DIY Android Auto Raspberry PI Head Unit, Rear View Camera, Navigation & Music

[@Skanda5000]

That is really nice that you have all this cool stuff. But what tutorial is it if you dont show how you actually did it... what a crap.

[@Everlanders]

Perhaps the part 2 video where I show how to do it will answer your questions... 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHe7qaeupM6SpsU

[@markgiles8527]

Everlanders lol

[@garyanthony9765]

I'm doing something similar and was wondering if you answer any questions about open auto

[@Everlanders]

Is that your question?

[@Skanda5000]

@gagnarork the first sentence actually: in this video i show you... Not hearing the word tutorial, does not imply that it is not a tutorial. "Show you how" does though. Are you dumb?

[@slicedpage]

if you are wondering about the plastic sheeting in the background it is purely to protect the sensitive equipment from blood spatter

[@Everlanders]

That, but also to help the camera's auto-focus to stay in the foreground, and not hunt for focus with the junk on the shelves. :-)

[@dylanharding5720]

Blood splatter

[@JeffSyam]

After watching Dexter, you will never see plastic sheets the same way again... :-D

[@everettgould3546]

These are the things I like to do in my free time , it’s my first viewing it greatly appreciated until next time .

[@Everlanders]

Part 2 with all the wiring diagrams and code snippets is online now!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHe7qaeupM6SpsU Sorry about the low volume, The KZbin computer has automatically made closed captions and they are very accurate in this case. So for anyone else having problems hearing me, perhaps you can turn these on and forgive me for this one.

[@richardvansoest]

Everlanders hi weer are the gpio scripts?

[@HarhaMedia]

You can speed up the build process by executing make with the -j -parameter. For example; 'make -j4' will use 4 threads for building.

[@TheRealKitWalker]

Loved how neatly the project was executed and deployed. Fantastic!

[@gregcy89]

Wow this guy almost made he is own custom infotaiment system. Its like the car can now run on windows 10 or smth. Great job man

[@lilroud]

Dude, nice f****ing job..... nice to see the busted knuckles too. Not many people are mechanically and electronically inclined at the same time!

[@HDFoxra]

AWESOME! This is exactly the sort of thing I was wanting to do with my old 07 Pontiac G6. Its radio was garbage so I was eventually going to replace it with a Pioneer double din that had android auto, but couldn't ever afford the near 2k price tag.... So I had started to look into Car PCs and seeing what was out there for a Raspberry Pi, but nothing ever turned up. I eventually got rid of the G6 and bought a Passat with Android Auto built in (didn't even know it had it at the time lol. Just plugged in the phone and BOOM there it was!). BUT I still would LOVE to have this as an option! The girlfriend really loves how Android Auto works but her Corolla doesn't have it... With this, I can probably just 3D print her a small, slim mount that fits on the dash, and route the audio to the AUX port on her existing radio. Although, does this output audio over bluetooth? While it may be redundant... She'd most likely prefer the stock radio to display the current track and yadda yadda so that it isn't just sitting at a 'blank screen doing nothing' lol. Sure it'd show two copies of what's playing, but it'd be interesting if it was able to output audio via bluetooth lol. Heck, this would even give her the option to leave the stock head unit on the car info screen as well. She's always switching back and forth to it so she could see her economy and what not. This would let her keep it on that screen and yet still have control over the audio >:D

[@georgekot6377]

Awesome work. You have got yourself a new subscriber from this video alone.

[@tubeyaman]

Same here, LOL

[@Bulba_lagd]

same here to

[@johnmcquay82]

@@Bulba_lagd Me three. :)

[@archipeep]

You are my new hero! My wife and I have been overlanding in an FZJ80 Land Cruiser and just like you, I'm venturing down this path just because I can't see out our rear window because of all of our gear. So, I've been looking to put in a camera, but wanted the display overhead because the sun on the dash make it very difficult to see the screen. I also wanted it to be raspberry pi based so we can add additional monitors (remote fridge temp, weather station, solar info, etc). Came across this video and am both impressed and excited by your setup. Hope we run into you out there someday off road. Would like to thank you in person. THANK YOU!

[@DailyWalk365]

Wow, i think you just lit the spark to get me back into tinkering again. That was an excellent video and your ideas and link help is wonderful. Thanks and the best to you and your family.

[@Everlanders]

Wow! Thanks so much!

