Carputer Using Oem Screen

[vee35]

Be very careful with getting a touchscreen overlay - this is the reason I haven't used my R34 MFD screen with an overlay. The MFD is sunlight readable and very clear - if you add the wrong sort of overlay (and most will fall into this category), you'll destroy the sunlight readability.

Found what looks like it may be it for an overlay. It has 91% optical clarity compared to about 85% that I have seen for others, and is made by 3M. see http://www.skylinesa...screen-overlay/

Edited July 30, 2011 by vee35

[vee35]

I dont think I have mentioned my rear view camera.

Its a $29 CCD unit off of eBay, meant foir a Honda Civic. I have yet to find it "fail" me. The reverse lights are enough to make all situations apear like daylight on the screen. Its wired up to automatically overide anything on the screen, when you put it in reverse. About $20 of relays from JayCar.

I have it installed just above my rear number plate. I plan to install it a little "deeper" into the recess and maybe pait the black pastic silver, but its fairly innocuous where it currently is.

for this situation (which is about a meter clearance):

It looks like this on the screen.

The lines on the screen are brillant for lining up the car down a long narrow driveway in reverse.

[vee35]

And now some "fun" stuff.

Although my Blazt cable does not curr4ently work, this is a photo of the software running a demo file:

Also, on my phone, I have a G-Force r4ecorder / plotter. Howsever, since it is freeware, it does not work in landscape, and hence it does not fill the entire screen. It actually has all three dimentions, with the Red line basically being the forward and back plane (ie accel and breaking) and one of the others is left and right (ie cornering) and the last is up and down (ie bumps). In the photo, I did a small acceleration run (red line above middle axis) followed by6 a hard brake to pull over and take a photo. Its pretty sensitive, and from the red line graph I can see I started out on fairly flat ground, and stoped o an incline. If the red line had hit the top, it would be telling me I hit about 1G. I can also record these results, and load them up into stuff like excel.

[vee35]

This is where and how the actual case looks like in my boot.

[interfooler]

Man.. this is looking very impressive. I am keen to have a look at the whole system when it is all finished. Probably on a cruise or something.. Whereabouts are you located mate?

[vee35]

Sydney. Just updated my profile. Sorry.

[@rawed]

hi Vee35

This is great thread..and ur work is Awesome!!!!

Can you let know what relay were used and how to ground the cont1 & cont2 on the board ?

In addtion, how & what wire from the reverse light needs to be connected to the relay so once car is put into reverse the screens shows the camera?

thx..

Edited September 27, 2011 by @rawed