Ok here is the plan :

my radioconsole will have a Aluminium look
a DvD Radio with remotecontrol (pics follow)
a 7" TFT for Navigation , DVB-T TV , Frontcamera with infrared for Night view
and the little upgraded ventilationcontrol

here is the TFT

bought it from Ebay , its a portable Playstation2 screen 35€ new price so iam gonna take it apart






updates follow

I'd love to know the detail of interfacing to that TFT. I've been thinking about doing a class cockpit using something similar.

This is cool, ill be watching!

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Cool, I'm very curious about the design of this. I've been wanting to adapt the Fiero dash to accept Double DIN, or 7" LCD's. Preferably little bit higher up than the radio is now, so I don't have to take my eyes of the road for too long..

Keep us posted..


-M

had something like this in mind

Super excellent project! AND you started it off right by posting pictures! Nothin' worse than two pages of how too typed up... makes it tough on those of us with ADHD.

quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac: had something like this in mind

...Been wanting to go in basically the same direction with my interior project.

I'll be watching you!!!

Brett

quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac:

Nice ideas...
Just a quick note, the HUD has to be in your line on sight, or else it's not serving it's purpose.

see here https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/064644.html

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quote Originally posted by Mister: Nice ideas... Just a quick note, the HUD has to be in your line on sight, or else it's not serving it's purpose. see here https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/064644.html

ohh good to know thx for the tip , i thought its kind of a holographical film where it will be projected onto . Ill relocate the HUD then

first of two cameras arrived today



attached the camera to my TV and took a pic from the campic

quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac: ohh good to know thx for the tip , i thought its kind of a holographical film where it will be projected onto . Ill relocate the HUD then

Yeah, I had that misconcept at first, it's just a reflection, it has to be exactly below the desired reflection location (see pics in thread).

keep us posted

got the Radio/DVD-player today .


i hope it hold what promised ,
it play dvd mp3 vcd svcd cd cdr cdrw dvdrw and has cardreader and usb 2.0 port

Please include the place where you get /got your IR camera.

Very nice thread so far. I will be watching

quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac: had something like this in mind

Damn you, steeling my idea. I have a twist to mine though. Your drawing looks good, I'll watch to see how it comes out.

quote Originally posted by revin: Please include the place where you get /got your IR camera. Very nice thread so far. I will be watching

i use a camera like this here

http://cgi.ebay.de/743-7-IR...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and i will build me 2 infrared headlights (with infrared LED http://cgi.ebay.com/20x-10m...QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) to improve the range of the nightview with 40 IR LED estimated range 80 - 100 meters for cold objects .
humans ,animals , cops behind trees , ..... will be seen better

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old stuff out



some woodwork for the body (will be covered with leather later)



first impressions

Lookin good!

The vents will be above the TV, or will you just close them off? it looks like a great design

Where'd you get that shifter surround from? Did you make that?

yes i did the sourround https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/065076.html

atm iam building new aluminium vents , smaller than the original

divided the ventilationcontrols

Very nice!

I like what you did with the HVAC...very nice indeed.

WOW!! NOW you impressed me!

100 infrared LED for the IR Headlights and 10 ultraviolett LED for enginebay illumination

What are you going to use the 100 IR LEDS for? They will not give any light? They are used to transmit signals like a remote, right?
Don´t you need a special camera for night vision?
The console looks great!

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quote Originally posted by Sharkman: What are you going to use the 100 IR LEDS for? They will not give any light? They are used to transmit signals like a remote, right? Don´t you need a special camera for night vision? The console looks great!

The IR LEDs will be used to send an IR Signal for Night Vision. They will produce IR light ahead of the vehicle, and the Night Vision Camera will pick up on any reflections.

oh yeah ! VERY nice hvac controls !!! Of course I just use the vent, cause no AC here.....

I did find a nice IR camera that did come with the leds. A bit larger than yours but IR indeed! Thanks for the source

quote Originally posted by revin: oh yeah ! VERY nice hvac controls !!! Of course I just use the vent, cause no AC here..... I did find a nice IR camera that did come with the leds. A bit larger than yours but IR indeed! Thanks for the source

my Frontcamera has also 18 IR LED build in i will use the 100 IR LED to buils me 2 seperate LED Headlights to improve the Range of the nightview which is normally 9-15 meters and thats not much

So are you saying that the more IR leds will alow you to see further?
I thought that the distance was directed to the lens only? I think i got one that shows 25/80 meters
oh here ya go...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBay...=110140413810&rd=1,1

quote Originally posted by revin: So are you saying that the more IR leds will alow you to see further? I thought that the distance was directed to the lens only? I think i got one that shows 25/80 meters oh here ya go... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBay...=110140413810&rd=1,1

looking good for me

and sure range is same effect if u would use 1 normal LED or 100
the IR LED emmit an IR light beam similar to an Lightbeam within the visible Lightspectrum and the Cmos camera will show you the objects enlighted by the IR Lightbeam .
A Real infrared Camera would show you also the heat of Living objects ( like the view of the "Predator" in the same named schwarzeneggermovie )

the biggest advantage that u have with the Infraredbeams is that u can iluminate the whole area in Front of the car without disturbing other drivers .
i think mercedes use also the IR Lightbeam method and BWM uses the real infrared cam tech

Very Cool project..Good luck.

What will you use for a shifter, because won't the standard Fiero knob hit whatever is in the drink holders?

Bob

quote Originally posted by Fieromaniac: A Real infrared Camera would show you also the heat of Living objects ( like the view of the "Predator" in the same named schwarzeneggermovie )

I think that would be a FLIR camera .....

getting the leather onto the console is hard . seems it dont like me

Will you be installing a heads up display like in your drawing?

yes but i will build me a new housing for the instrumentcluster where it will be integrated in .
like Mister told me : its not a place for the HUD

you've inspired me to fix my center console but not go quite as far as you have. Yours looks like its going to turn out very nice.

starting to work on the ALU Frontplates

265 holes per side 2 times drilling per hole = 1060 holes at all ....... man i even drilled into my finger

u shouldnt drill while watching TV

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