[@Airwr3ck]

This was great. I’m planning on doing this in my car when I Lyft/uber

[@David_Bellows]

Such a clean install, honestly If it was grey like the rest of interior it would look factory

[@Everlanders]

I considered gray, but black is also used on the a pillar gauges and the factory gauge cluster, around the stereo etc... Thanks for the comment! 👍

[@nomorecensorship2815]

8:45 try switching the maps z-index and opacity... but you wouldn't be able to interact with the other screens in background... maybe a button that puts the map on top with opacity for 5000ms so you can interact with map and a lastTouched timeout function to switch the z-index back for interacting with radio, etc...

[@billionthb]

Dude! This is awesome! I might build something similar for my new car. The one thing I miss from my old one is full control of my phone via Google assistant. If I can add in a dedicated Android auto solution, that's just icing on the cake.

[@Punjig]

The Ole Raspberry Pi Trick!!! I know this is an old video, but I too have played with the Pis of different Versions starting with the 1.0. You probably already knoe this, but I figured I would share with others. A person can purchase a Really Small Wireless Keybaord with a Built in Mouse Pad for the Pi. It is something that works great and can fit in the Glove Box or Center Console. Just A FYI incase some one is looking into this project. I might dust off an old 3.0 Pi and give this OpenAuto a go in my OBS just for fun. Thanks for your Video!

[@dmortara]

Nice one! Thanks for putting it together Mate! That mechanical hand typing cracked me up! 🤣

[@doctor567]

This is really cool. I have been wanting to do a custom car computer, and I wasn't sure how Open Auto would fit into the picture. I can definitely see how it can work, and this project serves as a nice template. Thanks for your effort

[@cam_DA_Hawkdriver]

All of what you got with OBD II, and you've got one smart truck. Good job on the project! Thanks for sharing.

[@misterwirez7731]

Very nice work my friend. You've inspired me to get off my ass and do a project. Lol. BTW I was watching your video on my tablet and my Pixel 2 XL picked up North Battleford. Haha... man you are UP THERE! Take care.

[@toadbroz30]

I'm using my 50amp/hr lithium deep cycle battery (past van project) for a raspberry pi project. I'm totally going to use the regulator as you did but hopefully, make a portable smart battery box. I just need to work on the box design. The scripting is exciting but I have to start messing around with them because I never have before. How can I make the battery chargeable from multiple sources? I want to be able to plug it into regular 110v house supplied power and solar when bringing it camping. Ideally, this could be a media source and power a 12v travel fridge that I have.

[@phizicks]

10:57 OOooooh this thing into that thing.. thanks for clearing that up, got lost around there HEHE

[@ssql]

Phizicks she’s so ugly

[@ughpizza]

This is amazing! It’s exactly what I was looking for. I want to do this to a few of my vehicles. Great video!

[@MrCarmelo1959]

This is awesome I’m am doing this to my truck of course watching it over and over for the details on how to thanks man I’ve subscribed for more info great thanks

[@palharley]

I thought I was a nerd, I bow down. Great job

[@AndroidUmair]

This is just amazing !!! I wish I had an assistant robot like yours. LoL :p

[@Suukerjunk]

thats a really smart idea to mount it with magnets, havent thought about it, i am in the process of building my own system. thanks for the tip!

[@Everlanders]

I built a new one with a 3D printed enclosure: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ7ciqCHp8ucd8k

[@kameljoe21]

pretty cool, We bought the cheapest 2 din android head unit for our car, The only thing that sucks is that it does not allow netflix to play. I am going to have to search out another one or build a pi.... The head unit allows for a lot of things from HDMI, USB, Audio, GPS, rear camera, and other things... One thing I do like is that it has wifi and I do not have to cast a phone to it.

[@damonstone3790]

You listed 4 cameras. I know nothing about Raspberry Pi, but guess I need to learn. Can you set up a quad screen with 4 camera inputs?

[@Everlanders]

We now have six cameras actually, but each one requires its own pi, they only have one camera input, I do remember someone had a Kickstarter project where they had a switch mechanism where you could plug in for cameras and then switch between them, but you can't run them at the same time.

[@hemitj]

Just found your page, awesome! Thank you for this great and interesting project. I would love to learn a lot more! Especially about making all the cameras record.

[@Everlanders]

There is not much to learn, it's a pretty simple command set. thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-roundup/raspberry-pi-camera-board-raspivid-command-list

[@cyclemoto8744]

It's been a while since I've seen one of your videos. Always greatly appreciated, cheers from OZ

[@yosefbeyne8043]

Thank you so much for the great video. Is it possible to use bigger screen? How do you add multiple cameras? Thanks again.

