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In Car PC - Where to move guages
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:56 pm
by Cerberus
Hi all!
I'm planning on a touch screen in the red car. (I'm not the first
)
But moving the guages down into the lower cubby just didn't seem
like a great solution to me.
Most important was the desire to still have an easily viewable boooost
guage.
So I had a rummage thru the spares..
Gutted a spare clock.. and inserted the boost guage innards
Shown with an unmolested clock (on the left) for comparison.
*chuffed*
Cerbs
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:51 pm
by Cerberus
ta daaaaaa
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:08 pm
by guitarcarfanatic
That is shit hot! Great work around
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:02 am
by glasgowjim
Yeah well done inspiring
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:03 pm
by Cerberus
Thanks guys...
I am quite chuffed with how it came out it has to be said...
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:44 am
by Kroost
The gauge looks great!!
How is the progress on the in-car PC??
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:11 pm
by Cerberus
Well the screen surround is ready... Just got to put it all together!
If anyone out there still uses 56k.... yr about to be destroyed by
my imagey goodness....
oh well...
New screen surround.. hot off the laser cutter
Seems to be a good fit
Dash out!
Yep... definately something missing
Screen mounted to new surround and locating 'ears' glued on.
screen now supported on bench by spring clamps!
FreeICE - Best front end out there imho
New grille trim ready to go on!
Just got to-
get the screen mounted permanntly....
refurb the fron callipers....
put all the new disks and pads on.....
go get an MOT....
Mount the amps....
Mount new speakers....
Build a sub enclosure....
and 1,000,000 other things i'm bound to have forgotten......
cerbs
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:36 pm
by bbf
what screen is that you are using?
bdw, nice install, keep on !
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:19 pm
by Cerberus
It's a LinITX 7"... Not transreflective tho.. that was wayyy too expensive...
Am working on putting the switches and usb header etc in the larger of
the two cubbys in front of the gear shift...
The missus.. Who knows I am in insufferable geek has brought me something
to add in there... It arrived this morning....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Un_QXJnh0U
(someone in admin, please put the phpbb youtube mod in so we can embed this stuff??)
I may put it in parralel with the trafficmaster unit I got for the car... That should
be fun...
cerbs
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:01 pm
by lee
alrightmate. Must pop round and catch up.
I would say that the gauge idea is great, but you have plumbed in the most useless of the three gauges. The most important being the volts especially with any added gear to sap power from the battery.
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:08 pm
by Cerberus
s'true...
but...
I can interface the oil pressure n the volts into the computer and
have them displayed onscreen yasee... (velleman usb interface
board)
I had no way to do that wi the turbo guage.. cos it works on
the capillary wossername...
Kettle's on mate... just gimme a bell!
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 1:39 pm
by altair
Cerberus wrote:
ta daaaaaa
Hahaha.... it's so nice, and usefuller than the original 1
Re: In Car PC - Where to move guages
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:45 pm
by Djsmiler
what an awsome project! keep up the good work