MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 12d Location: Melbourne Posted 08/09/08 11:16 AM Author Share Posted 08/09/08 11:16 AM Hello Guys,Anyone have a dual-zone ICC (dead or alive) they want to donate to this project?I need to perform some reverse engineering....you will most likely not get it back again, or, alive that is....so, if you need it, don't....Thank you all.Beanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Monkey Member 685 Member For: 17y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: brisvagas / Manly Posted 08/09/08 11:46 AM Share Posted 08/09/08 11:46 AM (edited) sounds like a good investment if someone has a high end unit laying around and wants to donate it.......they may get first dibbs on one of the finished product at a discounted rate????? Edited 08/09/08 11:57 AM by Tree Monkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Monkey Member 685 Member For: 17y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: brisvagas / Manly Posted 08/09/08 11:48 AM Share Posted 08/09/08 11:48 AM (edited) oh look I found one here in my office from a fairmont...pm sent Edited 08/09/08 11:54 AM by Tree Monkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 12d Location: Melbourne Posted 08/09/08 11:54 AM Author Share Posted 08/09/08 11:54 AM Hey Tree Monkey,This being an open source project, all the data will be shared here So, everyone can benefit, and do a DYI if they want. I will definately do a pcb for myself, and, once proto-typed, for those that's not so fortunate to design/manufacture the boards, we can run a batch at low cost and send it to members - they will be up to soldering their own components though, but, if the demand is fairly low, I can do one or two for members.Certainly, if you donate something like a ICC, I will definately remember you - but, please be aware projects like these can take significant time to mature, as I have a few hours here and there to work on it, due to work committments....Otherwise, I can always look at getting an ICC back to you again if this doesn't work out.I will appreciate your input though.Kind regards,Beanie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Monkey Member 685 Member For: 17y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: brisvagas / Manly Posted 08/09/08 12:00 PM Share Posted 08/09/08 12:00 PM I am to happy to help and dont worry about postage just have fun with it.... I got it cheep from a mate at the wreckers and it has just been sitting around doing nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 12d Location: Melbourne Posted 08/09/08 12:23 PM Author Share Posted 08/09/08 12:23 PM Hey TM,Thanx a bunch, Mate, much appreciated.Will keep you posted on developements!Kind regards,Beanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty32 Legendary member!! Donating Members 1,739 Member For: 17y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Dianella, West Oz Posted 08/09/08 03:10 PM Share Posted 08/09/08 03:10 PM This is really exciting... A great idea.A lot of your computer Jargon doesnt register with me and I know its gonna take time so this might be hard to answer, but if a layman like me wants to buy the whole lot from you or whoever so its simply a plug and play type of product, what would the approximate cost be?Unfortunately I have nothing to offer in terms of help...Im quite amazed at the way you are so driven to get around the problems that have come up, I think a lot of others would have probably binned the project (myself included) so well done... Will be watching your developments with interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veczar Gold Platinum Member Member 1,081 Member For: 20y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/09/08 01:41 AM Share Posted 10/09/08 01:41 AM Sounds great bean. Where is the project up to? Im happy to help (time permitting) with tips / ideas / design if there is anything you dont know . Will you be building off a standard distro or going more hard core? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glimmerman Member 90 Member For: 16y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Penrith, NSW, OZtralia Posted 10/09/08 08:24 AM Share Posted 10/09/08 08:24 AM @Bean - In your other Carputer project, I noticed how you cut the board for the tyre temp and pressure monitor system, hooked it up to USB and run it from there.Is there some way you could do the same with the control board for the HVAC? - if there is a board, but allow it to be read by the carputer, but also allow its outputs to be written by the carputer? - so that it is there during the handshake at the start as normal, and then can act as a bridge between the carputer and the vehicle after handshaking? I would imagine though that this would still require the codes for the HVAC - but would it be an option that could allow it to be easier?Anyways, that's my 1 cent lol,Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBean Member 400 Member For: 18y 8m 12d Location: Melbourne Posted 10/09/08 11:56 AM Author Share Posted 10/09/08 11:56 AM (edited) @ Veczar: Thanx for your offer, appreciated - there's lots of input to be given We will stick with WinXP for the carputer, I will finetune the Embedded version for this specific motherboard though - got a good working sample going, small, and fast.@ Glimmerman: The ICC generally has only one main rather large motherboard, with the radio, HVAC and CAN interface mostly running through a propietary microcontroller - of course there's a smaller board, but this carries the interface connector to the main wiring harness, as well as the power-amp for the radio..It might be a possibility to divorce the smc micro-controller from the pcb, and use just the CANbus portion for coms on the bus...the ideal though would be to have a complete clean-slate approach, and design something based on a USB-capable CAN microchip, so we can do exactly what you refer to - dual functionality, ie with carputer either on or off, you can still adjust HVAC controls.We might get there eventually.Thanx for the input, guys. Edited 10/09/08 11:59 AM by MrBean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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