Hi folks,



I'd like to pick your brains about:

-adding an electronic speed signal to various gearboxes
-adding an electronic speed signal to a car using various inductive speed sensors

There is a commercial angle on this: I sell Head up Display speedometers and I'd like to put together a fairly comprehensive list of ways to drive them if you haven't already got a VSS signal.

The information will be complied/hosted/kept available for all to see though, and I hope it can become a useful resource for anybody wanting to find a speedometer solution - whether using a SpeedView or otherwise.



Here are a couple of threads I've started in the FAQ that might be handy references for se7ens and locosts:

How to add a VSS signal on a car that doesn't have one:
http://www.speedview.co/forum/showthread.php?tid=32&pid=38#pid38

How to add a VSS output to a mechanical speedo:
http://www.speedview.co/forum/showthread.php?tid=7&pid=12#pid12



I'd like to start another with X sender/converter fits Y gearbox.

Threads like these are golden:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/5/viewthread.php?tid=164103
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52742
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=48096

And I was hoping to be slightly lazy and ask if anybody remembers particularly good threads (or other web resources) that they could reply here with them.



I'd also like to update the speedo sender content of the "useful bits and pieces" section:
http://www.speedview.co/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=62

Again, if you know of other sources for speedo senders (or have experience with any of the ones listed that says DO or DO NOT use them) I'd be very interested.


Thanks,

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Marko@SpeedView

(I have registered/paid up as a Trader and will be discussing the Head up Display proposition shortly - but the trader update hasn't made it to my profile yet so its just background work for the moment; hope the mods don't mind, or see this and apply the label)

welcome,

that is an interesting project,... I will watch with interest. Did some work with the team behind the fledgling Drivesmart systems one,... lost in the mists of time!

Cheers Howard! The LEDs and drive circuits have recently dropped to a price/performance level that makes the inexpensive daylight visible displays practical. (so long as you're not trying to do anything too clever/multi-function - those still demand an expensive whacking great big projector light source and LCD, or a scanning laser) When the trader status show up I'll be recruiting some test pilots.


Back to the topic at hand though:

Speedo cable converters and speedo pickups:
http://www.speedview.co/forum/showthread.php?tid=34&pid=40#pid40

Gearboxes and suitable OEM senders:
http://www.speedview.co/forum/showthread.php?tid=35

waterproof ?

SpeedView Matt? I'll have to start a new thread shortly by the looks of things.


Not waterproof as standard, though it survives showers fine - long term test car was an MX5 which got utterly drenched on more than one occasion - just don't leave puddles of water lying in the 'bowl' the screen sits in.


If you split the case and fit it flush you can make it as-near-as-makes-no-odds waterproof with a smear of acrylic or instant gasket between screen/case and case/dash. No car to hand, but here's it flush-fitted to a cardboard box:

http://www.speedview.co/director/flushinstall/splitcase/IMG_8216.JPG
http://www.speedview.co/director/flushinstall/splitcase/IMG_8214.JPG

It'll be shadowed/protected from the worst of the elements by your aeroscreen - you'll need something like this for the projection to be visible:

http://www.speedview.co/director/se7en/half%20aero.jpg

Opaque aeroscreen is fine too.

Yes, you guessed my question.
Looks interesting.

Welcome to the site.

Matt