HOW TO WIRE BMW SPEEDO CLUSTER FOR SIMULATOR | SIMHUB

Tutorial on how to wire and setup a BMW E36 Speedo cluster with tachometer. Add dash gauges to your racing simulator for all driving sim games with SimHub. More details below……....
Also works with ETS2
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PARTS
- BMW E36 Cluster ebay.to/2mtGCx4
- Wires ebay.to/2NXTOa4 or BG bit.ly/3zK5ar1
- DC Jack BG bit.ly/3oLILUT
- 12V Power ebay.us/OpXvXv
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TOOLS
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Credit: SimHub-Wotever, E36 dash-Morguux
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[@Anista09]

One word..."insane"... Like an elite athlete that makes their sport look so easy.... you do the same.... making these projects look easy and giving viewers, like me, the confidence to "have a go".. love it ! Thank you again.

[@farmboy201-7]

How can you make the turning signals walk and a Delights

[@dotplays9225]

Turning signals in a BMW? Well, that's a first :D

[@TheGamingWorkbenchHD]

THATS THE BEST THING IVE SEEN ALL DAY XD

[@jurajhricko9372]

Bro. Can you make guide for suzuki vitara 2019 gauges? If u want i will send you pictures

[@marcusdavaruski1832]

Is there Anyone that could help me

[@julianpiper240]

Guess who is going to their local car wrecker tomorrow to pick a cluster up? 👍🏻 thank you man!!

[@RemoteChicken12]

Julian Curmi you might as well cut the stock wiring harness out the car too, install will be easier and abit cleaner imo

[@MorGuux]

Yeah, highly recommended. With my cluster (e36), I used the plugs from the harness, so that the cluster can be easily taken out for whatever reason.

[@TheGamingWorkbenchHD]

Me too xD $17 for the cluster

[@teimonkauppa1002]

TGWorkbench cheap, where

[@TheGamingWorkbenchHD]

Budget U-Pull it

[@imty8774]

Next - how to wire a car for your simulator.

[@MrDestin1969]

Pog kinda did that, he connected his Aventador to his Xbox

[@frostbite1991]

look up Suzuki XBOX car. Most the articles you find are shit and not informative, but when it was debuted I remember hearing it was wired to use the steering wheel, pedals, and shifter for sim control.

[@kazushi2434]

@@MrDestin1969 yes and it was pretty cool :)

[@poptartdrumstudios7600]

Don't tempt him 😂

[@GeoFry3]

Teslas already have this, just have to make sure you are in park so you don't get confused.

[@RobinBalentina]

Its so cool that the actual milage of the cluster is going up, u should make a video how to reset the mileage, so you can see how much virtual miles you have driven!

[@Riley180sx]

Robin Balentina that would be awesome!!!!

[@pascha4527]

That would be more harder, you need to desolder the eeprom memory, reverse engineer how the value is stored, and write a new value. A 0km doesnt mean its a 0 in the eeprom.

[@olDirdey]

+Pascal Lafreniere you just need to download the bmw software "inpa".

[@user-po6hn9id1t]

Robin Balentina *kilometrage

[@marcd7332]

An easier solution is to write the kms/miles when you get it and then just subtract that amount

[@GFXAnimations3dmodels]

that odometer will see more action than it ever saw lol

[@Rich77UK]

You don't know the BMW drivers I've come across!

[@dombix2286]

GFX Animations you would be suprised

[@JoseLeonardoMP]

Finally KZbin recommends me something good

[@mattsincock4387]

I am blown away by all of these projects and how well you make them, how simple you make them look and how easy they are to follow, which will be good for me soon when I get my PC soon

[@arenigac]

I've tried a couple of clúster and it hasn't been so easy as this one, good job man, always blowing my mind

[@dusse1282]

i cannot belive that somebody really did this, i searched this project on yt for months, you're amazing dude

[@hullk123456]

I searched everywhere to do this and yet nothing makes it easier than 3 years old video nice job man just what I need 👍❤️

[@droid1008]

Finally, a simpler way for me to do something I've wanted for years, THANK YOU

[@armpitdew]

loving how the km/l gauge is eaten by the cluster!

[@prostreetz12]

Finally!!! My e36 parts car is about to get raided.

