seeyagtr Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I wanted to know if anyone had any ideas on rebuilding a hand controller in to a large dash mounted screen. using the inturnals of a stanard hand control and then using a larger LCD sceen and so custom buttons to make a lager read out you can mount ie: center pannel. Has any one done this before or know of any other way to get a larger read out that can be dash mounted? Cheers Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
a20089 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 No ideas but would love to see the results Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3244944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliksem Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 im sure it could be done... be nice if you could make to look like the stack dash clusters... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3244967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeyagtr Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 I think that it would look quite good, It would be nice to set it up like the 34 GTR read out!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3245014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulr33 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 the part # used for the screen and splitting it up is covered in the pfq faq in my signature, have a browse through the rx7 guys have done some cool hacks on it Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3245047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewid Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 ^^ Ya. Seen it done. It does look good. It's a pity the PowerFC HC screen is so lacklustre. You can replace it with an aftermarket LCD if you're good with a soldering iron Good luck with that adventure though. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3246243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 what paulr33 said.. in the faq link the rx7 guys have some reall good ones Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3246572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeyagtr Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 They look realy impressive, I have not played with LCD moduals before, I will get one in and see what happens!! I just need to find a second hand controler and hack it up and see what happens!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3246866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliksem Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 ahh yes the RX7 hack ones on Paul's site are pretty sweet.... I thought you were trying to attempt something similar to this! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3249921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeyagtr Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 That looks sweet!!! How do I do that??? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3251060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 umm, you just buy a stack panel. make sure you have wallet handy and well stocked. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3251082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 But the stack panel is pretty old school now and very expensive for what it is. I would go with: Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3251100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybarge Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 that is nice as there must be a way to integrate it into a 4x16 LCD though? then put that in the dash for cheaper? might have to read that RX7 site for some hacks... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3251130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybarge Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 hmmm, i think the one with the mini LCD strip(two lines 16x2) might be going into a laptop, then through serial to it. If it is, wicked i've got a custom car PC I'm building and wouldn't mind doing that, although I could just display my stats on my 8" LCD i guess, but having the watertemp under the speedo like that looks awesome Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3251154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulr33 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 ive had limited sucess from trying any of it i brought another screen that was the same model and part # but a different colour and couldnt get it working off a pfc hand controller ive got a busted hand controller that still boots so i cut the lead on it and run it off USB power from my pc i then spliced in the new screen i brought (details are in the pfc faq, even a photo of the new lcd display) but it doesnt work the new screen just doesnt fire up so im not sure whats wrong, could be wrong pinouts, could be wrong version/unit/voltage etc. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/177723-pfc-hand-controler-dash-mounting/#findComment-3251156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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