Software Developers? Cluster/Screen dev

[jRuN]

Hello everyone, just over here having a random thought. I'm a software developer by day.. if I recall, ecutek has a feature that changes the output of the HP/tq screen to show ethanol content.. does anyone here know what they did or used to tap into this ability?

Is there a way to gain access to the code used in our cluster / infotainment screens?

I'd love a chance to tinker and see if I can come up with some additional functionality.. gauges (boost) etc etc..

Anywho, just thought I'd put some feelers out there in case anyone out there had any insight to how the software side of these modern cars were setup.. And the feasibility of hacking into it to modify code

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[zrk]

Hello everyone, just over here having a random thought. I'm a software developer by day.. if I recall, ecutek has a feature that changes the output of the HP/tq screen to show ethanol content.. does anyone here know what they did or used to tap into this ability?

Is there a way to gain access to the code used in our cluster / infotainment screens?

I'd love a chance to tinker and see if I can come up with some additional functionality.. gauges (boost) etc etc..

Anywho, just thought I'd put some feelers out there in case anyone out there had any insight to how the software side of these modern cars were setup.. And the feasibility of hacking into it to modify code

Displays are powered by CANBus just like everything else. The PIDs are selectable through Ecutek. Any can capable device (RPI 5, PiCan2, etc), can output to those PIDs.

 

[Kennith82]

Not 100% what you're looking for, but I think there might be some feasibility in somehow flashing over the standard 5 series kombi software on the Supra cluster, or retrofitting the 550i cluster. That way the other parameters available like boost, temp, etc can be altered.

The hardware seems to be the exact same, besides the LCD size. Moreover, the cluster in the Supras are just a giant LCD. However, honestly really not really , when something like carplay gauges do the same thing. Just figured worth mentioning if anyone else wants to investigate.

 

[bk5]

While not what you're looking for, it would be a million times easier to probe the CAN network via odbii with something like a raspberry pi and send that output to a second display panel to show the information that you're looking for.

I was thinking about building something to replace the HUD.

 

[razorlab]

While not what you're looking for, it would be a million times easier to probe the CAN network via odbii with something like a raspberry pi and send that output to a second display panel to show the information that you're looking for.

I was thinking about building something to replace the HUD.

This. This is exactly what I do. I have gone through a couple revs...

 

[Bug2th]

While not what you're looking for, it would be a million times easier to probe the CAN network via odbii with something like a raspberry pi and send that output to a second display panel to show the information that you're looking for.

I was thinking about building something to replace the HUD.

still not sure why the app can’t be made to work with apple carplay/android auto like maps/pandora, etc. - read the data however you need then output through CarPlay app to lcd. Or is that a licensing thingy?

 

[bk5]

This. This is exactly what I do. I have gone through a couple revs...

Now i know where Ford got their idea for the triple-wide dash setup.

This is seriously cool. Is Rev1 a cheap android tablet? What are you using for data capture? Is this code available via github?

 

[ApexTheory]

This. This is exactly what I do. I have gone through a couple revs...

Nice, is this code available on Github? I have a spare Pi and LCD screen laying around.

 

[SilverBully]

Dude I was just recently thinking about this, I use bimmerlink's dashboard to monitor my car "vitals" but they don't have carplay integration and I wish I could use the headunit to display this information.... I am a software engineer too and been trying to talk myself out of starting another side project but this would be really nice to have

 

[Bigboss]

Boost guage being displayed with the hp/tq screen would be amazing

 

[razorlab]

still not sure why the app can’t be made to work with apple carplay/android auto like maps/pandora, etc. - read the data however you need then output through CarPlay app to lcd. Or is that a licensing thingy?

There is this app for Carplay: https://ontrackapps.co.uk/

Now i know where Ford got their idea for the triple-wide dash setup.

This is seriously cool. Is Rev1 a cheap android tablet? What are you using for data capture? Is this code available via github?

Rev2 is actually the tablet because it was easier to get working fast. I will revisit the widescreen display which is actually running off a miniPC in the glove box.

I am using an Autosportslabs Racepture for both: https://www.supramkv.com/threads/datalogging-lap-times-and-vehicle-telemetry-all-in-one.15385/

 

[zrk]

Boost guage being displayed with the hp/tq screen would be amazing

Most tunes this is the default.

Boost and Ethanol.

 

[Bigboss]

Most tunes this is the default.

Boost and Ethanol.

Do you have a pic of what the boost guage or info looks like on the screen? I think i seen the display show percentage of ethanol before but I have not seen anything about boost

 

[razorlab]

Do you have a pic of what the boost guage or info looks like on the screen? I think i seen the display show percentage of ethanol before but I have not seen anything about boost

Same screen as the hp/torque, just shows boost numbers. Still labeled hp/torque.

 

[jRuN]

Same screen as the hp/torque, just shows boost numbers. Still labeled hp/torque.

This is a perfect example of something I would ASSume should be easy enough to modify the code to change the labels to "Boost" and "Ethanol".. why only change the values? This is a big part of what I was asking for access to. The UI. build new screens with different graphics, data, etc.

Wondering if that's possible or if they have that side of the software completely locked down..

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