[@lenbarlow268]

prostreetz12 have you gotten your dash working yet I'm after help with mine as I'm not the best with computers but want my dash to work

[@electric6877]

Next up: how to use my bmw car's steering wheel and pedals on PC sim 2019 (totally legit not fake) GONE SEXUAL

[@Sithhy]

Even though I won't make this because I have no use for it, I *LOVE* watching people do such stuff

[@MeDicen_Rocha]

What the.... Sithhy, how are the Beamng mods going?

[@LifeRunner4000]

Shame this didn't exist about 5 years ago when I did the same, would've saved me a lot of work. Good job dude!

[@nickvaxou2276]

I've done it today..!!Fantastic work...Couldn't find where to put the protocol file cause i got the newest SimHub version and it is not in the same spot as the one shown in the video. For those who looking for it, it is in the arduino page/my hardware/multiple arduinos,you will see "multiple arduino settings,and the E36 device.Down below "Custom protocol" you press edit and the rest are like the video shown.

[@aero7535]

This is awesome! My dream car has been the E36 M3 for a while now, so this will look good in my sim rig!

[@R0V0lv0]

I love your channel. Best sim channel there is. I would just like to thank you for the handbrake video. I made it and it works great. Thank you for your time and efforts!

[@gitaarmovies2003]

Yes thanks so much! I have been asking myself how to do this for the past 2 years. I will definitly be making this in the near future!

[@jackkadzis]

you make some amazing sim add ons, i would love to see a set up with all ur stuff or a set up tour by you

[@padlockbeats151]

Would be great if you could go a bit more in depth with what easy pin does so we could use this guide for other clusters.. None the less, you are doing great God's work sir!

[@MorGuux]

RPM = 2 Speed = 3 MPG = 4 Fuel = 5 Temp = 6 RPM and Speed use Tone signals, MPG, Fuel and Temp use PWM signals :D

[@MarinatedPasta]

MorGuux So would this be identical if it were a e46 cluster?

[@MorGuux]

No, the E46 cluster is fully CANBUS for engine data. You could still use the cluster, with a CANBUS shield, as all of the messages are documented. But it would not work using this method.

[@arkkukakku112]

Speed and fuel is not canbus but everything else is on e46.

[@GogogoFolowMe]

wedophones.com/Manuals/BMW/1999%20BMW%20318ti%20Electrical%20Troubleshooting%20Manual.pdf page 152 you can find the pinout of the instrument cluster edit: by clicking on the numbers, you are redirected to the corresponding plug edit2: pages 153-4-5 is the list of the 3 connectors

[@kruger12311]

Dope! I'm going to build it this week :D Thanks for the tutorial man!

[@ProPotato]

Loving your mod videos, tutorials and mats list! Subbed.

[@pulsarbrooke]

Thanks for sharing your video, I wired a hand brake for a PlayStation 1 when I was younger this blows my mind. Totally want to do this

[@Jamestb0060]

This is actually the coolest thing I've ever seen! Time to get myself an E30 Speedo xD

[@jjna7511]

i have an e30 speedo, but how you can do it, you need a wiring diagram of the cluster, if you have can you send it?

[@IssamAF]

Did you do it?

[@gustavvasa8757]

Ive waited for a video like this from you, thanks 😃

[@alessandroleleu1123]

Someday a dof 2 comes out? Lots of thanks for your projects, you're the best.

[@therealtobi04]

Tank you!!! You don´t know how long i´ve searched for a video like this!!!!!!!

[@AndyMcClements]

Clearly a niche topic.. but I'm very impressed by the R&D the uploader clearly has carried out, the trouble taken to develop a simple, robust solution, and the clarity of the presentation. Awesome job. Sadly my interest is VAG VDO clusters, so none of this is of any use to me :)

[@Subarov]

Hi, by any chance did you do a vag one? Asking as I want to do the same as in the video but with cluster from audi a4 b8. Thanks

[@gerzsone30]

I made a E36 cluster work 4 years ago, before Simhub even existed. So much work for nothing. I moved to Simhub since then. :) Mine has some extra features. The lights are also wired in with simple NPN transistors. Some of them are tricky. Turn signals and high beam need to be switched to 12V to work, the rest need ground signal to light up.

