Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
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Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
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Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#2bluetooth OBD II reader and a bluetooth adapter for the pi, and you'd have instant vehicle stats.
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#3https://www.google.com/search?q=raspberry+pi+site%3Amp3car.c... has all kinds of similar builds
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#4TL;DR Man uses HDMI port to drive HDMI monitor. [HDMI monitor is in car and HDMI port is on Raspberry Pi, but this doesn't really matter as no other features of car nor pi where used.]
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#5Why is this a story? Did they do anything other than plugging a device with hdmi output into a device with hdmi input? I expected to see some sort of special UI configuration to make the pi more ideal for being operated in a car at the very least.
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#6TL;DR Man uses HDMI port to drive HDMI monitor. [HDMI monitor is in car and HDMI port is on Raspberry Pi, but this doesn't really matter as no other features of car nor pi where used.]
Haha exactly what I gleaned from this article. Big whoop.
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#7bluetooth OBD II reader and a bluetooth adapter for the pi, and you'd have instant vehicle stats.
Or just run Torque on an Android phone and have the same thing.
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#8What does "natively" mean in this context? It's a bit like saying my RPi is running "natively" in my "livingroom" when I plug it in to my "TeeVee".
What would it matter, either? I thought the CANBUS in the latest Hondas is encrypted now, and the OBDII was using proprietary codes. So you could make a goofy media player out of it. You're not going to actually do anything with real vehicle telemetry unless you use a app like Torque that has a database of reverse engineered codes.
Honestly, it'd be better if I plugged my Samsung Note 3 into that very same HDMI port. You're better off buying a used Android for the same price as the RPi, because at least that Android would have usable sensors in it and an UI subsystem built around touch and voice input. You might even be able to get network access on it. I mean, he's already planning on having an Android device around to use for network access on the RPi. The RPi is literally doing nothing here.
Buy a $5 MSP430. Hell, if you're spending $50+ on an RPi, buy 10 MSP430s. Install Energia. Use SPI to communicate between your laptop and your MSP430. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get it to work with Android, too. You'll be able to do significantly more than you can with the RPi.
Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#9bluetooth OBD II reader and a bluetooth adapter for the pi, and you'd have instant vehicle stats.
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Re: Running Raspberry Pi natively in a Honda Civic
#10What does "natively" mean in this context? It's a bit like saying my RPi is running "natively" in my "livingroom" when I plug it in to my "TeeVee". What would it matter, either? I thought the CANBUS in the latest Hondas is encrypted now, and the OBDII was using proprietary codes. So you could make a goofy media player out of it. You're not going to actually do anything with real vehicle telemetry unless you use a app…
RPi runs Linux -- which is infinitely easier to develop for than an MSP430 or Android. You probably could interface with the vehicle telemetry, but you would do it like you would with any PC: through some proprietary USB adapter.
The whole benefit of the RPi is that it gives you access to a ton of open source software and low-cost hardware in a cheap embedded platform. Try adding Wi-Fi to an MSP430; it will take an XBee and a ton of code to make it work. With an RPi, it's as easy as buying a $15 USB Wi-Fi dongle and configuring the interface.