what do you mean too pricey and not worth it? it may be worth it to the people who are busy driving and dont want to look through 3+ extra guages to figure out if everything is ok.

 

They want about 130$ each for those and it only has one probe. (meaning one thing to take temp of) they dont make multi display warning =/

 

Score Minor problem, they do not make this item in 12 v (dam!), is their a cheap way to invert the 12 v to 110 AC? I know of inverters that are 60$ an up but this little thing doesnt need that much power, so I was thinking of something small and hopefully cheaper. Im looking at other companies now that offer similiar products.

 

Bump Anyone?

 

any possible way to wire spice it? *shrugs*

 

Well thats why Im hoping for someone with experience in electronics to help me out.

 

Give me a few months, I'm studying elec. engineering, and planning to make a digital gauge like what you're looking for. I need to finish my summer school class and then I should have the resources to build a digital readout like for displaying temperatures.

I'm planning on displaying water temp & oil temp, two seperate displays that are visable at the same time, and keeping the size as small as possible, like the same size characters as the odometer/tripmeter. It would probably be 3 characters, maybe 4 if displaying celcius.

-s-

You could learn the info you need to make one, it would probably take you about 10-20 hours of research to learn the stuff you're looking for. You'll need a temperature probe (thermistor or thermocouple), and a display. If you want to have a digital display you'll probably need an analog-to-digital converter, and get it calibrated. You might also need a voltage regulator in there somewhere too.

 

Gimme some good news on this please . I was eagerly anticipating a new item to add to my long list of mods and this one looked great as it could get rid of at least some of the gauges. Please get this project back on it's feet and deliver a product that would warrant great demand .

--Fritz

 

Well spent a good amount of time searching, and Im having a hard time finding an item that will go through all those temps and be 12 volt. EVerything that "fancy" seems to be AC, nothing I can find is DC unless its shows one temp =/, which I may install anyways so all I would have to do in the future is switch the wires if I ever find a multiple temp device.

 

i dont know if this helps but: www.dakotadigital.com

 

Not really that replaces the stock guages from the looks of it, thats not really what Im looking for. I need to make a few more calls and look around a bit more to try to find something that at LEAST shows 3 temps. The 5 temp one would have been great but ofcourse, its AC if anyone know how to invert it easier than buying a giant inverter please fill me in.

 

I'll give this a little bump.
I started working on the project again with some help of my younger brother that has alot of free time. Im still looking for a small inverter this thing only pulls 3 VA's which is not even one watt! So I mean anything small would be great. Also I have single displays that are really small 2 inches by 1 inch tall and 2 inches deep, the problem with these is they only go up to 99.9 C so not useful for anything except probably air intake temps. Just updating.

 

BTW, the circuit for cycling through a number of inputs and directing them to a single output is pretty simple. You could easily have up to 9 different inputs and using a timing circuit with a potentiometer you could have it cycle through them at a rate set by the user, or by disabling the timing circuit and using a momentary switch, you could manually switch through the available inputs. It looks like that's what your box does, which isn't a big deal.

Directing the outputs to an appropriate display is what's important. You could use a single temperature and a single pressure gauge, and in fact the SPA gauges have a combination which combines the two and adjusts to various ranges, if I'm not mistaken. Two sequential switching circuits tied into a single SPA gauge could give you readings on a number of sensors, and this is what I'm considering doing.

A pair of gauges in plave of the HVAC controls could also serve the display function, or a pair in the center speaker "periscope" pods. No big deal, and no worries about LED or liquid crystal display drivers.

 

Exactly, I know but Im looking at people that cant afford 4 guages at 90 to 150 a pop right away.

Thats about the idea, but I guess you would like to put it in a fancier box. Which is understandable. I mean I have the means to do this now, nothing fancy just something that works. Also if you want accurate readings you'll need to use different wire for each of the temps. But thats pretty much what this is.

 

Sounded like it wasn't a 12V device to me... I'm talking about 12V circuits without the need for a transformer.

 

Your right it is not, but w/e we got it to work, and it doesnt affect the cost that much. Honestly, if people want it or not its purely up to them, Im just offering something at a decent price.

 

hey guys im Fatman0203 younger brother i have an 88 FC neways with alot of tinkering i did i got things moving we got everything to work only thing where thinking of now is trying to put it in a box or a secure spot where everything looks like one piece ill be installing it in my car maybe the next 3 days just to take a couple of pics for everyone to see... after that ill try to design a frame for it but lets see how that goes....
Thanks
TwEaK

 

I can vouche for their product. Tweak tried it out on my moms car, and it actually read the water temp. I was amazed, how it can read up to 5 temps at once. Also display them in such a user friendly device. Its better than having a million gagues

 

can you post some recent pictures? I couldn't see the previous ones

 

Yes, pics please.

-s-

 

as soon as i get off work today ill post some pics of it in my car and ill see if i can get a reading since my car has no coolant (blew coolant seal) ill try to get a reading of something else... ill take a pic in my FC and my dads FD...

 

hey guys sorry its been away i was left without internet for about a week now i got the pice but was wondering if anyone here can host it for me..
Thanks
TwEaK