8 Series Car Computer - Where To Fit - Gathering Ideas

Zitat von TallTony

Good Man. Now..... pictures please

On the way...

Zitat von TallTony

Btw, what is a Double Hill efect ? Is it 2 screens ? If so are you going to use the top two DIN slots instead?

The double hill effect, I mean this:

the "hill" for the instrument cluster, and a hill for the screen, deep so the sun can't get to it.

I would like to have two screens, so one can be at the bottom near the hand, for easy access to buttons and functions, and a screen at the top for gps/info etc.

Zitat von TallTony

I am on my way to finishing the first stage of the fascia mods and will post pics in a 'work-log' thread soon, maybe even today if all goes smoothly.

yes, please post as many pics as you can with the bezel. I don't have the heart to rip out the screen that I did for the E39 and use it here, it was way too much effort to do it! so I'm going to try to sell it to someone who would be able to utilise it in an E39, and I'll use the funds to buy me a new screen.

I've just seen a new board in the works on digital-car.co.uk

here's the link to the thread. Of most interest is post #24.

This board is amazing as it can do a hell of a lot. Of most interest are:

- Accelerometer for 0-60 and 60-0 times, BHP and usable as a GPS dead reckoning device (for when gps signal is lost/weak)

- 2 RPM inputs (wheels/engine)

- 16 digital inputs. One of these is for the driver door, which along with the ignition switch, controls when the pc goes on and off (when driver opens door it can start booting)

- LIN-bus - should be applicable to ibus, need to find out more

- Light Sensor - useful for auto-dimming the screen brightness

The board is still in beta stages I believe but this looks like a real winner of my cash