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| steveww Member Since: 05 Jan 2022 Location: Malton Posts: 577   
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I'm taking a hybrid approach. Using OBD2, Arduino, LCD display showing analogue gauges.
Progress is slow, work keeps getting the way of doing fun things. |
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20th Apr 2023 6:06pm |
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| edward Member Since: 08 Jan 2023 Location: Lincs Posts: 151
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Sounds interesting. Do you have any photos of your setup?
And what works best for each task? Thanks Ed. |
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20th Apr 2023 6:09pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3787  
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I think the very traditional, & very good, Smiths gauges would be excellent. Easy to buy I suppose, but connecting & particularly mounting would be more of an issue, in a Puma anyway, IMHO. But done properly, I reckon they'd work out well.
Pickles. |
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20th Apr 2023 10:32pm |
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| steveww Member Since: 05 Jan 2022 Location: Malton Posts: 577
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Adafruit M4 CAN https://www.adafruit.com/product/4759
Adafruit 2.4" LCD https://www.adafruit.com/product/3315 Adafruit power converter https://www.adafruit.com/product/4739 3D printed enclosure The Adafruit boards all work with the Arduino code base. The M4 CAN board has a CAN bus transceiver and driver all included so it will connect directly to the vehicle CAN bus. With some coding OBD2 requests are sent and data received. So far I have this data: Battery voltage Engine temperature Ambient temperature Exhaust gas temperature DPF load EGR duty |
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21st Apr 2023 8:41am |
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| edward Member Since: 08 Jan 2023 Location: Lincs Posts: 151
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Wow. That’s amazing and well beyond my undertaking! Would love to see it installed.
Thanks for sharing. Ed. |
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21st Apr 2023 11:18am |
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| ollyallsop Member Since: 05 May 2023 Location: Solihull Posts: 1 
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How did you get on with this mate? Something I'm looking at doing myself but after some more info on it all. Cheers |
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5th May 2023 4:23pm |
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| steveww Member Since: 05 Jan 2022 Location: Malton Posts: 577
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I'm still in the prototyping stage, work keeps getting in the way of the fun things.
The Adafruit website has all the information you for working with their boards. I've used some code from https://github.com/sandeepmistry/arduino-OBD2 for the OBD2 stuff. Wikipedia has a really useful page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBD-II_PIDs As soon as I have something stable and useful, I'll publish it all on GitHub. PM me for status updates. |
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6th May 2023 8:44am |
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| Baytown Member Since: 30 Jan 2016 Location: Cairns Australia Posts: 87 
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I have an LS3 6.2 V8 with 6 speed auto fitted, so really wanted to monitor my T&Ps, plus my dual battery system.
I monitor Engine oil Pressure and Temp, Engine Coolant temp (also have a loss of coolant alarm) Transmission oil temp, 2 Battery volts and amps, as well as the head temp. These gauges also provide ext ambient and internal temp. I run Australian made Redarc everything, inc gauges and they are good, if not difficult to read the gauge needle (LCD display) as the needles are very thin against the background. I would always want to know what my fluids are up to with the remote touring that I do. Ken.  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 2012 110 LS3 6.2 V8 - 6 Speed Auto |
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19th May 2023 12:32am |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2117 
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There is another way -
I have a cheap blue-tooth tablet, which I normally use for navigation, running a free app- Tourque, paired with a cheap OB2 reader which gives me a wide range of live ‘gauges' at the touch of a finger and no wiring. It works very well and was useful when driving in the hot weather keeping an eye on the engine temperature. Click image to enlarge (this is one of the screens set up to suit my needs)  Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126 |
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19th May 2023 6:02am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2660  
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I have a Madman EMS, installed as soon as we bought our 90 in 2010.
Click image to enlarge -- 2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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19th May 2023 6:21am |
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| mcma1 Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 2929 |
Glad I found this thread as I would like to get some digital engine data since having the LS but want to keep it as discreet as possible. Is there a small display out there that I can scan between the various outputs? Andy
2014 Fuji 110 SW LS3 https://www.defender2.net/forum/post751233.html#751233 2014 Corris 110 SW http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40056.html My old Xtech 90 build.. http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic15681.html LS3 V8 build... http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic49051.html |
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15th Apr 2024 3:02pm |
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| Ngala Member Since: 26 Oct 2020 Location: Germany Posts: 5 |
I have the Madman EMS and EMS2 version.
Both great and lots of crucial info to monitor. You can set parameters for alerts etc. Highly recommend…. |
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26th May 2024 7:31pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2448  
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I like this! WHich OBD2 do you use?
Puma 110" SW ............................................................. Earth first. Other planets later |
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27th May 2024 1:09pm |
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| jbcollier Member Since: 29 Apr 2024 Location: Edmonton AB Posts: 164  
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I prefer analog gauges. I don't need many just the three basics (for a diesel): EGT, voltmeter, and outside temp. Yes, the last is a bit odd but here in the frozen north, knowing if you are above or below freezing can be critical. I find the +3C to -5C themperature range to often provide "exciting" road conditions. Warmer or colder, not so much.
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