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    DIY gauges??

    Guys, I just now caught up with what you are talking about, GPS, BlueTooth and WIFI are not reliable means of transferring data. I do not mean that these methods cannot do the task at hand; what I am saying is wireless communications often drop packets and the radios often fail. GPS is...
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    DIY gauges??

    Choppergirl, You bring up an interesting point; I had at one time considered using a tablet, and for the same reasons stayed away from them. This system I have been working on is the most basic and easiest method I have been able to come up with. Using off the shelf devices; whereas if...
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    DIY gauges??

    UPDATE: I was using an old 1GB Sd card that doesn't even have a class printed on it; I changed over to a class 10 and the loading time has significantly improved .
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    DIY gauges??

    Well Guys, Here in NC, we have had a bought of ice and snow, now know it's not as bad as some areas. But around here, the general populous freaks out when we get a dusting. In all, there probably will not be any deliveries before the end of the week...so, my orders will be delayed. In...
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    DIY gauges??

    Hey Ken, Typically in a microcontroller environment, the micro doesn't actually monitor all inputs at the same time. This is where interrupts and a very basic time sharing approach comes in. Basically, the micro for instance monitors rpm for a given amount of time 500 ms or less at a...
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    DIY gauges??

    Here is the first Draft for the instrument panel, created with 4D Systems Workshop. The design file: If anyone has any suggestion, please let me know; what I like to see may not be what everyone else like. Please consider the Workshop IDE from 4D Systems is kinda limited. Thanks everyone
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    DIY gauges??

    Hey Guys, Thanks for the comments; For starters, Thermocouples, using a MAX31855 K Thermocouple amplifier and a MAX4617 8:1 mux (this mux had the lowest on-resistance I could find). Using this thermocouple interface is really simple; I plan to use a freely provided Arduino Library, and...
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    DIY gauges??

    Hello Guys, My name is Philip Hiatt, it's been a while(I think?), since I posted on this forum, if ever. I ran across this thread in the past and once again this morning. I revisited an old project I started about 8-10 years ago when I started building my first home built, VP-2. Like most...
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    Simplified electronic gauge format

    Hi Zoom, and members of the forum; My name is Philip, I have been working on the same kind of project that you are. Although, I have not been putting a lot of time and effort into it here in the past few months. I feel that I may have something to contribute. At the moment, my plan is to...
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    plans for sale

    Steve, Do you still have "16) Evens VP VP-F2-12"? Is this Evans VP-2 plans, if so how much $ are you asking? Thanks Philip
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