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?

[@everettgould3546]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@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.

[@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. :)

[@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!

[@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!

[@TheRealKitWalker]

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

[@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

[@dmortara]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@cyclemoto8744]

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

[@Airwr3ck]

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

[@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!

[@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! 👍

[@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

[@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.

[@palharley]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@rooftoptrading461]

The Nerd is Strong in this one. good shit.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@FadilxArt]

I need the Raspberry Pi 5 to work in my car for my university project, so I watched your video for possible solutions. I powered the Pi using an XY3606 buck converter, stepping down from 12V to 5V with a 6A output. The USB-C cable I used supports up to 6 amps, so I cut the cable and connected it directly to the 5V and ground of the XY3606. However, I’m still getting a warning on bootup saying insufficient power. I also tried connecting it directly to a variable power supply in the university lab, adjusting it to 5V, but the same issue occurs

[@Everlanders]

Add a tank Capacitor to smooth out the dips, to try raising the voltage slightly to 5.2v

[@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...

[@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

[@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...

[@AndroidUmair]

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

[@cmitchellfly]

Very impressive, inspirational. Thank you!

[@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.

[@tekshield]

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

[@jayrowberry1530]

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

[@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.

[@voron27]

great project. will try something like that

[@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.

[@yosefbeyne8043]

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

[@NormAusSmith]

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

[@umarslatif]

You are one smart cookie, Sir. Well done.

[@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.🤘

[@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!!!

[@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

[@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.

[@porschesdawg]

You're a genius! Very impressed 👍

[@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...

[@colton0henry0sharp]

Most thought out job, I have seen recently.

[@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!

[@leonardopereira2641]

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

[@felisaaero]

Love it! Please show more of your geeky videos!

[@ashishm8850]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@mojavikizashi5138]

THAT'S A SWEET KEYBOARD YOU GOT THERE!

[@asaturn]

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

[@Everlanders]

Nope

[@MultiJuniork]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@martintokau7326]

Finally someone did it!

[@Everlanders]

7 years ago...

[@psy06]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@aaronmarkstaller]

This is sweet. Thanks for the video

[@ethanmerrill4999]

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

[@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.

[@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...

[@coffee3in1]

Very cool! Like the efforts.

[@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.

[@brianwermeyer1404]

GENIUS! Great job.

[@Everlanders]

Glad you liked it!

[@o0julek0o]

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

[@Everlanders]

Sure.

[@josh20l]

Nice vid have been looking at getting Pi and screen this video has sold me and I have already got a alpine head unit that does this what this particular project does it just seems like a awesome project to get me started thanks for your inspiration.

[@llamuh]

Great video and implementation. Giving me some ideas.

[@Johnnyboycurtis]

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

[@ASh-xx9rw]

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

[@Bulba_lagd]

u just got another new sub from the other side of the planet =D we all love the Pi's

[@Everlanders]

Thanks so much! 😁

[@danielschmid8530]

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

[@infocentrousmajac]

Very nice project!! thank you for sharing and looking forward to see more content on this subject. Cheers

[@MrGarda42]

Loved the music. Thanks for the video.

[@stahmedpendragonguinevere2711]

Nice one mate!

[@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

[@F23463]

This is exactly what i've been looking for!!!

[@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?

[@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.

[@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...

[@quintinfertig89]

What’s the difference then doing this opppsed to just buying a nexus 7 or something like it?

[@Everlanders]

If all you want is a simple display, that's easy enough to do, lots of people make iPad or Nexus Dash mounts. It's easy to do. Our Raspberry Pi is doing much more than that though, the input output pins allow me to control various aspects of our camper rig.

[@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.

[@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.

[@BramVanhautte]

Where does the internet access come from? Do you have to connect your phone to the RPi all the time?

[@Everlanders]

Everything is handled by the phone. The Raspberry Pi is only acting as a screen, touch interface and Audio output.

[@Aladdinskout331]

Love the video. Definitely subscribing!! Quick question. Might sound dumb, but how did you get it to connect with your speakers?

[@Everlanders]

3.5mm audio cable.

[@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!

[@MrBaquerojorge]

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

[@taylorbeckley9610]

This is really great! I have a right hand drive landcruiser and have been looking for a camera set up so I can pass people safely. Interested to see how electroDacus works too!

[@Everlanders]

The electroDacus SBMS has run flawlessly for 2 years, no complaints there! The camera adaptors were delivered moments ago, I'm excited to get home and test how the camera works over that 30 foot long cable. #signalqualityhell

[@lightpath6294]

Great content, this. Good job.

[@idraykei3867]

Awesome job bud

[@HereWeLego]

This is a great setup! Does everything I want to setup in my car. Waiting for the next video with the specifics of implementation. Need more insight on the specific wiring of power adapter/conversion, Mic integration with the (OK Google) voice functionality and more importantly the bluetooth setup on the Pi such that it can route voice/music from the Pi to the car head unit without aux audio. Thanks again for a great project.

[@Everlanders]

I've been working on part 2 every night this week, just just finishing up filming some odds and ends, I should be done recording today and might even get it uploaded tonight. I won't be able to help you on the Bluetooth however, I couldn't get it to work reliably and pairing up each time the system is powered on is a nuisance, I used the auxiliary in on my head unit.

[@HereWeLego]

Need a USB mic.

[@JimsRobot]

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

[@Everlanders]

It uses USB, yes

[@geesharp6637]

Wow, awesome job. Fits right in.

[@Everlanders]

Thank you! 😁

[@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.