[@markgiles8527]

I’ve used a usb camera when running motion eye. Works well. Can one use usb cameras for other views, and record, for dash cams?

[@Everlanders]

Yes

[@BrianThomas]

Very nice build. I do have some questions I'm curious it's been over 2 years now how are you doing with this build and heat what's the screen. Does it affect the display at all? Another question that I have is what's a custom box that you chose to mount the screen in the video shows you screwing it into the vehicle but what are you attaching it to? I'm sure it's not the outer metal of the vehicle

[@Everlanders]

It's been two years, no problems with heat traveling all through Mexico... The new enclosure is 3D printed and bolts up to an existing bolt hole in the frame/rib above the windshield.

[@Lokere]

You can make it easier. take the tablet, open the tablet and remove the battery. then you take a voltage rectifier for alliexpress and connect it to a 12 volt car cable. you also bring the cable out of the tablet for usb (for an external flash drive)

[@Everlanders]

Uhhh, it's not a tablet...

[@peterwarriner1]

This is exactly what I was looking for to build into my T5. Only issue I have is routing a HDMI cable 'through the van' from the rear tailgate. Are there other ways to use a camera?

[@Everlanders]

It seems a van would be even easier than ours, just run it above the headliner. Short of running some wires you'd need a second Pi, a local network and stream the video over RSTP with some custom scripts at both ends.

[@rooftoptrading461]

The Nerd is Strong in this one. good shit.

[@leverloos]

Is there no way to use bluetooth instead of a USB cable to connect the phone and it working?

[@lcrazy8l]

Sorta. You could do it with a hidden developer setting and WiFi currently. The phone will need to become a hotspot, the pi being a client off that. The phone would run a server daemon that the "head unit" (the pi) will connect to. Bluetooth specifically? That's plainly no.

[@MultiJuniork]

How good is the rear view cam in terms of speed? does it have lag? or transmits video almost instantly?

[@mendimano]

Nice project. i wonder is there any way to connect to this unit the stering wherl control and other CAN BUS features ?

[@Everlanders]

Yes, I did some testing reading the wheel buttons over ODB2 via Bluetooth. It worked, but wasn't worth the hassle for me. But if you wanted you could just map those inputs to keystrokes on the Pi.

[@Roedy_Coedy]

This is awesome, I recently came across 'crankshaft' which is a fork of the openauto project. I plan on using this when I can afford the touchscreen and am praying your scripts will work with it, I really wanted a reverse camera and a dignified shutdown which I've seen in the comments your also working on. I'd love to get the dimmer working with the headlights too. Great work. Subscribed!

[@Everlanders]

The next video is almost ready, sensing the headlights could be done pretty easily using the optocoupler method I'll show. I still like have the option to change it whenever I choose... but you could have both... Standby!!!

[@alisamariajames6014]

this is really nice but can you explain the wire connections to the raspberry pi from the car and where these connections are coming from and also where these camera are placed.also, tell me details about the mic connection?

[@Everlanders]

Perhaps if you watch the Part 2 video you're questions will be answered...

[@daphneblake7889]

Love it... you could 3d print a perfect plastic enclosure and it could be styled to match the rest of the interior, and perhaps design in some additional features as well. Then you could even provide the enclosure on a 3d printing service like thingaverse

[@Everlanders]

I did!...See the video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqHdnHushqZgqpo

[@Ryan15T]

Nissan should hire you I guess... I just bought a 2019 Nissan Altima and the android auto is trash.. The head unit just doesn't seem to have enough juice to run it smoothly.

[@donkeyrider]

Never mind I see how you made the screen! :D Awesome JOB man! I am dong something similar by adding a 2nd screen to my Dasaita android radio. Via HDMI. But needed a case

[@Everlanders]

I 3D printed the case, shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ7ciqCHp8ucd8k

[@brunoneves07]

Hi! Great video, thank you for sharing. What do you think about I try it with a small screen, maybe 3"..?.. I want to install it in a bike..

[@Everlanders]

Then just use an old smartphone...

[@jayrowberry1530]

Great little multi purpose system. Looks great! I might have to try this in my truck.

[@metaorange302]

If you made this in a DIY bag, I would so buy it. Even if it was without the review camera component. How would you make this if you just wanted it as your head unit? How could you add amplification and control buttons?

[@NormAusSmith]

That's a cool project, makes me want to do something similar.

