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Originally Posted by dcb
Yah, gotta get this project away from arduino too probably. Don't get me wrong, arduino is completely awesome, but it is for making simple tasks easy to write, not for making complicated tasks easy to maintain.
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You may be aware I am an electronics n00b (just learned to solder last month, getting some introduction to the subject in my physics classes in college, reading up on it online), so salty.
But I'm inclined to say I agree.
What alternatives to arduino are there, and which ones are you guys leaning towards (both generally, such as PIC vs. AVR, and specifically)? Is there a straightforward way to interface these with (i) the LCD and (ii) the existing (or similar to the existing) OBD-II interfaces? Will we be able to decrease the cost by moving away from arduino? Are there established, efficient methods of power regulation we can use to clean up the +12v we get from the OBD-II port? Will you focus on a specific bus, such as CAN which is standard on post-2008 cars? I own a CAN car (2008 Civic) and would like to participate in the project to the best of my ability.
Sorry for the "wall of questions;" I don't mean it as an interrogation! I am simply curious and interested, both from a FE standpoint (it would be great to have an OBD OpenGauge MPG computer or whatever the next iteration would be titled) and from an educational/electronics standpoint. Thanks for all the work you all have put into this project already!