[@uthief4353]

Hello! Do you have the Display client V2 as shown in the vid at 4:24? The links are old and I cant seem to find them, so I thought maybe you still have the file. Thanks!

[@_xmotoryna1813]

Yes, I've been looking for it for a few weeks and finally you've done something about it! BEEEEEEEEST

[@arkkukakku112]

Oh god, thank you very much! looked for something like this for over 2 years. Time to go to my yard and remove one of e36 clusters from my parts cars!

[@jakeridesbikes99]

I have a sim rig based on an E46 dash with my old E36 gauges fitted that I have been trying to find info about this since the new year, this is going to complete my rig as I already have all the buttons working thanks to your button box guide. You really are a master of all things SIM!

[@mitchdorosan9969]

so, E46 cluster will also work using the same instruction AM STUIDO provided?

[@frankrizmanic8564]

​@@mitchdorosan9969i think if you find the right wiring diagram you can connect it following this video. Just keep in mind what wire connects to which connector on e36, and just translate it to e46 using e46 wiring diagram. Sry if i was a bit unclear but i think u will get the point 😅

[@rseguras]

Loool, im look for this so many time! Ty! Awesome

[@hydrolisk1792]

This is the coolest thing I have seen in a while now

[@borysoborski7011]

Guess who is going to their local car wrecker tomorrow to pick a cluster up? 👍🏻 thank you man!! 423 amstudio

[@MrFrankMacro]

it's always fascinating what you do. but, now my question: can you make a turtorial with a truck speedo cluster? for ets2

[@Johnnygibson007]

Neighbor got the shock of his life when he jumped in his Beamer but other than that it is all going good.

[@funkysquirrel3120]

Lmao

[@vynel7109]

Hello!! thank you so much for sharing and providing updated info in the description, I just got done making mine and its working perfectly thank you again!

[@corniel657]

Goddaym, I know some people pursue the best sim possible, but this next level, Bravo

[@mikkellanger8190]

Amstudio i thing that you should make a setup/room tour and show off all your stuff? and maybe start making some gameplay with your Sim racing so we can see some longer test of your gadgets

[@Pearl.Production.]

So much time we wait for this video 😍😁 ! Thanks for sharing us this 👍👍

[@amstudioprojects]

Enjoy!

[@Game_Craft1337]

same

[@jaszkowaenduroteam9013]

holly thank you so much, i was looking for tutorial like this but i couldn't find it, i got lucky with your tutorial because i wanted e36 dashboard for my rig

[@Alex_1652]

Your work gives me Eyegasm 🤩 Keep up💪🏻💪🏻

[@stefans359]

Dude you are awesome I swear🙋

[@CaelanOsman]

You deserve like 1 Mil plus subs! I don't know why more people haven't discovered you!

[@EMS9729]

Thanks! Once I get I wheel I'm definitely gonna try this out!

[@zachmiller9175]

That's sick... If I ever get around to trying this I think I would open up the cluster and black out the tach numbers since they dont really mean anything anymore though.

[@wecrashgames]

That's insane! I wanttt it

[@MrWarthog_]

heyyyyy I know you

[@filipdobrzanski4162]

Maybe do Logitech Shifter Standalone USB?

[@Hmes_]

Hi! I just did the entire thing! Like literally and gotta say its the best tutorial out there 100% Working. But im Wondering how u got the Mileage working? Everything seems to work for me except the Mileage and i really want to complete it :D Props all around! No trouble anywhere!

[@l3o_popa]

awesome, i wanted to make something like this but i haven't founded a tutorial, Thank you

[@ivanbacca1978]

very very good.

[@zegi1454]

i must to do this SPEEDO CLUSTER

[@neonnerd1364]

This is rad. I'm new to Sim rigs and pc racing. Irl I built a 95 neon sport coupe so I have a ton of spare parts left over so I'm definitely gonna be using my spare cluster on the Sim rig I'm building right now. I just need a dash and center console.

[@RoBoVader]

This is honestly the coolest thing ever.

[@chromo4388]

If I want to take a cluster out of something different like a Holden Astra, what should I know or look up

[@transient442]

the wiring diagram for that specific cluster.

