hey everyone, my friend and i are looking at installing mini media center pc's into the front of our cars, the building of the pc etc will not be a problem, nor will sourcing the pc parts. but what we are a little unsure of is what input cards i would need in the pc to take the reading from the various guages, rev counter etc, and also what software is available for this sort of thing? also, i dont spose any of the readings can be taken from the ecu could they? please could someone suggest what cards, software and cables i would need to do this. cheers :-)

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cheers for the reply, but does that not just diagnose faults? cheers again

nope. It displays on the monitor, a series of parameters, in the form of analogue guages

check my rides for exactly what you are after. as mentioned, nissan datascan is the best current software to do what you want on a car pc. it will give you most parameters in a customisable gauge style format (excluding oil pressure, boost pressure and fuel level) i skinned mine to match the oem dash dials.

 

nissan datascan have been developing specialist software for use in car pcs called nds dash and this has recently been released, i have trialled it and it works really well with my frontend software (centrafuse auto) but my only gripe is the style. not sure if its just the trial software but you cant change the style and colour schemes. the design is a nissan gtr (gran turismo) style so, i feel it looks a bit out of place and gimmicky rather than my preferred oem look.

 

any questions, just ask