@gagnarork the first sentence actually: in this video i show you... Not hearing the word tutorial, does not imply that it is not a tutorial. "Show you how" does though. Are you dumb?
Wow, i think you just lit the spark to get me back into tinkering again. That was an excellent video and your ideas and link help is wonderful. Thanks and the best to you and your family.
Part 2 with all the wiring diagrams and code snippets is online now!!! th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html Sorry about the low volume, The TH-cam computer has automatically made closed captions and they are very accurate in this case. So for anyone else having problems hearing me, perhaps you can turn these on and forgive me for this one.
AWESOME! This is exactly the sort of thing I was wanting to do with my old 07 Pontiac G6. Its radio was garbage so I was eventually going to replace it with a Pioneer double din that had android auto, but couldn't ever afford the near 2k price tag.... So I had started to look into Car PCs and seeing what was out there for a Raspberry Pi, but nothing ever turned up. I eventually got rid of the G6 and bought a Passat with Android Auto built in (didn't even know it had it at the time lol. Just plugged in the phone and BOOM there it was!). BUT I still would LOVE to have this as an option! The girlfriend really loves how Android Auto works but her Corolla doesn't have it... With this, I can probably just 3D print her a small, slim mount that fits on the dash, and route the audio to the AUX port on her existing radio. Although, does this output audio over bluetooth? While it may be redundant... She'd most likely prefer the stock radio to display the current track and yadda yadda so that it isn't just sitting at a 'blank screen doing nothing' lol. Sure it'd show two copies of what's playing, but it'd be interesting if it was able to output audio via bluetooth lol. Heck, this would even give her the option to leave the stock head unit on the car info screen as well. She's always switching back and forth to it so she could see her economy and what not. This would let her keep it on that screen and yet still have control over the audio >:D
You are my new hero! My wife and I have been overlanding in an FZJ80 Land Cruiser and just like you, I'm venturing down this path just because I can't see out our rear window because of all of our gear. So, I've been looking to put in a camera, but wanted the display overhead because the sun on the dash make it very difficult to see the screen. I also wanted it to be raspberry pi based so we can add additional monitors (remote fridge temp, weather station, solar info, etc). Came across this video and am both impressed and excited by your setup. Hope we run into you out there someday off road. Would like to thank you in person. THANK YOU!
8:45 try switching the maps z-index and opacity... but you wouldn't be able to interact with the other screens in background... maybe a button that puts the map on top with opacity for 5000ms so you can interact with map and a lastTouched timeout function to switch the z-index back for interacting with radio, etc...
I'm using my 50amp/hr lithium deep cycle battery (past van project) for a raspberry pi project. I'm totally going to use the regulator as you did but hopefully, make a portable smart battery box. I just need to work on the box design. The scripting is exciting but I have to start messing around with them because I never have before. How can I make the battery chargeable from multiple sources? I want to be able to plug it into regular 110v house supplied power and solar when bringing it camping. Ideally, this could be a media source and power a 12v travel fridge that I have.
Very nice work my friend. You've inspired me to get off my ass and do a project. Lol. BTW I was watching your video on my tablet and my Pixel 2 XL picked up North Battleford. Haha... man you are UP THERE! Take care.
This is awesome I’m am doing this to my truck of course watching it over and over for the details on how to thanks man I’ve subscribed for more info great thanks
Hey dude, thanks for the walkthrough! Any word on the script for screen brightness GIPO pin control? Working on an install for my car now and would love to have that same control
Dude! This is awesome! I might build something similar for my new car. The one thing I miss from my old one is full control of my phone via Google assistant. If I can add in a dedicated Android auto solution, that's just icing on the cake.
This is exactly what I was looking for to build into my T5. Only issue I have is routing a HDMI cable 'through the van' from the rear tailgate. Are there other ways to use a camera?
It seems a van would be even easier than ours, just run it above the headliner. Short of running some wires you'd need a second Pi, a local network and stream the video over RSTP with some custom scripts at both ends.
Yes, I did some testing reading the wheel buttons over ODB2 via Bluetooth. It worked, but wasn't worth the hassle for me. But if you wanted you could just map those inputs to keystrokes on the Pi.
