Wondering if ther was anything on the market that could display Engine vitals, rpm, speed, temp, ect. Onto incar/ indash tv or dvd player. Want to know if i can make use of this other that watching dvds...

 

Chances are that theres nothing like that on the market now... it's too specialized...

You could probobly put a PC in your car and run that to the TV then get a program that would do engine stats... but again it's pretty specialized so you'd either have to do it yourself or get someone to code it for you.

Unless you have a engine manegment computer like AEM or Hondata... then you could just use their interface in the car... But I don't know what kind of displays they have.. probobly more function than form.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NonovUrbizniz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">or get someone to code it for you</TD></TR></TABLE>

I like that one instead. Check out ECU Control and FreeLog on http://www.pgmfi.org for what you're looking for. They have "virtual dash boards" that logs from the ecu and displays on gauges. It's your call on how to make it into a dedicated screen, but the software exists, and it's free.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NonovUrbizniz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Unless you have a engine manegment computer like AEM or Hondata... then you could just use their interface in the car... But I don't know what kind of displays they have.. probobly more function than form.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So Hondata and Aem are already equipped w/such input for a tv? Or by "their interface" meaning there own whole system? Not full understanding this.

 

HKS had the camp system which could link to your indash tv , http://www.hksusa.com/search/default.asp here is a link to it on thier site
it link to your audio visual sys
just type in camp into the search on the link

 

thank you, very helpful link post any others if available

 

B20TDC2 is on the right track....Th HKS Camp system is pretty good, but I think there is a little bit of mucking around to get it to work...

The new Gameboy Advandce can be used for the same purpose.

Check out http://www.mp3car.com those guys are into a lot of this sort of stuff.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

 

lol
it took me ages to find those guys

Ive been looking into this myself...it doesnt seem to be as easy as people think.

If you go over to http://www.7thgencivic.com and do a search for the HKS Camp system, there is a guy on there with some pics and a diy of his lcd set up, it looks very nice.

UPDATE:

http://www.7thgencivic.com/for...ystem

Thats the link to the guy at 7thgen, but the pics are down, ill PM him and see if he can shoot some over and ill host `em, there is still a bit of info there tho. There are a few other threads that hes in speakin of it to, so maybe a lil` time over there will teach you something.


Modified by JESPER at 10:02 PM 5/9/2005

 

So if I am not mistaken the hks camp will have a/v jacks to display on my touch screen indash? Or is it more difficult beside the connection to the car?

 

Im not too sure dude, assuming it would. It would also have sensors to be hooked up to. Im watching a dvd right now where they have a Toyota Cresida using the system. Keeping in mind that this is at HKS Kansai, Western Japans biggest HKS dealer lol.

I have to stop posting now man, I only get like 5 a day or something lol

Just go read up on mp3car.com, LOST of info there...
GL

 

its actually pretty simple, in the above link go to their store and check out the car computers.then you can get a touch screen or whateva toys you like..
http://www.mp3car.com/store/

after that all you need is a TTL to RS conversion board or use the usb method in order for the ecu to be able to communicate with the pc.
Then you need a prog. to put sense into the data like drdisco69 sayd
hardware and software found at...pgmfi

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

So Hondata and Aem are already equipped w/such input for a tv? Or by "their interface" meaning there own whole system? Not full understanding this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No... what I was saying is you could hook up a PC in your car with their software on it and a hardware TV card so you could out put it to the TV... unless the TV has a monitor in.

But it looks like the HKS deal would be better for what you're looking for.

 

yes tv has monitor.

 

i believe i saw in a magazine somewhere where it's a program that utilizes the gameboy advance to display engine vitals, a/f ratio etc. it's like 250.