Hi All,
Found this on another list -- thought with recent discussions of EFI, MAP
and such there would be some interest here in this forum.
-----Original Message-----
From: GMontag [mailto:GMontag]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:13 PM
To: h2k
Subject: [h2k] CarTune looks like a cool project
I liked it so much that I signed up the first visit to Sourceforge!
If you have not heard about the GPL CarTune, check it out here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=6532
"An extensible GPL'ed automobile tuning and diagnostics program. Similar
to FreeScan,
http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/ecu_software.htm, and LT1-Editor,
http://www.lt1.net/editor/."
Basically, every vehicle sold in the US has an Onboard Diastnostics
computer that provides TONS of info http://www.obdii.com/
If you build or purchase a cable, you can plug into an easy-access
socket on your vehicle and output to a serial connection on a computer.
The big problem right now is that all software to read the output is
closed source. If we get something that works, anybody with a computer
can check the status of their vehicle systems.
It also reports speed, barometric pressure, intake air temp, etc. Saw
some related website (forgot where it is now) with a home made heads-up
display using OBD output and red LEDs to shine speed on the windshield.
Montag
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Regards,
Steve in N. Texas
Life's a real trip!
Found this on another list -- thought with recent discussions of EFI, MAP
and such there would be some interest here in this forum.
-----Original Message-----
From: GMontag [mailto:GMontag]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:13 PM
To: h2k
Subject: [h2k] CarTune looks like a cool project
I liked it so much that I signed up the first visit to Sourceforge!
If you have not heard about the GPL CarTune, check it out here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=6532
"An extensible GPL'ed automobile tuning and diagnostics program. Similar
to FreeScan,
http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/ecu_software.htm, and LT1-Editor,
http://www.lt1.net/editor/."
Basically, every vehicle sold in the US has an Onboard Diastnostics
computer that provides TONS of info http://www.obdii.com/
If you build or purchase a cable, you can plug into an easy-access
socket on your vehicle and output to a serial connection on a computer.
The big problem right now is that all software to read the output is
closed source. If we get something that works, anybody with a computer
can check the status of their vehicle systems.
It also reports speed, barometric pressure, intake air temp, etc. Saw
some related website (forgot where it is now) with a home made heads-up
display using OBD output and red LEDs to shine speed on the windshield.
Montag
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regards,
Steve in N. Texas
Life's a real trip!
