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It's never about the cost when your playing.. ð Warm regards James Ambrose > On 16 Feb 2017, at 21:27, Gordon Henderson via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, 16 Feb 2017, James Ambrose wrote: >> >> I see the word pi and wiring. >> Any of your people have knowledge around embedded software for a cars. In car >> computer. > > I built one based on a 6502 some 30 years ago... I read the analog speedo, > approximated the fuel usage, checked the washer fluid level and ran the alarm.... > I think it cost more than the car did .. > >> I want to feed my pi with the data as while I was modifying the car I had to take >> out the in car little box. It will need some coding I'm clear but I've been >> learning c for a while and thinking a project like this could boost my knowledge. >> (My knowledge is basic.) > > There are some Pi <-> CAN interface boards now. If you can hook into the car's CAN > bus then you can pull off all sorts of weird stuff. And change it. Personally, I > can't be bothered anymore, but there's lots of stuff out there with people using > Pi's and other systems to hook into their car. > > See here, for example: http://skpang.co.uk/catalog/raspberry-pi-c-240.html > > However I know nothing about them and it's not something I'm remotely interested > in. > >> If anyone has this knowledge I would love a direct back of forth exchange. >> >> Also as I'm soon moving to saltash meetings do you have local to there? > > There's one in Plymouth and one on the 2nd Saturday in Paignton which might be an > issue to get to, but there's some from Plymouth come up. Not sure what happens the > other side of the river. > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq