Hello all,
I read a few posts here about hacking the CAN bus of some car models.
One to build a clock out of an instrument cluster, one to get steering wheel angle, etc.
I want something different. I want to build a full virtual cockpit for my car.
What do I need:
I need to know all the CAN messages, the values possible per message and their description received and sent by the stock instrument cluster, so I can write a translation script for my visualization software (like RealDash or similar).
It is not really doable for me to sniff all the different messages and I guess they are already known, because some people here already did some hacking.
I would very like to have some help with this project and maybe, when everything works, you can have fun with it yourself as well.
The concept:
Get a used or new instrument cluster. Empty the housing and build an LCD screen in it. Then build some hardware in it like a Raspberry PI, Arduino or even Android device.
The LCD will show the dials,, gauges, indicators, etc.
The hardware is connected to the CAN bus with a CAN shield and will receive and sent the messages. Yes, sending messages back to the CAN system, because the original cluster does this as well, like telling the Body Computer that is it awake, etc.
Any one interested to build this project? I really hope so.
I read a few posts here about hacking the CAN bus of some car models.
One to build a clock out of an instrument cluster, one to get steering wheel angle, etc.
I want something different. I want to build a full virtual cockpit for my car.
What do I need:
I need to know all the CAN messages, the values possible per message and their description received and sent by the stock instrument cluster, so I can write a translation script for my visualization software (like RealDash or similar).
It is not really doable for me to sniff all the different messages and I guess they are already known, because some people here already did some hacking.
I would very like to have some help with this project and maybe, when everything works, you can have fun with it yourself as well.
The concept:
Get a used or new instrument cluster. Empty the housing and build an LCD screen in it. Then build some hardware in it like a Raspberry PI, Arduino or even Android device.
The LCD will show the dials,, gauges, indicators, etc.
The hardware is connected to the CAN bus with a CAN shield and will receive and sent the messages. Yes, sending messages back to the CAN system, because the original cluster does this as well, like telling the Body Computer that is it awake, etc.
Any one interested to build this project? I really hope so.