Building my first MPGuino: Help?

[Ecky]

Possible, but I'd be more inclined to check for a poor solder point or a wire not in the right place before ordering another.

[revolt13]

i checked almost everything. Its actually half of the first row.. so it cuts off just half of the first letter.

[revolt13]

Im about to say f this whole thing.. i've spent 10 hrs soldering this thing trying to get it to work and theres always something wrong.

[Ecky]

I know well how you feel. I'm not entirely certain what wire carries what signal but my common issues when assembling mine were quarter-screen blank/corrupted, half screen, or whole screen, which leads me to believe that each quarter probably has its own dedicated data wire.

If you're tired of fooling, it seems while you were working on yours JellyBeanDriver finished manufacturing a ton of really good looking premade MPGuinos. I'm tempted to retire mine for the smaller form factor his has and just use my arduino to reprogram the flash chip when updates come out to the code.

[revolt13]

Bought one from jellybeandriver, he does amazing work.

[revolt13]

Currently running the wires through my car, have them all installed but now my radio won't turn on :b. guess i have some wiring to work out lol. Will post pics and such when its all put together. I think im doing something with the install i haven't seen before

[revolt13]

Some new pics of how the install is going:

Injector signal:


Where i ran the injector signal through the firewall:


VSS:


Power and ground from my stereo:


How i "hid" my injector signal:


Mess of wires:


Phone jacks cut:


Planning...


Planning...


Almost done:

[revolt13]

Made some progress on the case today. Everything looks realllllly good

Phone jack in case:


How i cut it to fit:


Fan hole, there will be a screen added to keep dust out:


And finally the screen hole, fits like a glove

[meelis11]

Why do you need a fan?

[revolt13]

I don't NEED one, I wanted one. But unless I can find a switched ground it might not be worth the extra effort and I'll just use that as a vent hole. Believe it or not these black cases suck up some heat in the summer.