Do any of you guys speak English?? :-)
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Hannink" <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: DIY $20 digital oil temp gauge

> You would need some kind of electronic device/software
> pakage to convert the digital or analog sender signals
> to a graphical presentation, then into a composite
> video signal. You could send that real-time video
> signal to a dash mounted LCD monitor or heads-up
> windshield video projector.
>
> Sounds like a future project, probably using a laptop
> with some type of engine monitoring software and
> outputing it via composite video to an LCD monitor. It
> would be nice to utilize a WinAmp type skin as the
> base for the graphics.
>
> The aircraft community uses a self-contained unit like
> this: (http://users.mweb.co.za/r/ra/rainier/ems.htm)
>
> Anythings possible, you are only limited by your
> imagination and your pocketbook.
>
> I am still looking for a GPS with a composite video
> output, but it looks like interfacing with a laptop is
> the only solution right now.
>
> Tim
>
>
> --- John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
> > This has prompted the recall of a car that my
> > brother-in-law had that
> > had a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube - ie, TV tube) in the
> > dash that was
> > connected to an on-board computer that gave all
> > kinds of readouts
> > directly on screen while driving. I thought this to
> > be very cool. Don't
> > remember what kind of vehicle but a Detroit built
> > American automobile.
> > With the advances made in electronics, the use of
> > LEDs or silver crystal
> > readouts, etc, would seem possible to create a
> > similar system that could
> > pick off signals from various points on the Vanagon
> > and give readouts on
> > a single screen mounted somewhere  on the dash of
> > our beloved Vans.
> >
> > Just wondering if any of our List Members with
> > electronics  knowledge
> > would have some ideas of how this can be done, or
> > could do such a thing,
> > sort of like Darrels Digifant Digitool, but a bit
> > more sophisticated.
> >
> > Just Sunday Morning mental meanderings.
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
>
>
> =====
> Tim Hannink
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> Winter Park, Florida
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