Took my FC for a walk by the lake (pics of course).
08-08-04, 09:10 AM
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that is ****. how is the data for fuel and oil usage captured by the computer?
and about the air dam... have you considered just blacking-out the horizontal bar as well? It would give your car the shark-mouth look = )
AWESOME PICS!
and about the air dam... have you considered just blacking-out the horizontal bar as well? It would give your car the shark-mouth look = )
AWESOME PICS!
08-08-04, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by uRizen
Ah, so they're supposed to go the other way? I guess it's too late now. The tires were brand new when I bought it, so I have alot of rubber to burn before getting things switched. I'll just leave them and wait for aftermarket rims and such when I get my TII some day. 
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08-08-04, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
I've been working on a few car interfaces using XP Embedded, now that's a great little OS. Boots in under 10 seconds from the turn of the key. 
I am kind of interested in some better pics of the screen.
I am kind of interested in some better pics of the screen.Alright, I'm going to research that piece of puppy poo OS -- can I flash it to firmware? Can it be trusted to run realtime control loops like fuel/ignition?
I did the car-computer thing, nearly a couple years ago, using WiFi to data-port with the garage. I soon went serial-to-USB, and suffering CPU hog of driving serial over USB such as the camera.
For a couple months in the VW Passat, I had grown a rat nest of interfaces as I would change my plans and adapt an adapter to an adapter, ...made a mess as follows: OBD II interface and it's OBD-to-serial computer, jacked to a tiny serial-to-Ethernet computer, Ethernet to PC, then Ethernet-to-serial translation in software, later abbreviated to being jacked into a serial-to-USB. Only half of this derived power from the separate 300W PC power supply, with other half drinking from either the 5V or 12V USB lines.
I remember posting engine performance data to a VW forum that I had viewed from home PC through NetMeeting through VPN to a distant LAN, to a remote web host serving that engine data that it was fetching from my home across WiFi from the car's PC. Through this same path I pulled a snapshot of the ECU, further adding the car's subsystems as part of that network, just to say it had been done.
For simple controls of music, climate, odometer, I want physical buttons, so phuk iDrive. But for ultra geekness, I could not decide between a touchscreen with a remote PC and not have a mouse or keyboard, or my preferred good notebook/laptop PC with touchpad. I didn't want discretely separate keyboard and mouse and either the wiring or the battery power of wireless.
If I have a PC in the car, it must have a full QWERTY, and with Windows blowing donkey ******* for respecting the tab key for menu and button nav' I need a pointing device, so the notebook won.
Though I could imagine thrills of geeking in the parking lot sending email, it was as impractical as holding a mobile phone to my head when I can use an earset or hands-free. Its WiFi spared me from wiring and allowed it to sit anywhere in the car and be used within 50 meters, but I don't spend idle time in the car (weather is usually fantastic).
If I know I have ten minutes to stir, I go explore. I never mounted the notebook to a boom-tray because I rarely need it for more than logging 30 minutes of engine performance. A $2000 boom-mounted 4kg brick does not mate well with continued sport driving or parking security. So, I retired this mess.
08-08-04, 05:10 PM
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the reason why the front passenger rim doesn't match was when I owned it, I hit a curb sliding on ice and had to order a new rim. So I ordered the front passenger side rim, but I hadn't considered the fact that the last time the wheels were rotated, the rear driver's side was moved to front passenger, throwing off the whole system. So there's 3 matching rims and 1 unmatching now, a good incentive for aftermarket rims 
btw looks freakin sweet.
btw looks freakin sweet.
08-08-04, 07:01 PM
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I would go with one of Via's C3 PCUs and motherboards. The 1ghz setup is about $150 on new egg and they have DC-DC adapters made for them because they draw so little power with a hard drive. Everything is embeded into the motherboard for easy use.
08-08-04, 08:54 PM
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It's windows, take it and leave it at that. I'd never trust a PC to run an engine, I'd leave that to a peice of hardware built specificly for such. Why in the world would you bother converting serial to ethernet, save perhaps the laptop/whatever lacked a serial port, but that's one crazy solution to such an easy problem. I've seen a couple of people using folding keyboards for various pda's stuffed in the glovebox, and a touchpad in the center console area. I personally just prefer sticking my laptop on the passanger floor, and letting it go.
Originally Posted by jhillyer
<err, I babbled forth>
Alright, I'm going to research that piece of puppy poo OS -- can I flash it to firmware? Can it be trusted to run realtime control loops like fuel/ignition?
I did the car-computer thing, nearly a couple years ago, using WiFi to data-port with the garage. I soon went serial-to-USB, and suffering CPU hog of driving serial over USB such as the camera.
