Electronical Guru Asked At The Front Desk !

[caen fred]

I am looking at that sad computer panel only giving info on milage (as I don't have GPS). Do you think we could use it as a MOTEC terminal? Could it be done with some programing? It would sure be nice to compute all the temp and pressure there, no :) ? The sensors must be there on the bloc for the ECU, and it's easy to add the ones that could be missing... So lets go find us our new GURU

[caen fred]

Do I understand that you see no interest in having your OIL, WATER, temperature and pressure monitored ?????

[MarcTS]

Going back a few years to when Computer modding took off, I know a lot of people used to install matrix orbital LCDs (MO LCDs) in their PCs as these were fully programmable and could pick up - amongst other things - a full range of temperatures from various sensors dotted around the PC hardware. And as they were designed for PCs, they also run off 12v

Something like that may be a viable solution as 'm sure you could get a MO LCD with the same dimensions as the current dash lcd.

[Rinko]

I think there is definately a market for a standalone device to measure all of the temps etc - but also do the mpg calcs etc, for people who want to replace the standard head unit.

Certainly loosing the MPG info is a big downside to installing a new unit, but if someone can make something to replace it, I for one would be very happy.