Monthly Archives: April 2010

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I take that back

Going the headless install with just a few buttons was going well until I found a nice LCD built for my car, for a very reasonable price. Combined with a few other devices, I decided to go ahead and remove the factory head unit completely.

I chose to go with:
Touch Screen
JoyCon (Steering Wheel Controls)
GMOS-01 Integration Harness

Everything else is installed and working with my old lcd that is still flailing around in the car. I still need to find a better place for the 2×16 serial LCD that currently sits on the dash above the DIC.

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Control Winamp 2.X in VB6

Attached in a simple VB6 module that will help you control an running Winamp instance. I lost this awhile back, and could not find a module that came close to the features that this one offers. Digging around I found it on an old backup drive and decided to post it here.

Winamp VB6 Module
You will need to change the extension from .txt to .bas and then add it into your project.

Currently I am using this code in my project to control Winamp, along with the Winamp LCD Display Plugin to display information on my 2×16 serial LCD above the DIC. Working great so far, but I need to find some option or other way of telling the plugin to clear the LCD screen when it loads up, since the LCD remembers data sent and does not clear old data, leaving characters where there should be nothing but blank spots.

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Lilliput Wiring Diagrams

Any information you would ever need on the Lilliput Touchscreen Monitors: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/advfaq.php?do=view&advfaqid=38

I snipped off the connection ends on my Lilliput 619 Touchscreen. Connecting the wires back up and found out that it did not work, since the connector changes the wires internally.

The information I needed was:
* Connect Orange to Blue, and Blue to Orange.
* Connect Brown to Purple, and Purple to Brown.
* Green and ground are correct.
* All touch wires are also correct.

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Carputer v2

Well the time has come to work on the version two install of the car computer. This time around I’m doing quite a few things different.

Parts ordered:
Car Computer Case
Motherboard
DC-DC Power Supply
Memory: 2GB
Hard Disk: 80GB SATA 2.5 Drive (Until prices drop a little more for ~32-60GB Solid State SATA Drives.)

I started pulling some of the wires back from the car last night, removed the rear seat to get to everything. I’m going to clean up all the wires and such over this weekend and get the install ready for when the parts come. Instead of having an LCD screen available, I’m heading more towards a headless install with just the necessary buttons for some music control and a few other things.

I will have photos posted up soon of the install progress, and of the new equipment.

Goals:
Headless (No monitor unless it’s needed for specific purposes).
HPTuners control on the system instead of laptop.
Program to control upload/save of scans and tune files.
Steering Wheel control for radio and computer using a JoyCon (Future).
Build new house for 2 Line LCD, cleaner install.
Less ghetto looking install of computer in rear.

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Strange spiking O2 graph

Lately while scanning the GTP I have been noticing the O2 graph becoming erratic, sometimes hitting 0 and staying for a while, and then sometimes pegging up and down constantly. Since the O2 sensors help with LTFT and STFT I decided to go ahead and change it out. After a few hours of fucking around, I found the correct tool for the job, and it came right off.

Before the O2 sensor change:
Before O2 Change

And then after the change:
After O2 Change

Notice how the line smooths out.

Might need to smooth a few things out in the MAF tune now, not too sure how long things have been like this.

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