[@Ahmed_Jawad137]

Two questions 1.does the turn signals work and hazard lights? 2.does the dashboard lights work like the handbrake light, high beams, check engine etc?

[@Alex-xl4xe]

I didn't rebuild that and I'm obviously not the uploader, but there's a reason he connected only like 10% of all pins.

[@bradleyjohnston2400]

With a little extra work, I’m sure you could get them to😁

[@gerzsone30]

The lights use 12V bulbs, you need transistors for them to work, and some extra code for the custom protocol.

[@MikaelJ97]

@@gerzsone30 led lights could Be a solution

[@habsfan1985]

Who care about the blinkers lol this is a bmw cluster they were never meant to be used anyway lolllll

[@romariocahyakurniawan5317]

what an incredible skill, good job sir

[@Wasmachineman]

Using the Economy meter as a boost gauge = GENIUS!

[@Josh-je2ni]

What are those arrows on the sides of the speedo and tach for? Never seen those in use on a bmw

[@TheMx5Channel]

Fuel use in liters

[@frozensolid8968]

is this a blinker joke?

[@flott1]

@@frozensolid8968 Yes, yes it is

[@mbirth]

It's only to pass the MOT. Nobody actually uses these anywhere else.

[@RobbertN]

Well, i'm going to wreck the dash from my Z3 now :) !

[@fulybuilt]

Take us through a tour of your sim rig someday!

[@sameezls]

Brilliant tutorial. This been on of my To do projects. Thank you. Will this work digital cluster?

[@justinpass8154]

Amstudio If I email you a pin out diagram can you help me figure out what needs to get wired up?

[@i4ken114]

How to wire a fuel gauge from this cluster to PC ?

[@rezafarell3978]

Jdm cars 😍😍😍. And this video is amazing man. Very good work

[@Frankestein01nl]

A VERy nice how-to! I already have a working bmw dash, but to see this conversion done professionally, is something else completely! Well done and thanks for the vid, thinking of redoing the wiring now ;) A simrig, is never finished, issit? :)

[@moth.monster]

I'm assuming this could be modified to use whatever dash cluster one can get for cheapest, right?

[@England91]

erica if it has similar wiring and pin out then it's a yes

[@MorGuux]

To make sure that it is compatible, it has to be a non-canbus cluster (takes in analog pwm or tone signals through dedicated pins).

[@FlamJongUn]

Picked one for 9£, toyota avensis cluster. Rpm meter goes up to 8 so its okay, make sure you don't get a diesel one...

[@MrAndrius12]

Wait, and how do those sim games actually give the RPM and speed data to the tachometer?

[@idisappoint]

Kind of similarly as to how some RGB keyboards flash red and blue when you're being chased in GTA V. There are developer tools for pulling telemetry data from the game. I'm guessing the Simhub program does that job for you.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

@@idisappoint This :).

[@salteendude5643]

Used this with a 1999 honda civic cluster. I just used the existing plug ins and modified them the same. Works great!

[@MohdArshad-uy3zk]

Hi bro can send me details??

[@bestgamer3873]

Hi

[@bestgamer3873]

Can you share the plug ins

[@---zx9um]

Thank you. I'm going to use this method to save the YF Sonata instrument.

[@eatdickeveryday7767]

Could you do a eurotruck GPS display?

[@jamesmuffins3330]

I mean, it's pretty easy to find apps on phone for that

[@viliuz_]

Use sim dashboard for it u will pay 5 dollars and it will be enough u can put maps ans other stuff

[@baconbacon332]

I have the biggest smile

[@Temtee3]

wow well done , i have been looking for this from long time and i made so many research about it and finally you made it so great and easy , thank you so much why only BMW E36 Cluster ? is it possible to use the same steps you shown on other BMW clusters like E34 , E46 and E30 .thanks again and keep it up in the world of SIM.

[@buurman2635]

just ordered everything to do this, the waiting game has begun

[@The_Dude_420]

I can do this hold my wheel!

[@gasperjelenko1731]

Would you be able to make this work in forza games?

[@szynga]

should work with forza horizon 4 now iirc.

[@albionG80]

THIS IS THE VIDEO I NEEDED!

