totally awesome guage cluster

[kustom play]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51U1KiNUlTo

awesome!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

That is quite nice.

[kac]

very sweet

[tk-421]

:drool::drool::drool:

I wonder if we could get OBDII signals through USB at that refresh rate... I could add that to my list of mods for my carpc!

Sorry for the geekspeak... Hopefully somebody will pick up on it though. :biggrin:

[hatchbackkid82]

all those moving parts...only a matter of time before things start to break. looks good though

[Midon]

the only problem with getting that speed through USB 2.0 is the chip that transfers the signal to usb. correct me if I am wrong but the best chip out there is an ELM 327 and when i use it to look at real time data on every sensor on my yaris i cant get any faster then 35-40 hrz. which is no were near what you need for running a tack. This also looks like a simulated display to me. Now that can make a diplay like this for a car that is hard wired into the computer, that I am pretty sure of.

[cruz-gsr]

:drool::bow:i want one:cry:

[kustom play]

cluster is prob like 5g alone

[cali yaris]

LOL talk about "bells" and "whistles". That display is wild!

Bam, you hit a tree.
Bam, you hit another car.
Bam, you hit a pedestrian.

And so forth.

[CTScott]

the only problem with getting that speed through USB 2.0 is the chip that transfers the signal to usb. correct me if I am wrong but the best chip out there is an ELM 327 and when i use it to look at real time data on every sensor on my yaris i cant get any faster then 35-40 hrz. which is no were near what you need for running a tack. This also looks like a simulated display to me. Now that can make a diplay like this for a car that is hard wired into the computer, that I am pretty sure of.

With my YarGauge CAN interface (home brew) I can hit the full 100 Mbit CAN speed. I can hammer the ECM and get reliable responses at 100 Hz.

[tk-421]

@CTScott: Nice! Would you say that similar speeds can be achieved using ELM327+USB2.0?

[Altitude]

CTScott - Do you have any links you can supply re: the CAN protocol and/or schematics for an interface?

[CTScott]

CTScott - Do you have any links you can supply re: the CAN protocol and/or schematics for an interface?

The protocol for the OBD data is the same as for ISO-9141. Microchip makes a couple of development boards for CAN:


http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en010064&part=DM163007

[Midon]

Interesting, I knew my elm327 was old but it gets the job done, I just know it cant do something like that display.

[CTScott]

@CTScott: Nice! Would you say that similar speeds can be achieved using ELM327+USB2.0?

No. The issue with the ELM327 is the speed of the microcontroller that they use. I believe it only runs at 8 MHz. My processor is running at 24 MHz to be able to sample at 100 Hz.

[tk-421]

Bummer... Well, I guess I'll have to get one of your CAN interfaces then! I would still need to hook it up to a USB port though...

[cali yaris]

cool looking gauge cluster topic ---> esoteric electronics engineering topic

what happened there? LOL

[tk-421]

cool looking gauge cluster topic ---> esoteric electronics engineering topic

what happened there? LOLwe're trying to get that gauge (or something close) into our cars! :biggrin:

[CTScott]

Bummer... Well, I guess I'll have to get one of your CAN interfaces then! I would still need to hook it up to a USB port though...

For your car PC project, integrating the guts of the YarGauge would be an excellent solution (and would be far less expensive than any of the off the shelf interfaces). The YarGauge can do USB or RS232 to the MB.

[tk-421]

Well, you have me sold! Just let me know when I can buy one. :thumbsup:

[Kal-El]

So is that the gauge cluster in the $375,000 Lexus LFA?

Looks sweet.