Anyone interested in an iDrive Arduino project I'm working on?

[kristiaanb]

Hey IAMOrion,
I'd be interested in speaking with you further about your project and the shield you've made. I'm currently looking at doing the exact same thing for my BMW E91 so i can use the controller as an interface to a Raspberry Pi with LED screen.

I would really appreaciate it if you could contact me regarding the work you've done and if you are now selling the shields etc or offering the schematics and code?



Thanks in advance
Kristiaan.

[IAmOrion]

Hey IAMOrion,
I'd be interested in speaking with you further about your project and the shield you've made. I'm currently looking at doing the exact same thing for my BMW E91 so i can use the controller as an interface to a Raspberry Pi with LED screen.

I would really appreaciate it if you could contact me regarding the work you've done and if you are now selling the shields etc or offering the schematics and code?



Thanks in advance
Kristiaan.

Do you have facebook? You need 3 or more posts I believe in order to use PMs so without any contact info, I can't contact you

[kristiaanb]

Yes you can find me as Kristiaan Bennett on facebook mate, failing that we might get over the post count shortly

[john-e89]

Does anyone have a clue what's going on?

They could be building a bomb big enough to blow a hole the size of Russia out of the world right under our noses and no one’s got a bloody clue it’s happening.....



Seriously though it’s impressive stuff.

[IAmOrion]

They could be building a bomb big enough to blow a hole the size of Russia out of the world right under our noses and no one’s got a bloody clue it’s happening.....
Seriously though it’s impressive stuff.

Certainly not a bomb... but it is somewhat complicated stuff. Some guy recently donated $1000 (yes one thousand dollars) just for a copy of my code

Now I just have to be patient and let it sit for like 2 months to play it safe (I fear the "if it seems to good to be true....")

Yes you can find me as Kristiaan Bennett on facebook mate, failing that we might get over the post count shortly

I've sent you a facebook message AND a PM - neither of which you appear to have received / read

[warmasice]

Does anyone have a clue what's going on?

They could be building a bomb big enough to blow a hole the size of Russia out of the world right under our noses and no one’s got a bloody clue it’s happening.....



Seriously though it’s impressive stuff.

[greg81]

Finally bought myself an Arduino Uno R3 kit this week. Great fun. I've only got as far as making a row of LEDs flash up and down though

[IAmOrion]

Finally bought myself an Arduino Uno R3 kit this week. Great fun. I've only got as far as making a row of LEDs flash up and down though

Hey, it's a start

If you need any help give me a shout... I've been doing stuff with Arduinos for a few years now, from 'Hacking' the iDrive, down to making a remote engine start system for me old Saab 93 - I even wrote my own iPhone app!! haha

[greg81]

Finally bought myself an Arduino Uno R3 kit this week. Great fun. I've only got as far as making a row of LEDs flash up and down though

Hey, it's a start

If you need any help give me a shout... I've been doing stuff with Arduinos for a few years now, from 'Hacking' the iDrive, down to making a remote engine start system for me old Saab 93 - I even wrote my own iPhone app!! haha

Thanks very much. That's impressive stuff. Always something I've been interested in but never got round to. Fortunately I'm a C# dev so the coding part isn't too much of an issue. I particularly enjoyed the simple nano project you posted a few months back with the chasing led side repeaters. I'd like to start getting familiar with led strips I think!

[IAmOrion]

Thanks very much. That's impressive stuff. Always something I've been interested in but never got round to. Fortunately I'm a C# dev so the coding part isn't too much of an issue. I particularly enjoyed the simple nano project you posted a few months back with the chasing led side repeaters. I'd like to start getting familiar with led strips I think!

Oooh, yeah, someone had asked me about replicating the "Phantom" indicators made by Gap Tech. The Nano fits nicely anyways, however the DigiSpark (and it's clone variants) and even smaller and based on the ATTiny85 - and only about £1 each from China (AliExpress) so well worth having some for simple LEDs projects that don't require much coding or fancy patterns ... memory is tight on the ATTiny85 for stuff like simple indicator animations and other simpler stuff they're great

If you like the LED stuff, take a look at my Daft Punk Helmet LED animations I made ...

[RickRob]

It's my bet that the Forum is unwittingly hosting Chinese plans to hack telecoms - but that couldn't happen could it!!??

[greg81]

Not sure about that, but I did just make the world's ugliest thermometer

[IAmOrion]

Not sure about that, but I did just make the world's ugliest thermometer

Dang!! You should really look into getting an I2C screen (or a cheap I2C board for that 1602 LCD)

Was that with a DHT11 / DHT22 or something else? The DHT22 gives you humidity too

[greg81]

A simple, trusty thermistor

[IAmOrion]

A simple, trusty thermistor

Ahhh, fair enough - I didn't spot it at first, but I see it now lol