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[badgerade]

Ahh, that makes a bit more sense. I'm sat here looking at that board and thinking there doesn't look like there's a radio chip on there as well.

I should really buy a Pi and learn how to mess with it, to see if I can turn one into a proper data logger with a decent number of inputs for sensors.

They're pretty good bits of kit (using one as part of an XBMC setup at the moment) and there is a lot of support/enthusiasm on the web. There's also some decent looking I/O boards avaiable to hook 'stuff' up to.

Some recent discussion here on the rPi forum: http://www.raspberry...48e234&start=25

Apologies for the thread hijack OP!

[techieboy]

[Anton]

Ahh, that makes a bit more sense. I'm sat here looking at that board and thinking there doesn't look like there's a radio chip on there as well.

I should really buy a Pi and learn how to mess with it, to see if I can turn one into a proper data logger with a decent number of inputs for sensors.

They're pretty good bits of kit (using one as part of an XBMC setup at the moment) and there is a lot of support/enthusiasm on the web. There's also some decent looking I/O boards avaiable to hook 'stuff' up to.

Some recent discussion here on the rPi forum: http://www.raspberry...48e234&start=25

Apologies for the thread hijack OP!

Haha, don't sweat it ^^

I love a good discussion any day.

The only "downside" to Repsberry Pi is that there's no analog I/O pins on the board.
Meaning that you can't really control servos or reading frequency bands (radio etc).

But there's good news, you can hook a Arduino via a shield and have it parse/command all analog features and report back to RPi.

http://www.cooking-h...ion-bridge.html

UK is the worlds best retailer for electronic components without a doubt and you guys shouldn't have a problem finding cheap parts for these kind of projects


Here's a short list of the parts i'm running:
GPS: http://www.cooking-h...or-arduino.html
GPS test product: http://www.cooking-h...ps-antenna.html
Stepper motors: http://www.cooking-h...-motor-12v.html (For controling Headlights up/down levels)

RPi->Arduino: http://www.cooking-h...ion-bridge.html
Fastest RPi distributor: http://downloads.ele...spberryPi1.html

[Bargi]

Ahh, that makes a bit more sense. I'm sat here looking at that board and thinking there doesn't look like there's a radio chip on there as well.

I should really buy a Pi and learn how to mess with it, to see if I can turn one into a proper data logger with a decent number of inputs for sensors.

ohh that's an idea

[Anton]

Getting into the housing of the front-lights was harder than i imagined..
I'll have to completely destroy the sealing glue, probably for the best because it's leaking like it is already >_O

Edited by Anton, 11 January 2013 - 03:17 PM.

[JG]

Ahh, that makes a bit more sense. I'm sat here looking at that board and thinking there doesn't look like there's a radio chip on there as well.

I should really buy a Pi and learn how to mess with it, to see if I can turn one into a proper data logger with a decent number of inputs for sensors.

See what Jase has done on t116

[Anton]

Gave up on the headlight housing for today, 3h trying to get it apart was enough.. Soooo... I went down to the car instead and started on the rear boot.. (rear clam removal, rear boot removal.. w/e it's called): http://www.youtube.c...i2bT-7k#t=0m42s

Edited by Anton, 11 January 2013 - 08:06 PM.

[Anton]

After a rough year involving relationship, a move, garage troubles etc..

I'm finally settled in my new 600 square meter garage complete with paint-box, 4-pillar car lift and what not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally got the engine out without to much fuzz, the only real issue was the fact that stuff had worn out (the right engine pillow was completely shattered into peaces for instance, and bolts were so old they broke with the slightest touch).

 

 

[techieboy]

I'm finally settled in my new 600 square meter garage complete with paint-box, 4-pillar car lift and what not.

 

Jealous. Very very jealous.

[fezzasus]

Getting into the housing of the front-lights was harder than i imagined..
I'll have to completely destroy the sealing glue, probably for the best because it's leaking like it is already >_O

 

Oven baking helps, however you will struggle to replace the projector (if that's your intention) due to the appalling design of the projector mounting points. Best you can hope for is changing out the cut off plate so it suits xenon bulbs.

[Anton]

 

Getting into the housing of the front-lights was harder than i imagined.. I'll have to completely destroy the sealing glue, probably for the best because it's leaking like it is already >_O <pic>

 

Oven baking helps, however you will struggle to replace the projector (if that's your intention) due to the appalling design of the projector mounting points. Best you can hope for is changing out the cut off plate so it suits xenon bulbs.

 

 

Ah forgot about that! (Think I've even seen that in a blog post somewhere, was it "mark's blog"?)

Any ideas on what a good temperature would be for this particular glue? Before i disintegrate the whole place

[fezzasus]

I put it as low as i could go (gas mark 1 in my case - about 140 deg. C). 

[Tonie Pettersson]

Just did this conversion on my headlights. Temperature on ~70C for 10-15 min, worked like a charm, but had to re-bake it a couple of times of course .

The first headlight took about 6h and second one 3h (the full conversion), so very depending on how much glue there is.

[Anton]

Thanks! I'll go for ~70C and see how that goes tonight!

I'll just get it open and probably sand down the glue and add new glue because it's old and full of gaps causing the lighthouses to get moist.

 

And i will most likely replace the cutoff plate and the whole fixture for the lightbulb when i'm replacing the projector glass and converting to xenon lighting.

Edited by Anton, 07 January 2014 - 02:04 PM.