We now have six cameras actually, but each one requires its own pi, they only have one camera input, I do remember someone had a Kickstarter project where they had a switch mechanism where you could plug in for cameras and then switch between them, but you can't run them at the same time.
Very nice build. I do have some questions I'm curious it's been over 2 years now how are you doing with this build and heat what's the screen. Does it affect the display at all? Another question that I have is what's a custom box that you chose to mount the screen in the video shows you screwing it into the vehicle but what are you attaching it to? I'm sure it's not the outer metal of the vehicle
It's been two years, no problems with heat traveling all through Mexico... The new enclosure is 3D printed and bolts up to an existing bolt hole in the frame/rib above the windshield.
Sorta. You could do it with a hidden developer setting and WiFi currently. The phone will need to become a hotspot, the pi being a client off that. The phone would run a server daemon that the "head unit" (the pi) will connect to. Bluetooth specifically? That's plainly no.
Around 8:05 you have text that suggests you're recording from Left, Right, Front and Rear cameras? What peripheral/adapter/switcher were you talking about to connect and record from a or multiple cameras?
I will have the rear-facing camera hard wired if possible, length is becoming a problem. The other cameras will need dedicated Pi's attached and streamed via RSTP. There are multi-camera boards available. But I have not tested them: www.arducam.com/multi-camera-adapter-module-raspberry-pi/
This is really cool. I have been wanting to do a custom car computer, and I wasn't sure how Open Auto would fit into the picture. I can definitely see how it can work, and this project serves as a nice template. Thanks for your effort
this is really nice but can you explain the wire connections to the raspberry pi from the car and where these connections are coming from and also where these camera are placed.also, tell me details about the mic connection?
If you made this in a DIY bag, I would so buy it. Even if it was without the review camera component. How would you make this if you just wanted it as your head unit? How could you add amplification and control buttons?
The Ole Raspberry Pi Trick!!! I know this is an old video, but I too have played with the Pis of different Versions starting with the 1.0. You probably already knoe this, but I figured I would share with others. A person can purchase a Really Small Wireless Keybaord with a Built in Mouse Pad for the Pi. It is something that works great and can fit in the Glove Box or Center Console. Just A FYI incase some one is looking into this project. I might dust off an old 3.0 Pi and give this OpenAuto a go in my OBS just for fun. Thanks for your Video!
Awesome, I have a question. I have a bluetooth radio and I dont want to get rid of it. is it possible to add one of these but just for maps. and have my phone play sound to the radio and display maps to the raspberry at the same time? does the raspberry sync with your phone and display your phones maps and calling like a normal bluetooth head unit does? or does it act like a Wifi network that you join on your phone and then maintains its own signal and runs its own map and calling software?
Just found your page, awesome! Thank you for this great and interesting project. I would love to learn a lot more! Especially about making all the cameras record.
Are u able to have a variable dimming feature. So instead of just connecting to the headlight switch that enables/disables the dim brightness that u setup, could it be connected to the rheostat wire off the roller wheel (usually a wheel on most vehicles) that adjusts brightness throughout the rest of the cabin lighting?
Not worthwhile IMHO, the Raspberry Pi doesn't have an analog to digital converter. Without an Analog input, you can't sense a variable voltage like that.
Hi, Thank you for the great build. I will be attempting this soon. Forgive my ignorance in electronics, could you please tell me where to connect the optocoupler? I went through both part 1 and 2 of your videos, but couldn't find it. I have a 2000 volvo v70 with a stock head unit which I suspect does not have amp. I am also confused with that part.
Really cool stuff, wonder if you could also hook it up to the steering wheel controls and have a full stereo replacement. Those Pioneer stereos are quite pricey to have Android Auto.
I have no interest in that, but it would be easy enough to do... Just monitor the canbus data via the OBD2 port useing an Elm327 bluetooth adapter and map the buttons to keyboard buttons.
Great job. A question: Couldn't you add a Video RCA input directly into Ras (Instead of ribbon) and use a conventional cheap backup waterproof camera with IR (Usually under $10) that also gives you color back up path markings? Talking of cameras, how about turning this Ras into a DVR (Utilizing its micro SD) also for front cam that can serve as DashCam?
