Hello All,

ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a mazda rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2 adapter. today i realised that
i can install some other stuff on it, so i did install dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu/images/rx8-anothermillenium.jpg

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Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
By: Roon to All on Fri May 03 2024 04:35 pm

ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a mazda rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2 adapter. today i realised that i can install some other stuff on it, so i did install dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

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Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
By: Roon to All on Fri May 03 2024 04:35 pm

ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a mazda rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2 adapter. today i realised that i can install some other stuff on it, so i did install dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

That's cool. :)
A while ago, I bought a bluetooth OBD2 reader that can plug into the OBD2 port and transmit data to your phone, and there are smartphone apps that can read that and display your car's information.

However, and maybe it depends on the car, but I realized that the OBD2 port might be always getting power, even when the engine is off, which can drain the car's battery faster. So, these days I tend to avoid having something plugged into the OBD2 port all the time.

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games, but now i can also check my favorite boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

That's wild! Such a step up from poking in with an app on the phone at work!!

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ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a
mazda rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2
adapter. today i realised that
i can install some other stuff on it, so i did install
dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite
boards waiting for the read light turn green :) http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu/images/rx8-anothermillenium.jpg

That's phenomenal!! A great combination of fun projects. And I'm pretty sure any laws against text while driving don't apply to FTN messages! (note: I am not a lawyer and that is surely false information) :)

You know it's Roon rolling down the street when you hear those modem connection tones booming from the subwoofer in the back.


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Hello Nightfox,

03 May 24 09:28, you wrote to me:

Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
By: Roon to All on Fri May 03 2024 04:35 pm

ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a mazda
rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2 adapter. today
i realised that i can install some other stuff on it, so i did
install dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite
boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

That's cool. :)
A while ago, I bought a bluetooth OBD2 reader that can plug into the
OBD2 port and transmit data to your phone, and there are smartphone
apps that can read that and display your car's information.

yeah i did the same, but screen was small and for iOS you need a wifi obd2 adapter (bluetooth is not good for the iphones) and so there is no internet on the phone while using it. so i've got out the old dvd-driven (japan-only) navigation and built in the rpi. i've found some nice python scripts on github and i've customized it to my needs. installed kodi+plex, dosbox, etc.

However, and maybe it depends on the car, but I realized that the OBD2
port might be always getting power, even when the engine is off, which
can drain the car's battery faster. So, these days I tend to avoid
having something plugged into the OBD2 port all the time.

yeah its getting power all the time but very few. if you dont move with your car for two weeks that is still not a problem...

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Hello AKAcastor,

03 May 24 11:40, you wrote to me:

ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a
mazda rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2
adapter. today i realised that
i can install some other stuff on it, so i did install
dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite
boards waiting for the read light turn green :)
http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu/images/rx8-anothermillenium.jpg

That's phenomenal!! A great combination of fun projects. And I'm
pretty sure any laws against text while driving don't apply to FTN messages! (note: I am not a lawyer and that is surely false
information) :)

i've left my twenties so i try not to do stupid things on the road.

You know it's Roon rolling down the street when you hear those modem connection tones booming from the subwoofer in the back.

hmm, now that's some nice idea! gotta download an mp3 :)

i should make a LED display to the back window which says CONNECT 28800/ARQ/LAPM/etc... when reaching over 200km/h :)

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ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a mazda rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2 adapter. today i realised that
i can install some other stuff on it, so i did install dosbox+some
games, but now i can also check my favorite boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

Thats not useless.... I'd love to have that in my car, being able to check a few message boards while stuck in traffic/otherwise waiting would be great.

What setup have you got for input? I can't image you have a full keyboard sitting around in your car? Or maybe you do....

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Hello kirkspragg,

03 May 24 13:37, you wrote to me:

ok, so i have a raspberry pi built in to my hobby-car, a mazda
rx-8, it displays stuff from the engin via an obd2 adapter. today
i realised that i can install some other stuff on it, so i did
install dosbox+some games, but now i can also check my favorite
boards waiting for the read light turn green :)

Thats not useless.... I'd love to have that in my car, being able to
check a few message boards while stuck in traffic/otherwise waiting
would be great.

What setup have you got for input? I can't image you have a full
keyboard sitting around in your car? Or maybe you do....

i have this cheapo wireless keyboard+touchpad thing under the right seat, so i can get it in a sec :)

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You know it's Roon rolling down the street when you hear those modem connection tones booming from the subwoofer in the back.

hmm, now that's some nice idea! gotta download an mp3 :)

i should make a LED display to the back window which says CONNECT 28800/ARQ/LAPM/etc... when reaching over 200km/h :)

Yes that's great! If you were to reach 56k it may be a new land speed record!

