Is this going to be a possible option?

thanks

lol u guys u rock my world

One thing at a time, boys and girls. The default and first option will be mounted on a carbon fibre plate for the right hand air vent. Left hand drivers may have to either modify the plate (I don't know how easy it is to cut the fibre) or fabricate their own; there is a minimum order for plates that would make it uneconomical for only a couple.

For those wanting it in a box:
1) it's possible to put it in a box
2) it's not as elegant since the USB socket is unlikely to line up with the outside of the box (I'm not making a new PCB to fit the box)
3) the box is unlikely to *mounted* on the dash anywhere. Stuck on with blue-tack perhaps...
4) removable connections are possible
5) it's going to cost more. (a) there are extra parts; (b) there's a *lot* of extra effort involved; and (c) I don't really want to do it that way. The very few boxes I made for previous versions took *hours*

Neil

Looks like my Greddy's going in the ashtray after all.

Provide.

Looks like I'll have to try and start saving

Hopefully I`ll get round to buying one of these this time .

Baz

defo want one of these, no matter the cost, its worth it in the long run, as a year or two down the line people still goes crazy for them lol

Now *that's* my kind of customer!

Yup Yup, I'd be after one of these straight away, no questions asked.

got to give credit to you going out the way and doing somthing like this for fellow owners, surely if this was on the market it would be alot more expensive

How bout going on the dragon's den

Hi Neil, I'd also like to have one in a standalone case. Is it very expensive to get a limited run made by a plastics moulding company?

Conversations with their sales reps tend to run along the lines of 'how many thousand would you like!'

Alternatively, several hundred for a one or two-off...

Barnacle give me the measurements for a box for them to fit in?

I run an injection moulding company

Aha!

It'll have to wait until I have a proper final prototype built; this one is using an original Mk1 circuit board I happened to have lying around, just as a test rig.

It'll be a few weeks yet, I think - need to get circuit boards from Bulgaria.

I have been waiting for quite a while for you to make a new version barnicle. I 100% want one and i can hear my car shaking in happiness

I will be following this and looking forward to it. Good luck with building it all and hope your back gets better soon.

Ash

And just when I though I was getting closer to buying another apexi avc-r, think the money will have to go on this instead........Barnacle you are a genius, I want in!!!

Cheers
John

That's most of the software out of the way; just a couple of tiny details on the graphics to sort out.

http://www.nailed-barnacle.co.uk/public/tease-logo.jpg
http://www.nailed-barnacle.co.uk/public/tease-display.jpg
http://www.nailed-barnacle.co.uk/public/tease-error.jpg

The display's a lot easier to read now, I think.

Looks like it should be available with black/green, blue/white, or blue/white colour scheme.

Next thing - finish off the software details and then stuff it in a box and check it still talks to the ECU

More pics soon, when that's done.

Neil

Not sure what this does, but it looks cool, I'd be interested!

Gareth

Arrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

That's why I posted the link on the first page

Hey, chill! Having a laugh, remember that, a laugh!? If I could work out how to do smilies, I'd stick my tongue out at you, but I'm too old to know these things!!!

Gareth

Gareth, Just get saving the pennies because after you have read all the information on the widget you will really really really want one

If you have a look at the post you'll see I put a cheesy grin at the bottom, meaning I was having a laugh too

Oh, and if an old codger like me can work out how to do smileys....

(quick keyboard smileys: use a colon plus a *D* for a grin, like this : D without the space. Use a colon plus a *P* for tongue out : p easy! Although slightly off topic, and Barnacle has a short temper.... )

Nice idea with the fault being displayed as text rather than the number, could the revised software be loaded onto the old style widgets or will the software have changed too much for the new lcd ?

I have heard from my mate Bill that there is money to be made in upgrading software

I know this Stan, it's just that smug face looking back at me from your sig!

I'd already read it! It's a superb piece of kit that I will be stumping up some cash for me thinks. We are pretty damn lucky to have a genius in the club I guess, seems to me that this widget will be worth every penny, just think of the savings from not having to get a diagnosis done everytime your Coop fccuks up! Brilliant.

I'll wait for it to become available, saving in the mean time!

G

Has the coupe finaly found its translater

In for this,money well spent.

What does it do

Off topic I know, but thats much better Stan!

Oh, and thanks for the smiley tip!

It does Stan?!!?!

Surely this thread should have NSFW plastered all over it,

Neil - what's the chance of getting it back-lit?

Also, consider the mounting used for the Harman Kardon Drive & Play - the screen is standalone and can be mounted almost anywhere.

http://www.harmankardon.com/drive-1/

Might be interesting to have the screen seperate to the main box of gubbins - would make it simpler to mount maybe?

Finally, I guess colour screens are prohibitively expensive?