RCA cameras are very low resolution, these cameras do 8 megapixel. And yes, way ahead of you. Cameras are all DVR'ing while we drive and when camped...
Wow, pretty cool man nice job. I'm in the middle of changing my car stock stereo in to a dash-pi. Thanks for the good points. New subscriber for sure. Btw nice camper.🤘
This is awesome, I recently came across 'crankshaft' which is a fork of the openauto project. I plan on using this when I can afford the touchscreen and am praying your scripts will work with it, I really wanted a reverse camera and a dignified shutdown which I've seen in the comments your also working on. I'd love to get the dimmer working with the headlights too. Great work. Subscribed!
The next video is almost ready, sensing the headlights could be done pretty easily using the optocoupler method I'll show. I still like have the option to change it whenever I choose... but you could have both... Standby!!!
I'm really interested in how you adjusting brightness. Please can you provide your script or some details? Are you using i2c-2 with ddcutil to command the hdmi chip or did you wire in the backlight driver's EN pin to a gpio?
It's controlled in software. /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/brightness I provided all the scripts 6 months ago in the part 2 video: th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html
Hey! Quick question: Doesnt the whole thing breakdown when under intense heat? For instance if its a hot summer day and its really hot inside the car, doesnt that ruin the display, glue, proccessor, memory chip, capacitors etc... and how would you ameliorate that?
We driving through Mexico and Central America at the moment with no problems... For any one else reading this, that is exactly why I printed the enclosure from ASA.
@@Everlanders Thank you for answering! This is very important information, as Im sure alot of people who have delt with computers would agree, tech doesnt like heat! Also done some research recently on NAND-Flash (the memory of any sd card, usb stick, ssd in general) it does NOT like heat at all! In fact if you heat it enough times alot of data will be corrupted (my phone's sd card can attest to that, and many other people's) Good luck in Cental America, may God be with you
I would probably just go to a wrecker and pull out the dash bezel surround from the same car and make yourself a custom Dash that holds the screen. Much easier than trying to mess around with a single DIN with a pop-out screen.
I can't use a pop-up screen because air vents. There's not much space on the center console and I'd like to avoid cutting it, it's sort of a collector. Same as this: i55.servimg.com/u/f55/18/34/59/40/img_2012.jpg
Brilliant project. Do you have concerns that google can track your locations with open auto? How much carrier data usage per hour is your cellphone using connected to open auto?
Good job man. Do you have any details regarding installing the open auto on raspi? I've looked everythere but can't figure out how to install it. Thank you
@@Everlanders sorry man, I meant how did you managed to install or compile the openauto as I cant find any info's. I've seen the git page aniway but can't figure out. Thanks for answer
With android auto is it your phone that connects to your cars bluetooth, or does the pi need to be connected to the cars bluetooth? And I can see you decided to add a mic to your set up, so you can't just use your phones 'ok google' interface? The pi has to have its own capability? Might be some dumb questions but it's something i've been trying to figure out.
I don't use bluetooth at all. The Mic in the phone would/does work fine, I've plugged in a $3 lapel mic which I will mount closer to my face as this is going into a pretty loud Diesel truck.
The maps are sent to the screen from the phone. The phone gets them over the LTE connection and if service is spotty it will download and cache the whole trip.
Excellent video and project! I used your suggestion of a usb sound card for a mic and audio output. I can't get the mic to work when pressing the microphone icon in AA. Any script needed for the Pi to default to usb mic? I've already installed in my car and running 3-10-18 version of crankshaft.
I didn't use crankshaft, I installed OpenAuto from the source code. But, This Adafruit article should get you going: learn.adafruit.com/usb-audio-cards-with-a-raspberry-pi/figure-out-your-chipset
Hello. I'm interested in doing something similar. Could you tell me how the Raspberry Pi holds up in severe hot and cold temperatures? Where I live the summers and winters can be brutal and I was curious if it would be detrimental to the Pi to do something like this. Thank you.
