on board pc

[Belly93]

has anyone ever thought about fitting an on board pc to link up to the ecu via diagnostics for live data n stuffs while driving?

would it be hard to do?

 

[h701micra]

has anyone ever thought about fitting an on board pc to link up to the ecu via diagnostics for live data n stuffs while driving?

would it be hard to do?

I thought about a laptop. Plugged in via inverter.
Tuners do it temporarily. But not really a permanent fixture

 

[Belly93]

i was thinking more permanent fixture

 

[h701micra]

Can still do the inverter etc... you just need to make a bracket to mount it

 

[Belly93]

iid get it fitted professionally

 

[karlj]

There's loads of info about carputers, but surely you'd be to busy driving to diagnose sny problems

 

[MaxK11C]

Could be seen as:
A: Fast and the furious (y0)
B: Dangerous

But would be kinda cool if you got put in professionally and didn't look pritt-sticked to the dash.

 

[l_jonez]

I think these days a tablet is easier to install these days.

 

[h701micra]

I think these days a tablet is easier to install these days.

Forgot about those things
Disc drive?

 

[Belly93]

Could be seen as:
A: Fast and the furious (y0)
B: Dangerous

But would be kinda cool if you got put in professionally and didn't look pritt-sticked to the dash.

I understand the dangerous but essentially no different to looking at dials in the centre of tge dash if its running live data

 

[AJC]

Cheapest way would prob be to use a Raspberry Pi, running Android of some form with a bluetooth adapter and a bluetooth OBDII adapter, for those with OBD of course, if not run it on Linux as it comes, and then run a USB consult cable to it. And as far as i know it is capable of running from a cars 12v supply. (using a 12v - 5v stepdown)

 

[l_jonez]

Forgot about those things
Disc drive?

I'm sure there must be an external CD drive available, using a memory stick would be a better option for external storage.

 

[h701micra]

I'm sure there must be an external CD drive available, using a memory stick would be a better option for external storage.

For some reason I was thinking more DVDs kids and all that.
Would of also said programs... but I'd say they'd already be installed

 

[Enuo]

For some reason I was thinking more DVDs kids and all that.
Would of also said programs... but I'd say they'd already be installed

DVD's can be ripped to pc

 

[Young Robert 'o']

just my 2p worth but iv got one of these that plugs directly into the obd2 port and gives live data, mpg's, fault code reader and loads more, £40 quid from ebay if i remember right

 

[skymera]

Forgot about those things
Disc drive?

In all my years computing I've needed a disc drive like...once.

I've not had one now for about 5 years.

 

[h701micra]

In all my years computing I've needed a disc drive like...once.

I've not had one now for about 5 years.

Shows how long ago it was since I owned a computer

 

[Belly93]

And disc drive all you need is an easily accessible usb port and an external disc drive



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[SirChris]

Yurp I shall be building one soon

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[l_jonez]

In all my years computing I've needed a disc drive like...once.

I've not had one now for about 5 years.

When I started in computing CD's hadn't been around long USB hadn't been invented floppy disks all the way