On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 11:06 -0500, Andrew Turner wrote: > On 1/26/07, Tim Newsom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a side note... In the US and probably other countries there is a > > standard for the interface to the car computer. From that interface you > > can get the vehicle speed and diagnostic information about how the > > engine is running. It might be interesting to have some kind of > > bluetooth car interface to obtain that information and display it for > > you while you are in your car. Anyone ever heard of anything like > > that? > > > You're speaking of OBD or CAN. > > There are some good interfaces out there, though the auto companies > try to protect their information. It would be neat to build a > plotter/scanner interface for measuring the car sensors on the Neo > using either bluetooth or serial/usb.
On my car, the interface is an OBDII. TurboXS <http://www.turboxs.com/> has written a program (DTEC Boost Controller Pro (DTEC-BC-PRO) <http://www.turboxs.com/shop_car4.php?car=20>) that turns a Nintendo Gameboy DS into a Boost Controller. I have a Linux-based carputer that reads off data from the Subaru, so why not a cellphone (via USB)? It's fun! -- Richi _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
