Shadow dash for race application
02-16-2015, 11:14 PM
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Shadow dash for race application
Referring to this sexy beast:
I'm helping in building a chump/lemons car with an MS, and we have a **** ton of autometer gauges available to use. Alternatively, we're considering using said shadow dash, and mounting a tablet plus charging solution into the dash, with just a wideband, giant tach, fuel gauge, and shift light for gauges.
Does anyone have experience using shadow dash on track? Any pros/cons to this setup? Seems much simpler than a spendy autometer setup, and customizable as we change our minds for gauge layout.
I'm helping in building a chump/lemons car with an MS, and we have a **** ton of autometer gauges available to use. Alternatively, we're considering using said shadow dash, and mounting a tablet plus charging solution into the dash, with just a wideband, giant tach, fuel gauge, and shift light for gauges.
Does anyone have experience using shadow dash on track? Any pros/cons to this setup? Seems much simpler than a spendy autometer setup, and customizable as we change our minds for gauge layout.
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02-18-2015, 01:45 AM
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Refresh rate is perfectly fine, bluetooth is fast. I would mostly worry about dropped connections/connection issues. Some days it works great for me, others it doesn't. It would be good for non-crucial/informational gauges, but I don't know if I would trust it for crucial information.
More details on the chump car?
Edit: Read some more and saw that you were still going to have main gauges. I would totally do it. Bluetooth is super cheap and easy to add to MS.
Edit Edit: Also make sure to consider cooling for the tablet. A simple computer fan or something like that would really help. A lot of devices like that have a thermal shutdown mode and constant screen on would not help that. Maybe pair it to a conveniently cheap GPS module and get realtime track data
More details on the chump car?
Edit: Read some more and saw that you were still going to have main gauges. I would totally do it. Bluetooth is super cheap and easy to add to MS.
Edit Edit: Also make sure to consider cooling for the tablet. A simple computer fan or something like that would really help. A lot of devices like that have a thermal shutdown mode and constant screen on would not help that. Maybe pair it to a conveniently cheap GPS module and get realtime track data
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02-18-2015, 02:52 AM
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Good news! I hadn't heard about the OTG support. If that is supported I would go with that, a surface pro isn't something you would rock in a race car, they're not cheap lol. A used nexus 7 will cost you 100-150 on cl.
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02-18-2015, 02:59 AM
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I have an HP Touchpad running android, which doesn't have the best of specs in this day and age. But I'm thinking for HPDE it will be mounted up to display oil temp and water temp in big bold letters, along with whatever else I decide to include on there. Things response time aren't super critical for.
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02-18-2015, 12:00 PM
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Here's the car, if anyone's interested. Not sure why photos suck so much.
Ignition switch is from the '05 MSM I parted out. Yes, this heap has a switchblade key. You can see it dangling next to the red/white tag.
Ignition switch is from the '05 MSM I parted out. Yes, this heap has a switchblade key. You can see it dangling next to the red/white tag.
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02-18-2015, 12:03 PM
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Yeah, all you need is a USB OTG cable, and a USB-RS232 cable that has an FTDI chipset.
See talk about the FTDI chipset here: Megasquirt Support Forum (MSEXTRA) ? Shadowdash and USB (View topic)
See talk about the FTDI chipset here: Megasquirt Support Forum (MSEXTRA) ? Shadowdash and USB (View topic)
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02-18-2015, 02:17 PM
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The car is really built to supermiata specs, but we don't have the series here yet. The plan is to run the car in chump car to get some track time and shake out the bugs. It will run in EC class so no worries on the value.
I think my camera lens was dirty when i took the shots this morning as i rushed to work.
1993 NA chassis. 2003 vvt engine. MSPNP. some other things. Now with brake lights and a running engine!
I think my camera lens was dirty when i took the shots this morning as i rushed to work.
1993 NA chassis. 2003 vvt engine. MSPNP. some other things. Now with brake lights and a running engine!
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