02-11-2015, 07:47 PM
The board is an Arduino "compatible" i.e. it's possible to use the Arduino IDE to develop software for it, but I don't use that. It's also much beefier than an Arduino at 96 MHz with 256K flash and 64K RAM. For the moment I have no intention of making a "plug-and-play" kit for several reasons:
- In this context I am not sure what plug and play would mean, since tapping into the dash would mean soldering anyway and some modifications to the dash are necessary to fit the screen.
- I am no electronic engineer and for that reason can not design a PCB. Something a proper kit should have.
- My free time, just like yours, is pretty sparse
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What I can do is help other people build their own.
I am also open to help or feature requests. Let's just say I can program it to do anything, so any request is welcome to prove me wrong. Short term I would like to (not in order):
- Support "screw-on" type tire pressure monitor systems
- Add a proper menu system to edit some settings (like gear ratio)
- Improve rotary encoder support and maybe support other types of input
- Think about over-the-air firmware updates
- Add a GUI application for configuration (complimentary to the menu system, maybe as a mobile phone app)
- Add high/low warnings for sensors
- Improve/generalize sensor support some more (i.e. support boost pressure/MAP, oil and water temps, oil pressure)
- Add a boot screen
- Log data to a back-end of some sort (maybe using MQTT)
- In this context I am not sure what plug and play would mean, since tapping into the dash would mean soldering anyway and some modifications to the dash are necessary to fit the screen.
- I am no electronic engineer and for that reason can not design a PCB. Something a proper kit should have.
- My free time, just like yours, is pretty sparse
.What I can do is help other people build their own.
I am also open to help or feature requests. Let's just say I can program it to do anything, so any request is welcome to prove me wrong. Short term I would like to (not in order):
- Support "screw-on" type tire pressure monitor systems
- Add a proper menu system to edit some settings (like gear ratio)
- Improve rotary encoder support and maybe support other types of input
- Think about over-the-air firmware updates
- Add a GUI application for configuration (complimentary to the menu system, maybe as a mobile phone app)
- Add high/low warnings for sensors
- Improve/generalize sensor support some more (i.e. support boost pressure/MAP, oil and water temps, oil pressure)
- Add a boot screen
- Log data to a back-end of some sort (maybe using MQTT)