As with any other electronics, they are perfectly happy in the cold, but when in the heat the CPU should be kept below 60º-80ºc (140º-180ºf) I don't have any extra cooling, but I did leave space in the enclosure for a CPU fan if needed. This video explains it clearly. th-cam.com/video/1AYGnw6MwFM/w-d-xo.html
I am looking to do exactly this so this video is helpful. Let me ask this, if I have a bluetooth enabled radio that I stream music and I am connected to android auto the audio is still streamed from the phone even if android auto is showing the album art? Reason I ask is my bluetooth enabled radio is a classic FM/8-track with preamp outputs so it's the main source of music. Just curious if the rasberry pi needs anything additional regarding audio with exception of a mic input?
I don't think you can stream the music from the phone itself, the Bluetooth connection would need to be made by the Raspberry Pi. Some people had success with this but I found the pairing process cludgie and unstable. It's been a few months since I did this, so maybe things have improved.
Hello, Excellent work... I block on my side to the connection of the phone on the PI. Could you detail the connection method. Thank you in advance. Cordially. Rougier F.
If all you want is a simple display, that's easy enough to do, lots of people make iPad or Nexus Dash mounts. It's easy to do. Our Raspberry Pi is doing much more than that though, the input output pins allow me to control various aspects of our camper rig.
Maybe this will be in part 2, but did you ever think about tapping into the reverse power wire on the car and monitor for voltage and then have it trigger the camera automatically?
Part 2 has been up for some weeks... Tapping into the reverse lights is an easy adjustment, and I posted the code for that along with the rest of it on GitHub.
Everlanders Ah okay. I pretend that the Android car is the main music system of the car and feed it with an amplifier. I'll have to get some controls on the steering wheel to drive it hehe Thank you very much for your answer.
Cool project, question: is the screen resistive or capacitive? wouldn't be better to put a small battery so the Rpi can go into sleep instead of rebooting all the time?. Also have you thought about adding a dashcam? thanks
It's a capacitive screen. I just put mine to sleep as is, but many people complained they wanted a smooth shutdown, so that's what I showed. I have 6 cameras, all recording movement... So yes, I've thought about it.
Can you tell me if we can get customizable boatload graphics in spite of getting those codes on this project. And also if you can tell me from where you have downloaded the pi software and also the android auto in this. As, I am a layman I keen to know if we can also add apple car play also😃
Cool video! One question, does OpenAuto work vertically? You have the 7 inch horizontal, I'm looking at installing a 10.1, or 13.3 in vertical mounted screen. Thank you in advance.
I know this is an old project, but could you tell me if the screen holds up well in the extreme temperatures of a car? I want to have this installed into my vehicle, but I live in Florida and am worried the screen wouldn't last
Nice vid! I’m working on a Lithium UPS to use inline with a similar RasPi setup (Plex media center in the travel trailer). What could I use to monitor voltage upstream from the UPS and trigger a shutdown of the Pi?
I'm not sure what your getting at... It works fine. You just need to add a relay to switch the higher load. Regardless, you want me to find you a different solution? How about this, get a cheap low voltage cutoff (LVC) from the RC Model World and use that to trigger the script... Something like this: www.robotshop.com/ca/en/low-voltage-cutoff-switch.html
Never mind I see how you made the screen! :D Awesome JOB man! I am dong something similar by adding a 2nd screen to my Dasaita android radio. Via HDMI. But needed a case
Great set up, I have been wanting to set something like this up for a while with the added cameras and ODB2 logging. One thing you might want to consider is adding a relay to the backup lights to load the rearview screen when the car goes into reverse. Also, how are you getting the data and GPS signal?
I feel I've answered this a dozen times... You can easily use the script I provided to switch to the rear facing camera when in reverse gear. I don't want that, as we use ours on the highway as a rear view mirror when driving forward. ODB2 is pretty easy, but again, we have other means for this and don't use it.
We've used just the phone for the last few years, and yes, You need to connect the phone for music, and Nav, but it's far from ideal, and there is no rear or side view cameras.
Will I still need to access my OEM control knobs in order to control sound or is there something on Android Auto I can use? I'm trying to completely bypass my OEM radio as it is shorted out, and this is cheaper than buying a new head unit solely for Android Auto
You can mount it wherever you want... Mine is acting as a rearview mirror as our camper box obstructs the rearview mirror, it made sense to put it there for us.
This is really great! I have a right hand drive landcruiser and have been looking for a camera set up so I can pass people safely. Interested to see how electroDacus works too!
