Car Dash Replacement Project

[izzycm]

Hello all!

I am working on a Car Dash Replacement project for an 84 Camaro Z28. I'll try and update as I go through and get stuff completed with the steps that I took to get it done...

Goals for the Project:
Create a Complete Dash Replacement that can do the following:

• Multiple Displays with the ability to Dim back-lighting

• GPS Navigation

• GPS Speedometer

• Tachometer

• Accelerometer to measure G-Force
  Multiple Temperature Sensors

• Lambda Sensor

• Backup Camera

Hardware for Project:
This is a list of the components that I have thus far to start the project:

• 2x Raspberry Pi 3B + NOOBS MicroSD Cards

• Microstack Accelerometer unit (3 axis accelerometer)

• Microstack GPS

• Microstack Baseboard

• 2x 1024x600 touch Screen LCD Displays

• Raspberry Pi Camera Module

• Pi Camera Extension adapter for HDMI (up to 15ft.)

• Pi-EZ Connect Terminal Block Breakout Hat

• Right Angle Female Header

Software Attempting to use for project:

• Raspbian 4.1 (Jessie)(Wheezy)

• Or

• Windows 10 IoT Core

[izzycm]

I Swapped one of the Raspberry Pi 3's for a Pi 2 because I was having issues getting the GPS to work properly...

I have installed the following:
Installed Raspbian (Jessie)
TightVNCServer

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sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

and added it to auto start with the Pi

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sudo nano /etc/rc.local

and added these lines to the bottom of the file

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# Start tightvncserver
su - pi -c '/usr/bin/tightvncserver :1`

Set Static IP address

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sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

and added the following lines (Replace ## with the correct IP Schema you use)

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static ip_address=192.168.##.##
static routers=192.168.##.##
static domain_name_servers=192.168.##.##

Update the system

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Prep system for GPS and Accelerometer

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sudo raspi-config

Under Advanced Options > A6-SPI and A7-I2C Enable and set to load by default. A8-Serial, Disable. Reboot Pi

[izzycm]

Installing GPS and Accelerometer

[izzycm]

(Reserved for Updates)

[CarnageTR]

Why are u using 2 pies?

[izzycm]

With having the 2 displays I figured I would have 1 Pi drive each of the screens.

[JoshMilner]

I'd love to see it installed in the car!

[Hagar]

Do you have your progress displayed on a website or blog? Love to see how its going

[izzycm]

Sorry for the delay in posting, it has been quite a hectic summer....

Anyways here are the updates!

I started with making the dash out of Foam Core board and 2 part epoxy.
https://pix.sfly.com/Vcb9vr

After I had that made I fit in the 2x 7" Touch screens and Tach.
https://pix.sfly.com/OT-emH

Then I had to adjust the orientation of the screens by 90 degrees to make everything look right.https://pix.sfly.com/dXnHrC

Then after fitting it into the car I realized... I forgot to add turn signal indicators.... so I added them. https://pix.sfly.com/Zpk21q

Now I'm working on hooking them up to a Car power supply from http://mausberry-circuits.myshopify.com ... y-switches so it will auto shutdown the Pi unit when I turn off the Ignition.

I also have ordered an Arduino Nano for interfacing to the Left Pi, so that it can read the analog readings from my Wide-band 02 sensor that ill be adding. I am also looking into having a Mass airflow sensor interface with it also...

I'll hopefully have these setup in the next few weeks... along with more pics

[izzycm]

I received my Arduino Nanos yesterday and was able to get them to talk to the pi via USB cable...

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sudo apt-get install arduino

More info to come