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No problem Gary, I figured out where you meant. I'm interested in the one above, can't wait to see the finished product!Discovery 4 GS 2009 Auto Stornoway Grey
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30th Jan 2022 9:12 pm
gstuart
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Many thks and sorry once again for the delay , indeed also looking forward to that prototype one
30th Jan 2022 10:00 pm
Fuxl
Member Since: 29 Jul 2020
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No Problem, I will share the 3D data as soon as it is finished.
But it will take some time.
My wife caught me fiddling around with the car, and now I had to start the renovation of our bathroom.
In her opinion is the bathroom more important.
this shows, she has no idea of real world problems.
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31st Jan 2022 8:09 am
Fuxl
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Some news on the front
I decided against the zada tech display.
Its too expensive after the Brexit for me.
And I had almost all parts at home to build it by myself.
I use a Arduino nano, with an 0,96" I²C Display and a 80psi Sensor
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In this way I'm much more flexible. I could add some other sensors to this display as well.
And I can program some nice features like an alarm in several stages.
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Below 1bar It will just write down that the oil pressure is low
If it gets below 0,7bar it will wildly blink
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everything will fit into this small box including an DC-Dc converter.
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9th Feb 2022 1:58 pm
gstuart
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Hi
That looks brilliant and very clever regarding the electronics as that’s gone way over my head
Very impressive and hats off to u
9th Feb 2022 2:17 pm
Yankee_Rover
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That’s truly impressive. As you say, adding just a couple more sensors and a way to scroll through the reporting would be fantastic. I really like the housing and it’s placement, it does look factory. I’d been thinking of just hiding it in the glovebox and asking my co-Pilot to check it when I’m worried.
Beyond oil pressure, coolant temperature, and perhaps oil temperature, is there any more data that is very handy to have?
Edit: Battery voltage would be great.2008 LR3 HSE, 4.4L V8
9th Feb 2022 3:43 pm
gstuart
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Hi @Yankee_Rover
Indeed awesome design, wonder if it’s possible to save u having to scroll through is have one either side , maybe oil pressure on one side and turbo boost the other side , ie, adapting it to what u wish to have displayed
Plus don’t know if this would be of any interest to u, has battery voltages on the RH side for both my batteries , plus an inside cabin temperature gauge , along with usb connections
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9th Feb 2022 5:57 pm
Yankee_Rover
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Gary, that looks like a great solution. Better use for us than an ash tray, for sure. No cutting, plenty of space for small gauges. My wife would love a proper USB connector, perhaps I could relocate the AUX jack up there as well.2008 LR3 HSE, 4.4L V8
10th Feb 2022 4:12 pm
KevinD3
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Cheaper DIY version of Gary’s (I couldn’t justify the tuff rok cost) aluminium plate using the existing ashtray frame behind. Left side sockets are main battery, right side are fed from aux battery so phone and CB can stay charging with engine off.
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10th Feb 2022 6:13 pm
Fuxl
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First real life test fit
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I have to work on the cable-managment/cable routing.
Cables from and to the dc-dc converter are still missing, and connectors for the sensor and the main power supply, and............and...... and it is already cramped full
best regarrds
Roland
11th Feb 2022 6:49 am
gstuart
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Yankee_Rover wrote:
Gary, that looks like a great solution. Better use for us than an ash tray, for sure. No cutting, plenty of space for small gauges. My wife would love a proper USB connector, perhaps I could relocate the AUX jack up there as well.
Hi
Ur so welcome and indeed what Andy has done is a great solution, a lot cheaper as well
Talking of Aux sockets I installed one, ( 1st pic ) , got a loom so I didn’t have to mess around with the back of the radio, mines just a base model, loom was just plug and play and had the Aux in that loom,
Took me ages to finally fit it into one of the blanks , hopefully it blends in quite well as trying to ensure it blends in with the rest of the dashboard
Must confess I also bought the small extra switch panel that fits underneath , still got to get round fitting that, also as I’ve not got a factory fitted see u can get a panel to fit there
Will replace the usb with metal Oled ones as they have a clearer display , found some stock pics of the switch panels that I got
Hope that helps
11th Feb 2022 1:45 pm
gstuart
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KevinD3 wrote:
Cheaper DIY version of Gary’s (I couldn’t justify the tuff rok cost) aluminium plate using the existing ashtray frame behind. Left side sockets are main battery, right side are fed from aux battery so phone and CB can stay charging with engine off.
That looks brilliant and certainly can’t tell it’s not a stock panel , hats off to u mate
Plus reminds me I bought all my solar panel, monitor and DC to DC charger , etc last year , to still install got all of it from renogy when they had a sale
So the monitor will fit on that panel underneath the main switch panel
11th Feb 2022 1:47 pm
Fuxl
Member Since: 29 Jul 2020
Location: Kirchstetten
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painted, added some code and found a higher resolution OLED-Display
I wanna install it this weekend in the car.
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I will ad some more features after the installation.
- I will measure and display the time from startup to get the oil system under pressure
- I will measure the voltage
- I will ad a boost measurement
- I will add a small button to switch between display modes
With the button:
-I want to switch between the voltage oilpressure and boostpressure
-I want to deactivate the display in such kind that it just pops up if something irregular happens
Well done Fuxl - please continue to keep us posted.
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