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Jon K
09-09-2006, 12:10 AM
Just kidding about the part nine...


So yeah, I was thinking - $250 for a freaking wideband LCD AFR gauge, or maybe something better...

http://e34.digital7.com/MegaSquirt/megaview2.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/MegaSquirt/megaview1.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/MegaSquirt/megaview3.jpg

http://e34.digital7.com/MegaSquirt/megaview4.jpg
Jon K
09-09-2006, 12:11 AM
http://e34.digital7.com/MegaSquirt/megaview5.jpg

That's called MegaView - may not look like much to some people, but its pretty f'ing sweet. I finished building it this afternoon and got home and got it going. It scrolls all the informatoin across the VFD. Yes, VFD.. not LCD... this is a vacuum flourescent screen - aka VERY bright and legible! You can read the lettering from well past the back seat, very clear. I am going to make a little panel there in front of the shifter and mount a button. This can be paused at anytime to monitor one variable or more, plus if you want, you can use 2 buttons as increment, decrement to actually tune your VE table etc on the go. Crrraaaaaaaaaaaazy.

I like it.

About 1/2 the cost of a wideband gauge
AllGo'n'Show
09-09-2006, 12:14 AM
How much and where? That thing is ****ing amazing :D
Ross
09-09-2006, 12:19 AM
Maybe scram the ashtray and put it there?
BillionPa
09-09-2006, 12:33 AM
or put it inside the ashtray compartment!
Michael999
09-09-2006, 03:28 AM
just kill the ashtray! the e34 has a crappy ash tray anyways :)
BigKriss
09-09-2006, 08:04 AM
Jon, can you hook up the megasquirt system to the in-car pc and read the sensor values that way? If so why bother with one of these?
Jon K
09-09-2006, 09:38 AM
Yes you can - but that means youre driving around with a touch screen logged in that can edit any variable of your car by mistake. Imagine my gf or friends trying to change songs....
wjbell
09-09-2006, 09:50 AM
Jon,

That onboard computer running XP is pretty sweet and looks clean. Is it practical and useful? What do you use it for?
Jon K
09-09-2006, 10:26 AM
Thanks Wjbell-

I use it for MP3, DVD, Xvid movies, GPS, internet, etc.
wjbell
09-09-2006, 10:53 AM
Thanks Wjbell-

I use it for MP3, DVD, Xvid movies, GPS, internet, etc.

Yeah, that's a clean install. How do you type on it? Do you have a write up on how you installed it?
tdgard
09-10-2006, 11:20 AM
It's time to change your oil.
632 Regal
09-10-2006, 12:58 PM
Hahaha...
It's time to change your oil.
SC David
09-10-2006, 02:35 PM
Pretty cool. I think you could even make use of the area beneath the ash tray where people tend to put boost gauges, and where the ASC button is in later E34's.
Omega
09-10-2006, 03:02 PM
It's time to change your oil.

Damn. I was about to post that.
<sulks>
E34 530
09-10-2006, 04:10 PM
Yeah, that's a clean install. How do you type on it? Do you have a write up on how you installed it?

mp3car.com
wjbell
09-10-2006, 08:23 PM
mp3car.com

Yeah, I found that site in my new quest to research car computers. I'm a bit of a geek and have been running linux and fooling around with home automation since about '98. I can just imagine me trying to come up with perl scripts that combine motion sensors, pre-recorded warnings and my car alarm.

Damn you JonK! ;)