For a couple months in the VW Passat, I had grown a rat nest of interfaces as I would change my plans and adapt an adapter to an adapter, ...made a mess as follows: OBD II interface and it's OBD-to-serial computer, jacked to a tiny serial-to-Ethernet computer, Ethernet to PC, then Ethernet-to-serial translation in software, later abbreviated to being jacked into a serial-to-USB. Only half of this derived power from the separate 300W PC power supply, with other half drinking from either the 5V or 12V USB lines.
I remember posting engine performance data to a VW forum that I had viewed from home PC through NetMeeting through VPN to a distant LAN, to a remote web host serving that engine data that it was fetching from my home across WiFi from the car's PC. Through this same path I pulled a snapshot of the ECU, further adding the car's subsystems as part of that network, just to say it had been done.
For simple controls of music, climate, odometer, I want physical buttons, so phuk iDrive. But for ultra geekness, I could not decide between a touchscreen with a remote PC and not have a mouse or keyboard, or my preferred good notebook/laptop PC with touchpad. I didn't want discretely separate keyboard and mouse and either the wiring or the battery power of wireless.
If I have a PC in the car, it must have a full QWERTY, and with Windows blowing donkey ******* for respecting the tab key for menu and button nav' I need a pointing device, so the notebook won.
Though I could imagine thrills of geeking in the parking lot sending email, it was as impractical as holding a mobile phone to my head when I can use an earset or hands-free. Its WiFi spared me from wiring and allowed it to sit anywhere in the car and be used within 50 meters, but I don't spend idle time in the car (weather is usually fantastic).
If I know I have ten minutes to stir, I go explore. I never mounted the notebook to a boom-tray because I rarely need it for more than logging 30 minutes of engine performance. A $2000 boom-mounted 4kg brick does not mate well with continued sport driving or parking security. So, I retired this mess.
Alright, I'm going to research that piece of puppy poo OS -- can I flash it to firmware? Can it be trusted to run realtime control loops like fuel/ignition?
I did the car-computer thing, nearly a couple years ago, using WiFi to data-port with the garage. I soon went serial-to-USB, and suffering CPU hog of driving serial over USB such as the camera.
For a couple months in the VW Passat, I had grown a rat nest of interfaces as I would change my plans and adapt an adapter to an adapter, ...made a mess as follows: OBD II interface and it's OBD-to-serial computer, jacked to a tiny serial-to-Ethernet computer, Ethernet to PC, then Ethernet-to-serial translation in software, later abbreviated to being jacked into a serial-to-USB. Only half of this derived power from the separate 300W PC power supply, with other half drinking from either the 5V or 12V USB lines.
I remember posting engine performance data to a VW forum that I had viewed from home PC through NetMeeting through VPN to a distant LAN, to a remote web host serving that engine data that it was fetching from my home across WiFi from the car's PC. Through this same path I pulled a snapshot of the ECU, further adding the car's subsystems as part of that network, just to say it had been done.
For simple controls of music, climate, odometer, I want physical buttons, so phuk iDrive. But for ultra geekness, I could not decide between a touchscreen with a remote PC and not have a mouse or keyboard, or my preferred good notebook/laptop PC with touchpad. I didn't want discretely separate keyboard and mouse and either the wiring or the battery power of wireless.
If I have a PC in the car, it must have a full QWERTY, and with Windows blowing donkey ******* for respecting the tab key for menu and button nav' I need a pointing device, so the notebook won.
Though I could imagine thrills of geeking in the parking lot sending email, it was as impractical as holding a mobile phone to my head when I can use an earset or hands-free. Its WiFi spared me from wiring and allowed it to sit anywhere in the car and be used within 50 meters, but I don't spend idle time in the car (weather is usually fantastic).
If I know I have ten minutes to stir, I go explore. I never mounted the notebook to a boom-tray because I rarely need it for more than logging 30 minutes of engine performance. A $2000 boom-mounted 4kg brick does not mate well with continued sport driving or parking security. So, I retired this mess.
08-12-04, 07:11 PM
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Can you give any specs on your carputer?
Did you use a specific MB or just an extra?
What PS and power inverter did you use?
I'm really interested in doing this now.
Right now I have a 1.2ghz P3 w/ 20gig HD that I can use for this.
I was checking and it seems the Lilliput screen is the best way to go.
Is your Touchscreen or the regular one?
thx,
Corey
Did you use a specific MB or just an extra?
What PS and power inverter did you use?
I'm really interested in doing this now.
Right now I have a 1.2ghz P3 w/ 20gig HD that I can use for this.
I was checking and it seems the Lilliput screen is the best way to go.
Is your Touchscreen or the regular one?
thx,
Corey
08-12-04, 07:24 PM
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The front Drivers rim is the only wrong one. Easy to get a new one on E-bay. Cheap too. That car is nicer than mine... I hate to admit it!!
https://www.rx7club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=46755
Except for the rim of course!!! LOL
https://www.rx7club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=46755
Except for the rim of course!!! LOL
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