TedG
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posted November 10, 2007 07:18 PM
This is what I am thinking of building
I am thinking of building a dash board that fits on top of the instrument cluster. Built into it a HUD, I work in my company's R+D department and we have been experimenting with some interesting display films that would be perfect for a heads up display. Dot matrix stuff that is bright and flexible. Doing a controller would be a cake walk (Silicon Labs has a controller that uses 8051 code and has a USB interface and I have been programming it for our candles, keyboard, and mechanical meters, guess what I do for a living) and I could incorporate a V1 interface that would display on the windscreen as well as an accurate fuel readout. in gallons. I hate analog speedos. My last two Vettes had HUDs and I think it would be perfect for the C14. The hardest part is building the actual dash, but we have some prototyping equipment and I am pretty handy with CAD also. Been thinking about this for a while. I would like to make it versatile enough to be used on almost any bike with a windscreen. Good winter project.
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stevewfl
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posted November 10, 2007 08:08 PM
Ted can you please post up some pics of the new C14 specifically in that dayum awesome garage of yours when you're out there doing this project
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TedG
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posted November 10, 2007 08:18 PM
I would be delighted to. I am going on a mission to really fix up the garage, with a Corvette and Motorcycle motif.
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fastestbusaaround
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posted November 10, 2007 09:09 PM
I want a HUD for my C14 too!!
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bigfatboss
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posted November 14, 2007 07:26 AM
Any updates on this unit yet! Pictures, anything
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TedG
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posted November 15, 2007 11:28 PM
I have been in Vegas, just stumbled off the plane a couple of hours ago. Hopefully next week I can get some info on the film and maybe lay my hands on some. I have some Silicone Labs development boards and a couple of PIC development boards that I can start to fool with and get the thing displaying something. I saw some neon film at the gaming show in Vegas, super bright and flexible but no dot matrix and having them custom made would be pricey, And to be honest, although I would like to sell a bunch of these, I am afraid there is not much of a market. Although I could be wrong. So I will just build some for myself an you guys if I can find the right film. And like I said before the programming and the controller are a cake walk.
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posted November 17, 2007 07:48 AM
What does this DO?...is this display on my helmet shield?...or the windshield of the bike?...Im not clear on what this idea involves.
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TedG
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posted November 17, 2007 08:14 PM
This would be for the windshield of the bike. Not all that tricky, simply reflect off the windscreen. Nothing like my Vette where the image is projected out in front of the vehicle. This would be a flat dashboard where the top surface is a bright display that reflects off the surface of the windscreen. Big digital speedo, fuel in gallons, ambient temp, V1 arrows, and anything that would be useful. Just glance down for speed etc.
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posted November 18, 2007 06:00 AM
Cool....
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posted November 18, 2007 09:44 AM
 Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Nov 2007 09:47
...waaaaay cool....hey TedG....you're a very seasoned rider both on and off street....would you agree that DIGITAL numbers on the speedo makes for better and QUICKER visual acquisition/comprehension than trying to decipher what your speed is on a round dial with numbers tightly spaced together on a STREET bike?...
....now if you could only interface the speed reading with the radar detector and the brakes ie the bike instantaneously starts to slow to let you know that it has detected a radar signal....it doesn;t stop you, it just starts to slow down and its up to you to continue to slow it down or apply the throttle which instantaneoulsy defeats the mode and lets you maintain your speed.......or ride even faster and chaff the pursuing cops with the donut dispensing device that you've rigged into your hardbags  .
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