LCD add-on for MS
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:55 pm
Hi all,
For the past 2 to 3 weeks or so I have given my self a little project to do, to see if I could actually do it, and then learn a thing or two in the process of creating it
Basically my aim was to produce some kind of LCD display device for the MegaSquirt ECU so that I didnt have to hook my laptop up to the car every time I wanted to see what the ECU/Engine was doing.
Its not as fancy as the MegaView, but it does a fairly similar job displaying all of the variables like rpm, volts, map, seconds, afr, coolant etc
I've put in a menu so that you can basically choose what you want displayed and it will save it into its EEPROM, so that it will remember the settings when the power is lost.
I'm thinking of offering this as some kind of kit in the near future as it may of benifit to other MS users out there which are looking for a similar thing.
Heres a quick picture of it (attached), and I'll upload a short video of it to youtube today or tomorrow.
I'm thinking you could mount this on your dash somewhere or maybe in the instrument cluster if your good with a dremel
What do you think?!
Cheers,
James.
For the past 2 to 3 weeks or so I have given my self a little project to do, to see if I could actually do it, and then learn a thing or two in the process of creating it
Basically my aim was to produce some kind of LCD display device for the MegaSquirt ECU so that I didnt have to hook my laptop up to the car every time I wanted to see what the ECU/Engine was doing.
Its not as fancy as the MegaView, but it does a fairly similar job displaying all of the variables like rpm, volts, map, seconds, afr, coolant etc
I've put in a menu so that you can basically choose what you want displayed and it will save it into its EEPROM, so that it will remember the settings when the power is lost.
I'm thinking of offering this as some kind of kit in the near future as it may of benifit to other MS users out there which are looking for a similar thing.
Heres a quick picture of it (attached), and I'll upload a short video of it to youtube today or tomorrow.
I'm thinking you could mount this on your dash somewhere or maybe in the instrument cluster if your good with a dremel
What do you think?!
Cheers,
James.