The electroDacus SBMS has run flawlessly for 2 years, no complaints there! The camera adaptors were delivered moments ago, I'm excited to get home and test how the camera works over that 30 foot long cable. #signalqualityhell
Having trouble getting phone to connect after starting /home/pi/openauto/bin/autoapp. On the "Waiting for device: screen" I get an error message that says "Unable to open MTP device '[USB:001,029]' . I am using a Samsung Edge 7 phone and I don't have any problems if I am using the Crankshaft version of Android Auto. I would prefer to use your version but can't seem to connect. Help would be great. Thanks Danny
Very cool, will definitely steal this idea :-) . I was wondering if you can mirror the back facing video to simulate a real mirror? Or is it not that confusing?
I have had issues using the sound card you recommend. I know it works when I specify to play the sound test through it but I can't get it to work by default. Any advice?
Hmm... I will give it a try. Thanks! Your video is awesome, btw. It really has gotten my whole office tinkering with their Pi's. Oh one more question - in your description you say that you will post your GPIO script to change the camera and brightness: did you end up posting it somewhere?
That is really nice that you have all this cool stuff. But what tutorial is it if you dont show how you actually did it... what a crap.
Perhaps the part 2 video where I show how to do it will answer your questions... 😁 th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html
Everlanders lol
I'm doing something similar and was wondering if you answer any questions about open auto
Is that your question?
@gagnarork the first sentence actually: in this video i show you...
Not hearing the word tutorial, does not imply that it is not a tutorial. "Show you how" does though.
Are you dumb?
if you are wondering about the plastic sheeting in the background it is purely to protect the sensitive equipment from blood spatter
That, but also to help the camera's auto-focus to stay in the foreground, and not hunt for focus with the junk on the shelves. :-)
Blood splatter
After watching Dexter, you will never see plastic sheets the same way again... :-D
These are the things I like to do in my free time , it’s my first viewing it greatly appreciated until next time .
Awesome work. You have got yourself a new subscriber from this video alone.
Same here, LOL
same here to
@@Bulba_lagd Me three. :)
You can speed up the build process by executing make with the -j -parameter. For example; 'make -j4' will use 4 threads for building.
Loved how neatly the project was executed and deployed. Fantastic!
Wow, i think you just lit the spark to get me back into tinkering again. That was an excellent video and your ideas and link help is wonderful. Thanks and the best to you and your family.
Wow! Thanks so much!
Dude, nice f****ing job..... nice to see the busted knuckles too. Not many people are mechanically and electronically inclined at the same time!
Part 2 with all the wiring diagrams and code snippets is online now!!! th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html
Sorry about the low volume, The TH-cam computer has automatically made closed captions and they are very accurate in this case. So for anyone else having problems hearing me, perhaps you can turn these on and forgive me for this one.
Everlanders hi weer are the gpio scripts?
AWESOME! This is exactly the sort of thing I was wanting to do with my old 07 Pontiac G6. Its radio was garbage so I was eventually going to replace it with a Pioneer double din that had android auto, but couldn't ever afford the near 2k price tag.... So I had started to look into Car PCs and seeing what was out there for a Raspberry Pi, but nothing ever turned up. I eventually got rid of the G6 and bought a Passat with Android Auto built in (didn't even know it had it at the time lol. Just plugged in the phone and BOOM there it was!). BUT I still would LOVE to have this as an option! The girlfriend really loves how Android Auto works but her Corolla doesn't have it... With this, I can probably just 3D print her a small, slim mount that fits on the dash, and route the audio to the AUX port on her existing radio. Although, does this output audio over bluetooth? While it may be redundant... She'd most likely prefer the stock radio to display the current track and yadda yadda so that it isn't just sitting at a 'blank screen doing nothing' lol. Sure it'd show two copies of what's playing, but it'd be interesting if it was able to output audio via bluetooth lol.
