Great news and thank you for the update!! It looks like you are getting close.

I think godesshunter should have to wait a couple months since he is late to the game. Maybe he can check back with you in May.

 

I certainly don't want to step on any toes or cut any lines. I just threw the offer out there as an option.

 

My toes, nope. Just thought I would give you a hard time.

 

So far have two boards built. The one on the right is using a newer design. These are working great so far so things are looking real good. I have one more revision at the fab shop that will reduce the size to one pcb board, and won't require a heatsink like the one on the left. Don't lose faith guys, just want to make sure to provide a quality product to you guys

 

Looking great. Purchased some Arduino kit a while back to play around with, and maybe teach my son something about electronics and writing programs (eventually!), and also awaiting Arduino-based TriggerTrap (a kickstarter project - maybe you could try that route for funding??) for my camera... Would love to use this tech in my R3 :-)

 

Thanks for the kind words. The Arduino is a fantastic learning tool and is a great way to interface to the ATMEGA microprocessors. I am considering different "packages" to provide people. A barebones kit like the one pictured above which wont come with a cable or any enclosure, or a complete kit which is going to be a single pcb board solution that I designed, that will have expansion ports, an enclosure, and cable.

This way I can provide people options for those who don't care about future expansion (considering SDCard logging support, GPS support for logging track layouts, etc). And want to save a few bucks which is not only a good thing for them, but a good thing for me as the board is far easier to assemble hehe.

Again, all speculation depending on how the single board solution works out (which will be answered in the next 2 weeks).

edit: Not sure of your programming background, but if you ever have any questions on your code or would like someone to look over your stuff feel free to shoot me a note.

 

Just waiting on the "availability to order" date. A little delay is actually helpful right now. The release of Modo 601 is infringing on my disposable income right now.

 

Thanks for the update. I love the idea of options!

 

Waiting for availability to order as well.
Placing my advanced order now

 

Should have the new rev by the end of next week, if all goes well we can maybe get some boards out to people by mid april *crosses fingers*

 

spent this morning building the custom OBD2 cables and running through more tests on the car. OBD2 cables came out awesome



10ft long cable as well so that you guys can store the RxDuino in the glove box, route the obd2 cable behind the center console and under the steering column. Enough wire so that you can really put it anywhere you want

 

I theory, once the unit is plugged in, with steering wheel controls, there will be no need to access the box again right?

 

exactly

the unit will have a joystick and a reset button on it just incase you want to control from the unit directly, but there really should be no reason so long as the cruise control buttons are controlling as expected

 

hmmm...

Years ago when I was into car stereos I had a setup going into my head unit's aux RCA inputs that was a "piggy back" for running my Ipod and my play station into the single audio input. It would pickup which ever signal it was receiving at the time. or both of they were both playing at once. It looked like this.


I wonder if you could have something like that as an available upgrade option for the OBD2 plug. That way the unit could be hidden up in the dash somewhere and still have the availability to plug in a scanner. If it was done on the inside of the dash kick panel, it would look completely stock like nothing is plugged in.

But I wonder if the scanner will still work with your contraption plugged in. Or is it stealing the info that the scanner would be looking for first?

 

you could buy an OBD2 splitter, and a scanner should work fine in conjunction with the RxDuino. I am not changing, extracting, or manipulating any signals on the bus.

 

Good call. Had no idea that even existed. Never had a reason to look for one.

 

here it is... the latest and greatest revision



size comparison



Components have been ordered, and I am hoping to have one built this weekend....if all goes well we can put the stamp of approval on this and start sending out test kits

 

Is it possible at all to route the cable from the glove box without taking anything apart? If not, is there a chance to make a smaller cable to hide the box just above the odb port?

I am very clumsy when trying to take things in my car apart. I gave up trying to remove my back seat after 10 minutes after everyone (including you) told me it was as easy as pulling up.

I miss the days when I had my 96 Galant and 06 Civic. I didn't give a crap taking anything apart in those cars since they rattled from factory...lol My R3's been ultra tight and rattle free, and I know I am going to break something if I take it apart.

 

Hehe i hear ya, i am going to play around with different locations, I actually think you can just easily zip tie it up by the obd port, or even slide it back behind the fuse box at the driver side kick panel, or even fish it up and place it under the steering wheel. Should be a ton of mounting options since it is nice and small now.

 

might have to buy one off ya

 

Here it is folks ... built by hand, tested, and working!



What I am going to do is send out the design to a few turnkey shops to see how many I can get fully built and assembled this way I dont have to do them all by hand.

 

Awesome. I can't wait to hear the asking price.

 

Same here :-p

I promise to keep the price reasonable. If turnkey quotes are far too expensive, then I will just build the chips by hand which only means that the turn around from order to delivery will be extended but I am sure you guys would understand that as each board will be getting some extra TLC from me :D

Either way, before any prices are discussed, I will be working with the mods to get a group buy or something going. Stay tuned

 

I have about 3 different vendors that are quoting me prices. This is fantastic news because I think that I have configured the RxDuino in such a way that it is going to come at a VERY reasonable cost, especially after seeing the initial quotes they provided. I will keep you all updated, hopefully these guys get me back soon

 

You should apply for a patent. Id hate to see somebody else bank on your hard work.