[@Mig2133]

Wow, pretty cool man nice job. I'm in the middle of changing my car stock stereo in to a dash-pi. Thanks for the good points. New subscriber for sure. Btw nice camper.🤘

[@volpin]

Hey dude, thanks for the walkthrough! Any word on the script for screen brightness GIPO pin control? Working on an install for my car now and would love to have that same control

[@Everlanders]

Yes, it's all in the part 2 video!

[@JuanMHerrera]

Around 8:05 you have text that suggests you're recording from Left, Right, Front and Rear cameras? What peripheral/adapter/switcher were you talking about to connect and record from a or multiple cameras?

[@Everlanders]

I will have the rear-facing camera hard wired if possible, length is becoming a problem. The other cameras will need dedicated Pi's attached and streamed via RSTP. There are multi-camera boards available. But I have not tested them: www.arducam.com/multi-camera-adapter-module-raspberry-pi/

[@heisenberg7186]

Awesome, I have a question. I have a bluetooth radio and I dont want to get rid of it. is it possible to add one of these but just for maps. and have my phone play sound to the radio and display maps to the raspberry at the same time? does the raspberry sync with your phone and display your phones maps and calling like a normal bluetooth head unit does? or does it act like a Wifi network that you join on your phone and then maintains its own signal and runs its own map and calling software?

[@Everlanders]

Everything is possible.

[@Ckcdillpickle]

What a great video, My end goal is to combine a 3rd part 360 degree camera system and my own camera system into the same computer. Hopefully I can get it to display radio stations and such with physical buttons. Perfect video

[@Everlanders]

Good luck with that...

[@michaeljjensen]

Great video. Now I want to go do this for a "dashcam" for all sides of the vehicle.

[@Everlanders]

That's exactly what we did.

[@MrBaquerojorge]

Hi. Can you make work this build with Bluetooth support, for not using the USB cable? Thanks man

[@asaturn]

With brightness, wouldn't you be able to tie into the factory "dim" wire for aftermarket headunits?

[@Everlanders]

Nope

[@ethanmerrill4999]

Cool project I want to do it! A matte screen protector would probly cut the gare.

[@danielschmid8530]

You remind me a lot of Turbo Yoda from Mighty Car Mods. Nice videos by the way, really cool to follow your works.

[@soccerox817]

congrats on 1k subs! I was the thousandth subscriber! great video

[@Everlanders]

Thanks Jake, we were sitting here hitting refresh and then High-Fives at that moment!

[@ASh-xx9rw]

Awesome!!! Do you think adding parking sensors would be possible?

[@LiezerZero]

I myself would have used the pi cam as the front facing dash cam and used a USB web cam as the back camera. I would have also added a USB port extender to have a hole in the mounted housing for a USB port to plug in a usb stick to record all of the videos on. I would also suggest getting a small blue tooth keyboard to put into the glove box for those terminal times :)

[@Everlanders]

This is all done already - We have 2 forward facing cameras recording already. Visible spectrum and thermal. And a USB hub coming down to the dash... And a wireless keyboard for terminal times. 😁 The keyboard should be visible in part 2, it's fixed magnetically to the slide out cup holder which is otherwise useless.

[@LiezerZero]

Awesome.. Now go get a ODB II bluetooth enabled reader and grab the data with the pi's bluetooth. Once you tie that into the system, it'll seem more complete.. I myself may add PWM head/turn/tail lights so I can have a dimming or flashing feature for off road use.

[@Everlanders]

I have Bluetooth OBD2 reader already, although I have no intention to integrate it into the Pi.

[@LiezerZero]

Shame.. Would make an awesome personal black box along side with the dash cam vids. If needed in court. Other then that.. Awesome work.

[@Everlanders]

There are other systems in place to handle that better, I want to keep this as simple as possible so that it is responsive and fast.

[@florianrougier6981]

Hello, Excellent work... I block on my side to the connection of the phone on the PI. Could you detail the connection method. Thank you in advance. Cordially. Rougier F.

[@cmitchellfly]

Very impressive, inspirational. Thank you!

[@tekshield]

That is just about as cool as cool can get for a DIY Project! Good job and thanks for sharing!

[@voron27]

great project. will try something like that

[@mojavikizashi5138]

THAT'S A SWEET KEYBOARD YOU GOT THERE!

[@leonardopereira2641]

Nice project, and nice Proleter song on the end..

