Sensors for Automobile Computers? 40
Bombcar asks: "I'm going to be installing an EPIA mainboard in my car, using a DC-DC power supply. It is mainly for playing music, but it has the potential for so much more. I know I can get LCD displays, and I know that various sensors are made for automobiles, but I want to combine both these with the computer. Most car sensors are analog, so does anyone know of an easy way to interface with analog (and perhaps some digital) sensors? Anything used would have to be able to stand up to the rigors of automobile use. The EPIA board has 4 serial ports, a parallel port, and some USB ports, along with a PCI slot. I plan to use this for display purposes only (not control any important vehicle functions), but am also leaning towards some 'fun' improvements, such as playing certain
songs when the pedal is floored."
Requirement (Score:3, Funny)
Has to be Danger Zone, Kenny Loggins. I've gotten more speeding tickets with the Top Gun soundtrack than I'd care to mention...
Re:Requirement (Score:2)
Re:Requirement (Score:3, Funny)
He let him go. We called him Knight Rider ever since.
Re:Requirement (Score:1)
"Call Me the Breeze", but only in the presence of strong lateral and vertical acceleration (think Buck Creek Pike, from Mount Pleasant to 5-points, just north of Mooreland, IN), else "Rocking down the Highway", "Ride of the Valkries", or the "Star Spangled Banner".
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MegaSquirt (Score:2)
Its do-able for sure.
Do a google search for 'megasquirt' and you'll come up with tons of hits. They have an excellent mailing list too
Re:MegaSquirt (Score:2)
Re:MegaSquirt (Score:2)
Try using google, and typing "megasquirt" (one word, not two).
Re:MegaSquirt (Score:1)
What Year is the Car? (Score:2)
It also costs more...
If these don't work, check into Dinan Performance or one of the other "chip tuners". I'm pretty sure most make kits that'll connect a laptop to the ECM for testing and config purposes. Your board should work fine with these apps.
GTRacer
- No warranty
Re:What Year is the Car? (Score:3, Interesting)
Aside from that, however, if you wanted to tinker and not spend any money, why not just put a switch either under the gas pedal ( but not impeding travel) or near the intake (where the TPS is anyways) so you don't drag down any of th
This is the first thing I'd connect... (Score:2)
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Re:look here (Score:2)
http://www.massworks.com/
But alas they seem to have stopped producing them!
Try the superbird (Score:2, Informative)
Unfortunately, NASCAR, yet again, buried their heads in their ass and banned wing cars. Can't have the MOPAR crowd beating up on GM too much. These are the same asshats who got hemi headed engines and OHC engines banned. And hence we have the technological backwater that is NASCAR. Way to go.
Re:Try the superbird (Completely OT) (Score:2)
Not quite. Actually, while the cars look almost identical, the Charger Daytona was slightly more aerodynamically "slippery." In fact, last time I heard, the Daytona still held a number of speed records for production cars. The Superbird, however, seems to be more visually appealing to most. Same engines available as well...except that the Superbird had the added 440/6BBL as an option.
> Unfortunately, NASCAR, y
Re:Try the superbird (Completely OT) (Score:1)
Re:Try the superbird (Completely OT) (Score:2)
Actually, aerodynamically - they're about identical.
The only real difference was to move the air intake for the radiator from the front (on the '69 Daytona) to the underside of the nose-cone (on the '70 Superbird). This was to improve cooling, as the Daytonas had some serious cooling problems at high speeds.
ARGH! (Score:1)
Officer: Sir, could you please explain how you managed to swerve across three lanes of traffic in the rush hour?!
Me: Of course! I was just trying to reload my kernel radio transmitter driver so I could continue listening to "Life in the Fastlane". Do you know how difficult typing "rmmod
Hack needed for the United Kingdom (Score:2, Funny)
Summit Racing (Score:1)
One of the car parts catalogs would be a good place to start. If your car isn't a newer, computer controlled car, you'll have to get digital sending units for your oil pressure, etc. Then just wire them up to your PC through a serial controller.
Re:Summit Racing (Score:1)
Lots of Sensors from OBD-II (Score:2, Informative)
Automotive Electronics Engineering (Score:3, Insightful)
Needless to say, it sounds like you're going to take the prudent choice and let someone else do the engineering. Try not to be surprised when your system has to deal with the oddities.
Good luck!
--Mike--
Re:Automotive Electronics Engineering (Score:1)
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Re:Automotive Electronics Engineering (Score:1)
where do you LIVE?!? I live in Canada (Montreal) and it certainly gets hotter than 20C; ESPECIALLY in my car (greenhouse effect). I'd guess pushing 60C.
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Re:Automotive Electronics Engineering (Score:2)
I meant to say that it could reach the maximum ambient + 20C.
--Mike--
Re:Automotive Electronics Engineering (Score:1)
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Microchip Inc. PICs (Score:2)
http://www.microchip.com
Re:Microchip Inc. PICs (Score:1)
How old is the car? (Score:2)
Why wire up your own sensors when the car has them already available to you?
Look at OpenDiag (Score:1)
[http://www.opendiag.org/]
Les.
dashpc.com (Score:2)
KIT (Score:2)
Is it really a performance car? (Score:1)