KNIGHT DIGITAL DASHBOARD (KIDD)
BASIC SETUP:
UNIT 01: SPEEDOMETER AND VOICEBOX
UNIT 02: TACHOMETER AND POWERBOARD
UNIT 03: TABLET PC TO REPLACE THE 10" MOITOR
UNIT 04: LOWER CONSOLE
UNIT 05: SWITCHPOD LEFT
UNIT 06: SWITCHPOD RIGHT
UNIT 07: OVERHEAD CONSOLE
UNIT01:
IS A RASPBERRY PI5 WITH ONE 7" TOUCH (SPEEDOMETER) AND ONE 5" TOUCH (VOICEBOX). THE SPEEDOMETER READS ITS DATA DIRECTLY FROM THE ALDL PORT OF THE CAR. FOR NOW IT ONLY WORKS WITH MY CAR (1991 3,1l ENGINE). THE VOICEBOX IS A NORMAL VU-METER REACTING TO THE MICROPHONE.
THERE ARE MUCH THEMES YOU CAN USE:
ORIGINAL THEMES: SEASON 01 SEASON 02 SEASON 03 SEASON 04
SPECIAL THEMES: SEASON 05: A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGH-TECH SEASON 4 THEME.
SPECIAL THEMES:
DARK
MAD-MAX (SHOWS A BROKEN DISPLAY AND SO ON)
GM (ORIGINAL PONTIAC DASHBOARD)
GMD (ORIGINAL PONTIAC DIGITAL DASHBOARD)
LCARS (STAR TREK DISPLAYS)
UNIT02:
IS A RASPBERRY PI5 WITH TWO 7" TOUCHSCREENS (TACHOMETER AND POWERBOARD). THE TACHOMETER GETS ITS DATA FROM THE SPEEDOMETER UNIT01 (ALDL PORT) YOU CAN CONNECT 12 DIGITAL INPUTS (TO SHOW THE INFORMATION LIGHTS FROM THE ORIGINAL CLUSTER)
ITS ALSO PREPARED TO SWITCH 32 RELAIS (2x16 RELAISBOARD). I USED IT TO SWITCH THE WINDOWS AND LIGHTS IGNITION AND START FROM THE CAR.
YOU CAN RENAME ALL INPUTS AND OUTPUTS LIKE YOU WANT, YOU JUST HAVE TO EDIT A “TXT” FILE
IF YOU PUSH A BUTTON SOMEWHERE AT THE SWITCHPODS LOWER OR OVERHEAD CONSOLE, THE SOUND PLAYS ON THIS UNIT. JUST CONNECT AMPLIFIER TO THE AUDIO OUTPUT.
UNIT03:
IS A 10.1" TABLET (WINDOWS OR LINUX). UNTIL NOW IT ONLY PLAYS A VIDEO “DEVON IS CALLING”
UNIT04:
IS A RASPBERRY PI ZERO WITH ONE 10" TOUCHSCREEN. UNTIL NOW ONLY A STATIC IMAGE OF THE LOWER CONSOLE
UNIT05:
IS A ARDUINO D1 MINI CONNECTED TO A NEXTION 3,5" TOUCHSCREEN. IT CONTAINS ONLY BUTTONS TO TRIGGER SOUND EVENTS ON THE TACHOMETER (UNIT02).
UNIT06:
IS EXACTLY THE SAME LIKE UNIT05 ONLY OTHER TEXTS ON THE BUTTONS
UNIT07:
IS A RASPBERRY PI 4 WITH TWO 8.8" (1920x480) LCD DISPLAYS. IT SHOWS THE STATE OF THE RELAISBOARDS AND INPUTS AND SOME VIDEOS FROM THE SHOW.
UNIT08:
THIS WILL BE A HEADUP DISPLAY MOUNTED IN THE LEFT SPEAKER SLOT IN THE DASHBOARD.