Heck, this would even give her the option to leave the stock head unit on the car info screen as well. She's always switching back and forth to it so she could see her economy and what not. This would let her keep it on that screen and yet still have control over the audio >:D
Wow this guy almost made he is own custom infotaiment system. Its like the car can now run on windows 10 or smth. Great job man
You are my new hero! My wife and I have been overlanding in an FZJ80 Land Cruiser and just like you, I'm venturing down this path just because I can't see out our rear window because of all of our gear. So, I've been looking to put in a camera, but wanted the display overhead because the sun on the dash make it very difficult to see the screen. I also wanted it to be raspberry pi based so we can add additional monitors (remote fridge temp, weather station, solar info, etc). Came across this video and am both impressed and excited by your setup. Hope we run into you out there someday off road. Would like to thank you in person. THANK YOU!
8:45 try switching the maps z-index and opacity... but you wouldn't be able to interact with the other screens in background... maybe a button that puts the map on top with opacity for 5000ms so you can interact with map and a lastTouched timeout function to switch the z-index back for interacting with radio, etc...
I'm using my 50amp/hr lithium deep cycle battery (past van project) for a raspberry pi project. I'm totally going to use the regulator as you did but hopefully, make a portable smart battery box. I just need to work on the box design. The scripting is exciting but I have to start messing around with them because I never have before. How can I make the battery chargeable from multiple sources? I want to be able to plug it into regular 110v house supplied power and solar when bringing it camping. Ideally, this could be a media source and power a 12v travel fridge that I have.
Nice one! Thanks for putting it together Mate! That mechanical hand typing cracked me up! 🤣
This was great. I’m planning on doing this in my car when I Lyft/uber
It's been a while since I've seen one of your videos. Always greatly appreciated, cheers from OZ
This is amazing! It’s exactly what I was looking for. I want to do this to a few of my vehicles. Great video!
Very nice work my friend.
You've inspired me to get off my ass and do a project. Lol.
BTW I was watching your video on my tablet and my Pixel 2 XL picked up North Battleford. Haha... man you are UP THERE!
Take care.
This is awesome I’m am doing this to my truck of course watching it over and over for the details on how to thanks man I’ve subscribed for more info great thanks
Hey dude, thanks for the walkthrough! Any word on the script for screen brightness GIPO pin control? Working on an install for my car now and would love to have that same control
Yes, it's all in the part 2 video!
Thank you so much for the great video. Is it possible to use bigger screen? How do you add multiple cameras? Thanks again.
Dude! This is awesome! I might build something similar for my new car. The one thing I miss from my old one is full control of my phone via Google assistant. If I can add in a dedicated Android auto solution, that's just icing on the cake.
This is exactly what I was looking for to build into my T5. Only issue I have is routing a HDMI cable 'through the van' from the rear tailgate. Are there other ways to use a camera?
It seems a van would be even easier than ours, just run it above the headliner. Short of running some wires you'd need a second Pi, a local network and stream the video over RSTP with some custom scripts at both ends.
I’ve used a usb camera when running motion eye. Works well. Can one use usb cameras for other views, and record, for dash cams?
Yes
Nice project. i wonder is there any way to connect to this unit the stering wherl control and other CAN BUS features ?
Yes, I did some testing reading the wheel buttons over ODB2 via Bluetooth. It worked, but wasn't worth the hassle for me. But if you wanted you could just map those inputs to keystrokes on the Pi.
You listed 4 cameras. I know nothing about Raspberry Pi, but guess I need to learn. Can you set up a quad screen with 4 camera inputs?
We now have six cameras actually, but each one requires its own pi, they only have one camera input, I do remember someone had a Kickstarter project where they had a switch mechanism where you could plug in for cameras and then switch between them, but you can't run them at the same time.
Very nice build. I do have some questions I'm curious it's been over 2 years now how are you doing with this build and heat what's the screen. Does it affect the display at all? Another question that I have is what's a custom box that you chose to mount the screen in the video shows you screwing it into the vehicle but what are you attaching it to? I'm sure it's not the outer metal of the vehicle
It's been two years, no problems with heat traveling all through Mexico... The new enclosure is 3D printed and bolts up to an existing bolt hole in the frame/rib above the windshield.
Is there no way to use bluetooth instead of a USB cable to connect the phone and it working?
Sorta. You could do it with a hidden developer setting and WiFi currently. The phone will need to become a hotspot, the pi being a client off that. The phone would run a server daemon that the "head unit" (the pi) will connect to. Bluetooth specifically? That's plainly no.
thats a really smart idea to mount it with magnets, havent thought about it, i am in the process of building my own system. thanks for the tip!