[@Ahmed_Jawad137]

Yes i finally got it to work after hours of troubleshooting thank you so much

[@brentonryans2713]

Hey man can you assist me.Im stuck trying to get his code to compile.

[@Boemel]

14 years ago we did this using the parallel port on my athlon 2400 playing liveforspeed

[@pierre4857]

Played LFS today :D

[@celian4891]

Does it work with an e39 cluster ?

[@DKjoca]

i am trying to figure it out at the moment. i'll contact you if i have a success :D

[@123456789sha]

célian becquet if you know what the pinouts mean on the e36 cluster, just look for the pins with same function on the e39 cluster

[@simascalka]

No I tried it and the E39 cluster has incripted signals that go to 3 modules 1 main 2 abs 3 some other ithat i Dont Know Soo u might be able to but its too much work ;DDD Sorry for my English

[@DKjoca]

The problem for the e39 is that it uses a can-bus system. That means its doesn't use one simple pin for rpm and speed.

[@iurabordei933]

Amazing stuff!! How many different devices do you have? They are awesome. Great video

[@markoveskovic1827]

You deserve so much more subs! Awesome videos!

[@relaxtop6534]

Make turn signal lever from real car.

[@l0ge]

He has

[@relaxtop6534]

I mean real, just from car, not by joystick.

[@l0ge]

Oh

[@l0ge]

I didn't realize

[@Riley180sx]

Would be the same as his vid he did it in just use a normal stalk

[@Ghost_2704]

Work for beamng drive ?

[@video-x4565]

just watched the video... speachless!

[@james6234]

awesome, im gonna try to do this with a different cluster and experiment with it, ill give updates

[@iosif9999]

Could you please make a similar one for ETS 2?

[@jarco1026]

Oh yes!

[@amstudioprojects]

This one works in ETS2

[@sebiks75]

amstudio light,and turn indicator also workig with ets2?

[@andreasmispel]

lights and the turn lights is not include in the code. I Use this e36 cluster Setup from amstudio with my ETS2/ATS Game. @anstudio: can u Please Update the Setup with the Lights? :D alternativ only Code Change

[@darius2640]

he even got the economizer to work so you can look how many mpg's you getting on the track lol

[@nitrohaas9640]

yeah but if you try to look how much youre using its either yes or no lmao

[@elieakiki]

I was waiting for such thing forever, thanks man, does the 350z works the same?

[@Holakovskykarel97]

this is what i was looking for, amazing

[@ghst5623]

How to do for ets2? (Blinkers work and more)

[@szynga]

can be easily done with proper custom protocol

[@MorGuux]

Wow @AMSTUDIO :D Nice work on the cluster. If you add me on Discord at Melly#2179, we can talk about a newer version of the sketch and protocol (with working temp gauge). Cheers for the credit given and great work on all of your projects ;)

[@nicolasjoseph4820]

Having the temp or fuel gauge would be even better, but is it possible ?

[@GogogoFolowMe]

The schematics include both gauges (tank/temp) and the last arduino sketch (22d) too. But I'm unable to make it work...

[@ESTD3]

Hey MorGuux, i have some questions about the project, please add me as a friend in discord, i added you already!

[@1stevige]

I’m getting time.h errors please help

[@saprogeist31]

This is so fucking cool. I just stumbled across this concept earlier today. I was watching another KZbinr who I thought had installed an actual speedometer into their cockpit, but it turned out to be SIM Dashboard on their phone. But I kept looking, and ultimately found this video, because I was just thinking about it from a programming perspective, and I couldn't see any reason why one wouldn't be able to have a digital speedometer read in-game variables to determine its display. But holy shit, the hardware aspects are fascinating.

[@Jaatf1]

I am waiting for this so long

[@user-mfsc-2024]

a real bmw speedo ?

[@matthiasbretonnier4015]

Amazing ! Quick and simple ! I have one question : is it the same pinout for other brands ? I have a citroen one with the same number of pins ! And, how to wire the other indicators, like nlinkers, headlights,...?

[@OficinaKGS]

very cool, thanks for making your knowledge available to us, works for any type of instrument or only bmw?

[@spm3713]

OOOOHH YEEAAAHHHH NOW I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. Thx guy, you are very helpfull