tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 01/02/08 10:17 AM Share Posted 01/02/08 10:17 AM True source of inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 01/02/08 10:54 AM Share Posted 01/02/08 10:54 AM And when it's all finished he'll probably buy an Orion and do it all again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 8d Location: Melbourne Posted 01/02/08 09:00 PM Author Share Posted 01/02/08 09:00 PM @ Adam: Hehe - not likely - my UTE is a year and 3 months old, and only 5k on the clock - so virtually brand new Plus, I have a few ideas for the rear suspension, and a lot more power from the engine, so hopefully she will be with me for much longer.@ Tab: Thanx Mate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordboy1981 Donating Members 2,075 Member For: 21y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, NSW Posted 02/02/08 03:29 AM Share Posted 02/02/08 03:29 AM fark mate, this is good..how much to make me one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 02/02/08 03:35 AM Share Posted 02/02/08 03:35 AM I tell ya what Beano - I am truly in awe of how much knowledge you ahve in regards to doing all this - I wouldn't know where to begin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 8d Location: Melbourne Posted 02/02/08 04:19 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/08 04:19 AM @ Senna: ah, you make me blush It's all fairly simple, as most of the developement was done by an Italian guy, who did this for his BMW carputer. I just ordered the components, and did my own, but based on his ideas. I will be developing a better version though, and design a RF Receiver from the ground up, based on the Max1473 receiver, which should make this much more affordable, I hope.@ Fordboy: Considering Jax asking $699- for just the 3rd EYE setup, I guess the $400- I will be asking for the complete setup as above is not to horrendous - if you wanted just the 3rd EYE with stock LCD display, it will be around $310-.But, it's best guys contact me via PM, once I have this going full-steam I will chat to the powers-to-be to become something like a dealer/site-sponsor or however it works, just to make things legal and so I can advertise.But, for now the PM system would work fine, especially if only a few guys want this - which I would do anyway, as I cannot believe very few cars have this absolute must in terms of safety.Being able to have it work via the carputer is just a nice to have, and for the geeks out there.Guess I am a geek then :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 8d Location: Melbourne Posted 06/02/08 11:35 AM Author Share Posted 06/02/08 11:35 AM Hello Guys,Just a quick feedback on the TPMS system - I had the pressure transducers fitted, and trained the RF Receiver to the sensors......and guess what?It's alive - yeay.Attached is screenshot of the testprogram the software developer wrote, to wel...err...test the communication, and sensor data.Looking pretty good, sensor 1 = LF, 2=RF, 3=RR, 4=LR and 5=Spare. Temperatures, as well as pressures are spot-on, there's a little bug in the software incorrectly detecting sensor 3's battery status, as the original display shows that as full.Well, we're making good progress here, another guy on Fluxmedia is developing the plugin for CentraFuse, and there is an existing plugin for RoadRunner. This is an excellent musthave for your car, and the way I have now made my unit is to display on the old, original LCD, as well as sending data to the carputer via the USB interface- for comparison.Of course, both methods can be used simultaneously, and permanently, if so desired.I am off to Finland till next Sunday (17th Feb), but will provide more feedback then on progress. I will be departing Friday afternoon.Let me know what you guys think.Kind regards,MrBean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectrumproductions Member 5 Member For: 16y 11m 7d Posted 08/02/08 12:48 PM Share Posted 08/02/08 12:48 PM So your end product should look like this? .. without the vents? .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 08/02/08 09:27 PM Share Posted 08/02/08 09:27 PM Not really.It will have a much bigger screen than that.That also only has the crappy LCD screen down the bottom, not the color screen used here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 08/02/08 11:26 PM Share Posted 08/02/08 11:26 PM (edited) :oohwoah:That thing looks bloody hideous Mr Bean - impressive yet again. You should really run your tyres at the same pressure though! Edited 08/02/08 11:28 PM by tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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