Originally posted by 92civicb18b1@Nov 24 2003, 10:05 PM
Who would buy my idea? or actually silverchilds. Does anyone else think its a good idea? I'm actually gonna make a concept one.
I already said I'd buy silverchilds idea.
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Originally posted by 92civicb18b1@Nov 24 2003, 10:05 PM
Who would buy my idea? or actually silverchilds. Does anyone else think its a good idea? I'm actually gonna make a concept one.
Originally posted by 92civicb18b1@Nov 24 2003, 03:44 PM
Just incase anyone else wants to tackle this project, you can get leds from LSDiodes.com for like 45 cents each.
Originally posted by 92civicb18b1@Nov 24 2003, 10:05 PM
Who would buy my idea? or actually silverchilds. Does anyone else think its a good idea? I'm actually gonna make a concept one.
Originally posted by revolution8k@Mar 15 2004, 06:02 AM
**cough** so whatever happened to this idea...
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Originally posted by Calesta@Sep 7 2004, 10:06 PM
Sorry you had to abandon it... could have been pretty cool.
Here's an idea- instead of trying to turn on an LED for each gear by making the shift lever into a contact, build a simple circuit that monitors engine speed and vehicle speed directly off the ECU. You can make a simple harness that plugs right in between the ECU and the car, or have a few wires that splice in like a VAFC or an RSM.
Your circuit reads the engine speed and vehicle speed, calculates a ratio, then compares it to a table in memory.... then decides which gear you're in and sends out a signal to light something up. You could also make your circuit programmable so that each ratio is user configurable- then you don't have to have pre-programmed lookup information in your little box.
Sound easy?
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Originally posted by cheese9988+Sep 8 2004, 11:29 PM-->Microcontroller programming is your freind.
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Originally posted by 92civicb18b1@Sep 9 2004, 06:24 AM
I don't know shit about that stuff I dont think I could do that. That would also up the cost a bit. If someone knew how to do it, it would simplify the whole thing.
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Not really- you'd be surprised how little a simple programmable microcontroller can cost. Hell, the memory chip for your ECU only costs about 2-3 bucks, and it can store quite a bit of information. All you need is a simple chip that you can program with 6-7 different values (1-5 or 1-6 + R) based on a ratio between two inputs (engine speed signal and vehicle speed signal) and you're good to go.
92civicb18b1@Sep 9 2004, 06:28 AM
Now that I think of it, LOL, if you had that board thing, it never actaully knows what gear your in, it's just guessing what gear you should be. IE just a shift light.
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