[@heavyhemi2828]

Been wanting to do something like this in my car for a long time, but i don't have a good place to put the screen and keep it clean looking. also my radio doesn't have an aux in so i couldn't use it for music, which i want. in front of the radio would be cool if i could get the pi screen flush with the bezel, but with the way my radio mounts there's no way to slide it back. I originally had a dual canbus hat for my pi, plan was to tie it into the car then use the touch screen to control stuff, or write an android app to connect to it to do stuff, but $100 canbus hat, fried its self and my pi lol, lost interest after that, still got the screen though, and pi's are getting cheap.

[@Everlanders]

I did one for a friend where we pushed the head unit back and put the display in front, the screen covers a double DIN hole perfectly, but in my case I wanted it up high.

[@heavyhemi2828]

@@Everlanders yea I just don't have the space behind mine. Got vent ducting in the way.

[@ruturajp]

nice. how is the output of the 12v to 5v converter connected to rasberry pi? Can you please add that part in the list.

[@Everlanders]

It's connected directly with wire.

[@porschesdawg]

You're a genius! Very impressed 👍

[@RussellGann]

Outstanding! I am going to use your ideas in my motorhome reconstruction. Thank you so very much.

[@uporabn1k]

The way you did the plywood enclosure is ideal to host a forward facing dash cam, so you can do crazy russian road videos... In US.

[@Everlanders]

The 3 forward facing cameras do a good job of this already. Shown in the first minute of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZvYnWhqeJ2Cbs0

[@Combatcameraguyev]

Cool video! One question, does OpenAuto work vertically? You have the 7 inch horizontal, I'm looking at installing a 10.1, or 13.3 in vertical mounted screen. Thank you in advance.

[@Everlanders]

No idea...

[@umarslatif]

You are one smart cookie, Sir. Well done.

[@TimoSund]

I so need something like this to my motorbike. Problem is weather proofing. It definetly rains during season.

[@Everlanders]

Would be pretty easy... Just 3D print your enclosure without holes and use sealant behind the screen.

[@TimoSund]

@@Everlanders oh.. 3D stuff is all greek to me. Must speak to friends who understand it. You say screen itself can withstand rain, or should I consider some sort of protective film on it? Must dig deep to this whole raspberry navigation thing. Sounds promising alternative to commercial GPS-units. Both motorbike and car usage. thanks

[@Everlanders]

It's glass... So I can't see rain hurting it... You might get unintended touches detected...

[@TimoSund]

@@Everlanders Ok. Thanks again

[@o0julek0o]

Could tie into headlights or just have a light resistor and when it sees its dark, boom. Goes dim.

[@Everlanders]

Sure.

[@felisaaero]

Love it! Please show more of your geeky videos!

[@no5x937]

Brilliant project. Do you have concerns that google can track your locations with open auto? How much carrier data usage per hour is your cellphone using connected to open auto?

[@Everlanders]

I share my location publicly, so I give zero hoots about if Google can see it...

[@donwright9660]

Do you have any more information on the script you used? I would like to overlay my dash cam video like you did with the rear view

[@JimsRobot]

Great video. Do you need to USB connect an android or can it automatically connect with bluetooth? Thanks

[@Everlanders]

It uses USB, yes

[@infrared411]

tie in to the reverse light 12 volt source with a transistor to switch the back up camera

[@Everlanders]

Could easily be done. But we mostly use ours as a rear view mirror when merging or changing lanes... not just reverse. Thanks for the comment.

[@AstonThaRat]

Are u able to have a variable dimming feature. So instead of just connecting to the headlight switch that enables/disables the dim brightness that u setup, could it be connected to the rheostat wire off the roller wheel (usually a wheel on most vehicles) that adjusts brightness throughout the rest of the cabin lighting?

[@Everlanders]

Not worthwhile IMHO, the Raspberry Pi doesn't have an analog to digital converter. Without an Analog input, you can't sense a variable voltage like that.

[@MrDLcruiser]

Hi, Thank you for the great build. I will be attempting this soon. Forgive my ignorance in electronics, could you please tell me where to connect the optocoupler? I went through both part 1 and 2 of your videos, but couldn't find it. I have a 2000 volvo v70 with a stock head unit which I suspect does not have amp. I am also confused with that part.

[@Everlanders]

It's all shown in the digrams at 6:35 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHe7qaeupM6SpsU

[@samsen201]

Great job. A question: Couldn't you add a Video RCA input directly into Ras (Instead of ribbon) and use a conventional cheap backup waterproof camera with IR (Usually under $10) that also gives you color back up path markings? Talking of cameras, how about turning this Ras into a DVR (Utilizing its micro SD) also for front cam that can serve as DashCam?

