Nah, I think add-on gauges are definitely at home on an 80's dash but I can also see wanting the detail contained within the dash itself. The coffee maker was a Keurig and we sat it in the seat when we brewed coffee at 13,000 feet in Colorado last year. Was a nice, brisk day and the coffee sure tasted good sitting on the tailgate. The ticker bit would be fairly easy as there are lots of OBD-II reader sketches for Arduinos. But there are hundreds of parameters that can be read, including inlet air temp to the EFI system, engine coolant temp, and lots of info from the EFI system. So figuring out what to display and controlling when to display it might be a challenge. However, it is easy to set up BT from the Arduino to a phone and then control it via the phone. Or, for that matter, just send the info to the phone for display purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother-84 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 The coffee maker was a Keurig and we sat it in the seat when we brewed coffee at 13,000 feet in Colorado last year. Was a nice, brisk day and the coffee sure tasted good sitting on the tailgate. The ticker bit would be fairly easy as there are lots of OBD-II reader sketches for Arduinos. But there are hundreds of parameters that can be read, including inlet air temp to the EFI system, engine coolant temp, and lots of info from the EFI system. So figuring out what to display and controlling when to display it might be a challenge. However, it is easy to set up BT from the Arduino to a phone and then control it via the phone. Or, for that matter, just send the info to the phone for display purposes. Gary, What about Windshield Projected Active Display? Kind of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Gary, What about Windshield Projected Active Display? Kind of: I wouldn't like that thing, probably the projector, on top of the dash. I'm happy with the 747 look. The datalogging on this computer will probably go away when I'm through tuning the EFI. In fact, as I think about it, I'd like to have an app on my iPhone that connects to the ECU and displays various things, so I think I'll start a thread about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother-84 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Gary, What about Windshield Projected Active Display? Kind of: I was joking, but I realize this could be potentially interesting. If such projector can act as a projector, meaning display any data from video input…. Why not access every data we want? https://www.caraudionow.com/best-head-up-displays/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I was joking, but I realize this could be potentially interesting. If such projector can act as a projector, meaning display any data from video input…. Why not access every data we want? https://www.caraudionow.com/best-head-up-displays/ There's not much data to project on most Bullnose trucks. Even the ones with EFI don't have a nice interface from which to pull data. It wasn't until about '94 that some Ford vehicles started getting the first OBD-II connectors, which have standardized polling. Before that it was all proprietary and there's very little in the way of scanners to get info from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBrother-84 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 There's not much data to project on most Bullnose trucks. Just enough to look as a 747 cockpit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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