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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #30 on: Sep 25, 2006, 08:51PM »
im interested but your in sydney, so would be a diy kit for me i think

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #31 on: Sep 25, 2006, 09:06PM »
thats awesome mate, well done   ;)

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #32 on: Sep 25, 2006, 10:39PM »
if you are gonna do this thing or a diy version, how hard would it be to light up all the needles on the dash??  so you could have all lit needles (oil,fuel,temp,speed and tacho) but only the tacho would change colour

i can't imagine it would be too hard to do
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #33 on: Sep 25, 2006, 10:57PM »
thats ACE, would be keen for one.. awsome.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #34 on: Sep 25, 2006, 11:05PM »
i just want green needles. +karma mate. I'm not suggesting that it can't be refined or knocking your good work, but the glow coming out from under the needle, it can be shielded somehow so it doesn't shine on the face of the dial right?
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #35 on: Sep 25, 2006, 11:12PM »
Im interested!

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #36 on: Sep 25, 2006, 11:45PM »
i just want green needles. +karma mate. I'm not suggesting that it can't be refined or knocking your good work, but the glow coming out from under the needle, it can be shielded somehow so it doesn't shine on the face of the dial right?

Hehehe yeah it can. The LEDs are pretty powerfull, and reflect everywhere... but i have a solution... if i can be bothered to pull apart my dash this weekend.

And as for the other needles. Damned straight! Its pretty easy (speedo might be a bit more complex... but it can be done)

So yeah. All needles is possible.

Hell, i have a spare dash right here. I might just do it for fun!

Thanks for the feedback guys!  ;D

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #37 on: Sep 26, 2006, 10:13AM »
heya mate good work  ;)

I would love the instructions on a multiple output kit.... and you are now my official source of LEDs....

Looks like you have something going here eh!
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #38 on: Sep 26, 2006, 10:31AM »
with this kit would it be possible to say rather than changing the colour of the led when it gets to a defined level, change the intensity of the led.

eg.

The needle is red all the time, but when the needle gets to the red line it becomes a brighter red?

Excuse my ignorance I don't know too much about electrical stuffs.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #39 on: Sep 26, 2006, 11:51AM »
yep, easy as.... could even flash if you wanted it too... could even make neons in your footwell light up, basically anything that can be switched on or off...

man this kit can even be used as an adjustable rev limiter, if you had an immobiliser kit installed ( with modifications of course)

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #40 on: Sep 26, 2006, 05:06PM »

And as for the other needles. Damned straight! Its pretty easy (speedo might be a bit more complex... but it can be done)


You're quite right about the speedo, as i'm sure you've seen it's a pretty tight fit between the plastic and the odo/speedo stuff behind it . . . nothing a dremel can't fix :)

As soon as i find myself a dash with a tacho i'll be doing this mod, might even go pick up the kit from jaycar in the near future.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #41 on: Sep 26, 2006, 08:03PM »
Eurisko, you posted up that you were going to do this the night before I was about to fly out to QLD for a holiday.  I come back and you've done it and it looks fucking awesome!

If it can be done using a JDM tacho, I would be 100% interesting in one of these mate.

I really admire your hard work mate, it looks great :)
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #42 on: Sep 27, 2006, 10:31PM »
In the process of designing a multiple output board.

That means, one input, and upto 10 different outputs!  :o

If it works, be prepared for some craaaazyyyy shit! :D


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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #43 on: Sep 28, 2006, 12:38PM »
That means, one input, and upto 10 different outputs!  :o

woah... when you say 10 different outputs does that mean you can set 10 different frequencies? or Is it just one set frequency which switches 10 devices all at one?

either way that's insane... you could make the backlights of your dash change from someting like blue to red when you hit a certain RPM (or speed?)
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #44 on: Sep 28, 2006, 01:48PM »
Both!  ;D

Specifically tho, i mean each device will be triggered at different frequencies, sequentially. So, if the design is set out correctly, you can set how slowly or quickly it goes through the outputs.

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #45 on: Sep 28, 2006, 05:30PM »
Both!  ;D

Specifically tho, i mean each device will be triggered at different frequencies, sequentially. So, if the design is set out correctly, you can set how slowly or quickly it goes through the outputs.

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #46 on: Sep 28, 2006, 07:11PM »
Just add on a little flasher circuit :)
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #47 on: Sep 28, 2006, 08:28PM »
I suppose it would cost way too much, but has anyone thought about hooking the tacho up to all the lights in your car?

Imagine when you hit 6,000 rpm the whole dash and all the interior neons change colour!  :o My eyes!  :P
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #48 on: Sep 28, 2006, 08:31PM »
I suppose it would cost way too much, but has anyone thought about hooking the tacho up to all the lights in your car?