[@Everlanders]

RCA cameras are very low resolution, these cameras do 8 megapixel. And yes, way ahead of you. Cameras are all DVR'ing while we drive and when camped...

[@joh414]

Awesome idea!! I would do this if it is compatible with iPhone, could you please let me know if it would work with iPhone?

[@Everlanders]

I gave up on iPhone years ago, circa 4s, very closed source and difficult to integrate with systems that Apple doesn't stamp its seal of approval.

[@jyotirdiptadas3989]

Can you tell me if we can get customizable boatload graphics in spite of getting those codes on this project. And also if you can tell me from where you have downloaded the pi software and also the android auto in this. As, I am a layman I keen to know if we can also add apple car play also😃

[@Everlanders]

Sure... why not?

[@colton0henry0sharp]

Most thought out job, I have seen recently.

[@Johnnyboycurtis]

Great job! Kudos for writing your own scripts for some of these tasks

[@bkdgaming2209]

Good job man. Do you have any details regarding installing the open auto on raspi? I've looked everythere but can't figure out how to install it. Thank you

[@Everlanders]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHe7qaeupM6SpsU

[@bkdgaming2209]

@@Everlanders sorry man, I meant how did you managed to install or compile the openauto as I cant find any info's. I've seen the git page aniway but can't figure out. Thanks for answer

[@alexpadillayt]

Does Bluetooth work to connect your phone or play music?

[@joshcarlisle6009]

So what is your occupation? How do you know about the electronics side of things? Self taught? Also where is the best place to source different electrical components ? ...... sorry for all the questions.

[@Everlanders]

Hey Josh, I linked most of the main components in the description. Capacitors, Optocouplers and such are easily found on eBay or Digikey.

[@joshcarlisle6009]

Thanks for the reply. Would you mind answering the other parts of the question as well. I am wanting to learn electronics .....well pretty much anything and that is what made me curious of your occupation/how you know this stuff. Thanks

[@Everlanders]

It's a brave new world Josh, If you want to learn electronics, go out and do it. My advise would be to follow along with a project you are interested in. And follow the examples of those before you - using popular components will ensure there is a large user base with lots of examples available online. In a nutshell, don't think about learning, just do it, go out and have some fun.

[@joshcarlisle6009]

Yeah I get that part and not afraid to "just go out and do it" . I was more curious on your back ground and if you had formal training (I haven't seen a video of y'all stating your occupations) so I was just curious. Thanks either way.

[@Armmani2000]

Really cool stuff, wonder if you could also hook it up to the steering wheel controls and have a full stereo replacement. Those Pioneer stereos are quite pricey to have Android Auto.

[@Everlanders]

I have no interest in that, but it would be easy enough to do... Just monitor the canbus data via the OBD2 port useing an Elm327 bluetooth adapter and map the buttons to keyboard buttons.

[@jakeblood4186]

I do not normally feel stupid, but now I do since listening to this guy... and he knows someone in France, WTF... I am a loser. Great job here man...

[@psy06]

had the same idea but no know how ! thanks for the video !!

[@veselinstanishev7905]

Nice project. Really like it. But can't see in the link you gave any instructions. Maybe i cant see them because i am a beginner but if you give me a hand i will apreciate it

[@Everlanders]

The links were in the video. I did this to point out how many people skip through the videos, and then just ask and complain in the comments.

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

Very cool! The enclosure looks good, and smart to go with wood versus metal. I wonder if an OBD2 to USB could be added for monitoring and logging. This video earned you a new sub! o7

[@Everlanders]

New enclosure is 3D printed, check out some newer videos...

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

@@Everlanders I will be! I am a Mechanic, and a tech enthusiast, and it seems like what you're doing is right up my alley! I'm looking at getting a 3D printer soon too!

[@redracer811]

I'm really interested in how you adjusting brightness. Please can you provide your script or some details? Are you using i2c-2 with ddcutil to command the hdmi chip or did you wire in the backlight driver's EN pin to a gpio?

[@Everlanders]

It's controlled in software. /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/brightness I provided all the scripts 6 months ago in the part 2 video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHe7qaeupM6SpsU

[@CasualsXe]

How does your navigation work while you’re on the road? Is it just a preloaded map or?

[@Everlanders]

The maps are sent to the screen from the phone. The phone gets them over the LTE connection and if service is spotty it will download and cache the whole trip.