The "/ARQ/LAPM" part is what really sells this. Wonderful detail and I must assume very safe driving. :)


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The "/ARQ/LAPM" part is what really sells this. Wonderful detail and I mus

Ahhh .. /LAPM ... forgot all about that.

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Hello Nightfox!

** On Friday 03.05.24 - 09:28, Nightfox wrote to Roon:

However, and maybe it depends on the car, but I realized
that the OBD2 port might be always getting power, even when
the engine is off, which can drain the car's battery
faster. So, these days I tend to avoid having something
plugged into the OBD2 port all the time.

I have an OBD2 device plugged in all the time. A friend assured
me that extremely little power is used when the engine is off.

I keep getting a fault light that resurfaces evey 2 to 4 engine
starts. Leaving the device plugged in much handier.


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Nightfox wrote to Roon <=-

However, and maybe it depends on the car, but I realized that the OBD2 port might be always getting power, even when the engine is off, which
can drain the car's battery faster. So, these days I tend to avoid
having something plugged into the OBD2 port all the time.

Any car I've coded requires that the engine be on. It gets enough power
at rest to light the display, but it won't read anything until the
engine is on.

If you're worried about battery drain, can I recommend replacing your
interior lights with LED replacement bulbs? I do that with most of my
cars, the lights are cheap, they throw out a lot more light, and more importantly to me, if you leave the dome light on, it won't kill the
battery.



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Any car I've coded requires that the engine be on. It gets enough
power
at rest to light the display, but it won't read anything until the
engine is on.

+1. Pretty sure the engine needed to be on for any car I have
owned/worked on to display a code.



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Re: Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat May 04 2024 09:41 am

However, and maybe it depends on the car, but I realized that the OBD2
port might be always getting power, even when the engine is off, which
can drain the car's battery faster. So, these days I tend to avoid
having something plugged into the OBD2 port all the time.

Any car I've coded requires that the engine be on. It gets enough power at rest to light the display, but it won't read anything until the engine is on.

What do you mean by "coded"?

If you're worried about battery drain, can I recommend replacing your interior lights with LED replacement bulbs? I do that with most of my cars, the lights are cheap, they throw out a lot more light, and more importantly to me, if you leave the dome light on, it won't kill the battery.

I don't think I've ever forgotten to turn off a dome light, and other than that, I don't think there are any other interior lights in a car that would be on when the engine is turned off. I think my current car might actually have LED lights from the factory (though I'd have to double-check).

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Any car I've coded requires that the engine be on. It gets enough
power at rest to light the display, but it won't read anything
until the engine is on.

+1. Pretty sure the engine needed to be on for any car I have

You'd have to think for the small amount of current it might draw, that it'd
be more an idictment of the battery state, or very infrequent driving. If it really worried someone, you could always bang a relay into the ignition power and loop the OBD power through it.

Spec


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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Any car I've coded requires that the engine be on. It gets enough power at rest to light the display, but it won't read anything until the engine is on.

What do you mean by "coded"?

Plugged in an OBD reader to read codes from the car.

(It means something a little different now - I have a BMW i3, and there
are lots of configuration options available with a program called
Bimmercode and an OBD dongle. "coding" means changing the params to
change the car's behavior...)



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Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
By: Roon to All on Fri May 03 2024 04:35 pm

http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu/images/rx8-anothermillenium.jpg

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Hello Roon!

http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu/images/rx8-anothermillenium.jpg

Is the 217970 km all yours?


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Hello Ogg,

05 May 24 19:51, you wrote to me:

http://bbs.roonsbbs.hu/images/rx8-anothermillenium.jpg

Is the 217970 km all yours?

nope, just ~120000. 4th engine :)

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Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
By: Roon to Ogg on Mon May 06 2024 09:16 pm

Is the 217970 km all yours?

nope, just ~120000. 4th engine :)

That sounds like a VW. I'm considering buying a VW Vanagon Westfalia, and like any old VW, the engines need to be "blown out" every 60-70K miles. Every one has a rebuilt engine.

I did find a decent one with a 2.4l aircooled replacement instead of the 2.1l engine, but considering that the steering wheel was on upside down, I was a little leery of the quality of work.
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