CAN BUS Gaming Simulator

The first PCBs are ready to use.

Today @Sepp and I equipped the PCB with the SMD components:

With this machine you're able to put the SMD components on the board.

The machine has a little camera on the positioning pin, so you're able to see what you're doing.

In the SMD oven the compents stick to the board with soldering cream, which becomes solder after 15 minutes of baking.

Thanks for the support! I'm courious when the project hits the 20.000 viewers mark.

The time has come - The ordered PCB is now here.

Thousand thanks to Seeed Studios and their activity, which made these PCBs possible!

I'll keep you updated. Next step is to equip the board with the needed components.

Please make sure, that the diode on the Arduino UNO doesn't get too hot. If you use a Chinese clone Arduino you should be even more careful as those models get even more hot.

I recommend to connect the dashboard pins 31 and 32 with an external 12V DC power supply!

@Jeroen vd Velden and I drew a Diagram with Fritzing (a free wiring tool).

You may download it from the download section.

The designed front panel for the radio has been printed.

and assembled with touchscreen display:

This is the original:

the circuit board I mentioned in one of the last project logs is ready to get produced.

Thanks to the activity of Seeed Studio PCB Fusion Service, the board is being produced at the moment.

After its production it should be like this:

Thanks for the support!

Next time I'll post the produced board

I've completely rewritten my code for this project.

It includes:

• RPM
• Speed (but not as accurate as expected)
• Turning Lights (with blinking feature)
• Backlight
• Support for LC Display

For Source Code see: https://hackaday.io/project/6288/instructions

The next sketch I'll upload will contain support for the fuel and temperature sensors.

So stay tuned to my project and make sure you subscribe!

Thanks for your support!

Here's a photo of my new case for the radio which I'm designing at the moment.

The STL file will be available when the job is printed :)

I'm also going to upload all relevant files for this project, so that you're able to reproduce the whole project.

Thank you for the huge support!

I filmed my first achievement of getting the KPH gauge work partially.

And I found out at that moment that the ABS - Control-command just created many errors in this gauge.

Now I know why this occured: The ABS sensors have an incredibly important task of sending also speed signals to the CAN line. So I have to get back to this situation where the KPH gauge is wiggling around. And then the multiplacator has to been set to the specific value. This shouldn't be a big deal.

I'll keep you up to date!

Thanks for following and skulling - Keep on!