We decided to have some fun with it
We stubled into a bug in Nascar which froze the whole system for a few seconds. Funny enough it was exactly when a Viagra car passed us :-)
This is how looks inside and outside
Saturday, May 7, 2005
It's Alive Videos !!!
This is the first time we actually tried to get it working
We decided to have some fun with it
We stubled into a bug in Nascar which froze the whole system for a few seconds. Funny enough it was exactly when a Viagra car passed us :-)
This is how looks inside and outside
We decided to have some fun with it
We stubled into a bug in Nascar which froze the whole system for a few seconds. Funny enough it was exactly when a Viagra car passed us :-)
This is how looks inside and outside
It's Alive Videos !!!
This is the first time we actually tried to get it working
We decided to have some fun with it
We stubled into a bug in Nascar which froze the whole system for a few seconds. Funny enough it was exactly when a Viagra car passed us :-)
This is how looks inside and outside
We decided to have some fun with it
We stubled into a bug in Nascar which froze the whole system for a few seconds. Funny enough it was exactly when a Viagra car passed us :-)
This is how looks inside and outside
It's Alive !!!
Running out of patience we kinda made some shortcuts "just to see it working... "
AKA "After a week of hard work, why don't we play instead of keep fighting against metal, plastic and electronics"
OK, so we had to finish the steering. Lot's of small annoying metal parts that need to work together smoothly. Finally the streeing part was attached properly but it needed to be raised somehow. So - yes the electronics are in a bucket : )
Then we put some white (dirty?) cloth we had around on top of the front "window"
/
The projector was set on top of back seat and a "small" speaker right behind the cloth screen for an "IN YOUR FACE" sound.
Connect the power and.... Here you go -
Was a great day!
Next we need to make the gauges work in the car...
AKA "After a week of hard work, why don't we play instead of keep fighting against metal, plastic and electronics"
OK, so we had to finish the steering. Lot's of small annoying metal parts that need to work together smoothly. Finally the streeing part was attached properly but it needed to be raised somehow. So - yes the electronics are in a bucket : )
Then we put some white (dirty?) cloth we had around on top of the front "window"
/
The projector was set on top of back seat and a "small" speaker right behind the cloth screen for an "IN YOUR FACE" sound.
Connect the power and.... Here you go -
It's Alive
Was a great day!
Next we need to make the gauges work in the car...
It's Alive !!!
Running out of patience we kinda made some shortcuts "just to see it working... "
AKA "After a week of hard work, why don't we play instead of keep fighting against metal, plastic and electronics"
OK, so we had to finish the steering. Lot's of small annoying metal parts that need to work together smoothly. Finally the streeing part was attached properly but it needed to be raised somehow. So - yes the electronics are in a bucket : )
Then we put some white (dirty?) cloth we had around on top of the front "window"
/
The projector was set on top of back seat and a "small" speaker right behind the cloth screen for an "IN YOUR FACE" sound.
Connect the power and.... Here you go -
Was a great day!
Next we need to make the gauges work in the car...
AKA "After a week of hard work, why don't we play instead of keep fighting against metal, plastic and electronics"
OK, so we had to finish the steering. Lot's of small annoying metal parts that need to work together smoothly. Finally the streeing part was attached properly but it needed to be raised somehow. So - yes the electronics are in a bucket : )
Then we put some white (dirty?) cloth we had around on top of the front "window"
/
The projector was set on top of back seat and a "small" speaker right behind the cloth screen for an "IN YOUR FACE" sound.
Connect the power and.... Here you go -
It's Alive
Was a great day!
Next we need to make the gauges work in the car...
Friday, May 6, 2005
Got the Gauges electronics to work, OH Yes!
After a week of trying (while going to work, eating & sleeping in between)
and after searching the web without finding the spec of how to get it to work
and after spending too much time on PWM
it turns out the Gauge needed a 12V + - and a regular 5V PULSE - and it worked!
I generated the pulse from a step motor controller I had - now we will need to generate it from a PC - I hope we can make it fast enough without additional hardware
The nice thing about it this way is that the Distance Meter Works too, how cool.
The SPEED & Distance gauge work - check out the video here
and after searching the web without finding the spec of how to get it to work
and after spending too much time on PWM
it turns out the Gauge needed a 12V + - and a regular 5V PULSE - and it worked!
I generated the pulse from a step motor controller I had - now we will need to generate it from a PC - I hope we can make it fast enough without additional hardware
The nice thing about it this way is that the Distance Meter Works too, how cool.
The SPEED & Distance gauge work - check out the video here
The RPM Electronics - check out the video here
Got the Gauges electronics to work, OH Yes!
After a week of trying (while going to work, eating & sleeping in between)
and after searching the web without finding the spec of how to get it to work
and after spending too much time on PWM
it turns out the Gauge needed a 12V + - and a regular 5V PULSE - and it worked!
I generated the pulse from a step motor controller I had - now we will need to generate it from a PC - I hope we can make it fast enough without additional hardware
The nice thing about it this way is that the Distance Meter Works too, how cool.
The SPEED & Distance gauge work - check out the video here
and after searching the web without finding the spec of how to get it to work
and after spending too much time on PWM
it turns out the Gauge needed a 12V + - and a regular 5V PULSE - and it worked!
I generated the pulse from a step motor controller I had - now we will need to generate it from a PC - I hope we can make it fast enough without additional hardware
The nice thing about it this way is that the Distance Meter Works too, how cool.
The SPEED & Distance gauge work - check out the video here
The RPM Electronics - check out the video here
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Gauges Guts
Took all the gauges out and took them apart to get to the electronics and front panel apart.
Tried to get the speed gauge to work based on 5V / 12V + A variable pulse signal (not PWM) - did not work : (
I don't have a board that generates a PWM - will have to wait few more days
Or will connect a servo instead...
Gauges Guts
Took all the gauges out and took them apart to get to the electronics and front panel apart.
Tried to get the speed gauge to work based on 5V / 12V + A variable pulse signal (not PWM) - did not work : (
I don't have a board that generates a PWM - will have to wait few more days
Or will connect a servo instead...
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Gauges are out
RPM + Fuel + Temp front
Originally uploaded by ZeN workshop.
RPM + Fuel + Temp front- click on the photo to see more gauges photos (front+back)
Gauges are out
RPM + Fuel + Temp front
Originally uploaded by ZeN workshop.
RPM + Fuel + Temp front- click on the photo to see more gauges photos (front+back)
Monday, May 2, 2005
Getting the Gauges to work
We are now working on getting the Gauges of the Renault to work.
They are all electronic based (no mechanics) so we are trying to get them to work using their own electronics before taking them apart and brutally adding servos inside...
This will be more elegant way and should imitate the real thing accurately.
We found out that the gauges change based on PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
Now we are looking to buy a controller to generate the PWM for the gauges based on the software variables.
Getting the Gauges to work
We are now working on getting the Gauges of the Renault to work.
They are all electronic based (no mechanics) so we are trying to get them to work using their own electronics before taking them apart and brutally adding servos inside...
This will be more elegant way and should imitate the real thing accurately.
We found out that the gauges change based on PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
Now we are looking to buy a controller to generate the PWM for the gauges based on the software variables.