Imagine when you hit 6,000 rpm the whole dash and all the interior neons change colour!  :o My eyes!  :P

Wiring the whole car would be a pain in the ass, but other than that it's not that difficult to sort out. Just get the circuit on the kit to trigger a relay which handles the rest of the lights. Easy in theory, just a bitch of a wiring job.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #49 on: Sep 28, 2006, 08:33PM »
I suppose it would cost way too much, but has anyone thought about hooking the tacho up to all the lights in your car?

Imagine when you hit 6,000 rpm the whole dash and all the interior neons change colour!  :o My eyes!  :P

Heheh nah the circuit im designing is very simple and shouldnt add 20 bucks to the design, all up. The cost is being reduced everyday when i find new and exciting things :P

Ill have a prototype built this weekend, and ready to show to you guys!

The kit will have an expansion board, that will let u increase the outputs from 10 - 30 devices! Its getting bigger and bigger everyday! :P

and when i say 30 devices, i mean INDIVIDUAL devices. As in, you can have 30 different coloured LEDs, buzzers, anything! :D

oh and one more thing, the final design will most likely be Surface Mount Devices, making it incredibly small, and cheap to manufacture! :o
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #50 on: Sep 28, 2006, 08:36PM »
Hey do you know how the circuit works? does it convert frequency into voltage and then when that voltage gets high enough it triggers the relay?

Is the circuit affected by heat in any way?

This might help with my LED tachos I was going to build ages ago.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #51 on: Sep 28, 2006, 08:45PM »
buzzers

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #52 on: Sep 28, 2006, 08:50PM »
Hey do you know how the circuit works? does it convert frequency into voltage and then when that voltage gets high enough it triggers the relay?

Is the circuit affected by heat in any way?

This might help with my LED tachos I was going to build ages ago.

Yeap, exactly how it works jono. It uses a frequency to voltage converter that drives a relay once a threshold is met. But thats the circuit im running now, which is very complex and limited. The one im designing does away with the relay, allowing huge flexibility. It also simplifies the Jaycar circuit.

No, its not heat sensitive, and the jaycar unit on the other hand can support any load (huge amps too because of the big ass relay it uses).

What kinda tacho u looking at building... maybe i can help?

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #53 on: Sep 28, 2006, 10:02PM »
There was an eoi about them in the for sale section last year

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #54 on: Sep 29, 2006, 01:53AM »
Heheh nah the circuit im designing is very simple and shouldnt add 20 bucks to the design, all up. The cost is being reduced everyday when i find new and exciting things :P

Ill have a prototype built this weekend, and ready to show to you guys!

The kit will have an expansion board, that will let u increase the outputs from 10 - 30 devices! Its getting bigger and bigger everyday! :P

and when i say 30 devices, i mean INDIVIDUAL devices. As in, you can have 30 different coloured LEDs, buzzers, anything! :D

oh and one more thing, the final design will most likely be Surface Mount Devices, making it incredibly small, and cheap to manufacture! :o


Not to try and put a dampener on your efforts, but don't you think that maybe 10-30 intervals is a bit much? I'd settle for just 3. The only thing I could think you'd want a couple more on would be the speedo. Even then, just having 2 colours with an adjustable level would be great.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #55 on: Sep 29, 2006, 10:48AM »
Not to try and put a dampener on your efforts, but don't you think that maybe 10-30 intervals is a bit much? I'd settle for just 3. The only thing I could think you'd want a couple more on would be the speedo. Even then, just having 2 colours with an adjustable level would be great.

Well, actually its alot easier to make it with 10 outputs than 3... if you can believe that!  ;)

Im making this circuit for ultimate flexibility... so say for example, you want a bar tacho in addition to the regular tacho, you can do that!

The price difference is minor, and in my opinion, you get better value for it.

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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #56 on: Oct 11, 2006, 08:27PM »
time for takumi's speed alert buzzer he uses :P..

the attesa has it when u leave the lights on hehehe, i lvoe that noise
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #57 on: Oct 11, 2006, 08:33PM »
time for takumi's speed alert buzzer he uses :P..

the attesa has it when u leave the lights on hehehe, i lvoe that noise

Most of the imports I've driven have a speed alert on them set to about 110km/h.

Cut one wire and it's gone... ahh the sweet sweet sound of silence at 120km/h :D
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #58 on: Oct 11, 2006, 09:46PM »
aww man that ting tong ting tong is so relaxing :p.
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Re: Shift Light.... with a difference :D
« Reply #59 on: Oct 11, 2006, 09:54PM »
rofl, that funny jingling sound. I heard it once when I was test driving a MKIII supra. I thought it was something bad.

Don't you think 30 outputs is overkill jono? i guess you could use a few to trigger a spark plug at the end of the exhaust sytem, that would bring about the need for excessive fuel to be floating around too..soo another output can trigger an auxillary fuel pump! its 110% illeagal but you'd have some flames.
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