I built a new one with a 3D printed enclosure: th-cam.com/video/bmyYmQrfiAg/w-d-xo.html
Around 8:05 you have text that suggests you're recording from Left, Right, Front and Rear cameras? What peripheral/adapter/switcher were you talking about to connect and record from a or multiple cameras?
I will have the rear-facing camera hard wired if possible, length is becoming a problem. The other cameras will need dedicated Pi's attached and streamed via RSTP. There are multi-camera boards available. But I have not tested them: www.arducam.com/multi-camera-adapter-module-raspberry-pi/
Awesome!!! Do you think adding parking sensors would be possible?
This is really cool. I have been wanting to do a custom car computer, and I wasn't sure how Open Auto would fit into the picture. I can definitely see how it can work, and this project serves as a nice template. Thanks for your effort
All of what you got with OBD II, and you've got one smart truck. Good job on the project! Thanks for sharing.
this is really nice but can you explain the wire connections to the raspberry pi from the car and where these connections are coming from and also where these camera are placed.also, tell me details about the mic connection?
Perhaps if you watch the Part 2 video you're questions will be answered...
With brightness, wouldn't you be able to tie into the factory "dim" wire for aftermarket headunits?
Nope
If you made this in a DIY bag, I would so buy it. Even if it was without the review camera component.
How would you make this if you just wanted it as your head unit? How could you add amplification and control buttons?
That is just about as cool as cool can get for a DIY Project! Good job and thanks for sharing!
Hi. Can you make work this build with Bluetooth support, for not using the USB cable? Thanks man
How good is the rear view cam in terms of speed? does it have lag? or transmits video almost instantly?
The Ole Raspberry Pi Trick!!! I know this is an old video, but I too have played with the Pis of different Versions starting with the 1.0. You probably already knoe this, but I figured I would share with others. A person can purchase a Really Small Wireless Keybaord with a Built in Mouse Pad for the Pi. It is something that works great and can fit in the Glove Box or Center Console. Just A FYI incase some one is looking into this project. I might dust off an old 3.0 Pi and give this OpenAuto a go in my OBS just for fun. Thanks for your Video!
Hi! Great video, thank you for sharing. What do you think about I try it with a small screen, maybe 3"..?.. I want to install it in a bike..
Then just use an old smartphone...
Awesome, I have a question. I have a bluetooth radio and I dont want to get rid of it. is it possible to add one of these but just for maps. and have my phone play sound to the radio and display maps to the raspberry at the same time? does the raspberry sync with your phone and display your phones maps and calling like a normal bluetooth head unit does? or does it act like a Wifi network that you join on your phone and then maintains its own signal and runs its own map and calling software?
Everything is possible.
Cool project I want to do it! A matte screen protector would probly cut the gare.
Just found your page, awesome!
Thank you for this great and interesting project. I would love to learn a lot more! Especially about making all the cameras record.
There is not much to learn, it's a pretty simple command set.
thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-roundup/raspberry-pi-camera-board-raspivid-command-list
Are u able to have a variable dimming feature. So instead of just connecting to the headlight switch that enables/disables the dim brightness that u setup, could it be connected to the rheostat wire off the roller wheel (usually a wheel on most vehicles) that adjusts brightness throughout the rest of the cabin lighting?
Not worthwhile IMHO, the Raspberry Pi doesn't have an analog to digital converter. Without an Analog input, you can't sense a variable voltage like that.
Hi, Thank you for the great build. I will be attempting this soon. Forgive my ignorance in electronics, could you please tell me where to connect the optocoupler? I went through both part 1 and 2 of your videos, but couldn't find it. I have a 2000 volvo v70 with a stock head unit which I suspect does not have amp. I am also confused with that part.
It's all shown in the digrams at 6:35 th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html
nice. how is the output of the 12v to 5v converter connected to rasberry pi? Can you please add that part in the list.
It's connected directly with wire.
Really cool stuff, wonder if you could also hook it up to the steering wheel controls and have a full stereo replacement. Those Pioneer stereos are quite pricey to have Android Auto.
I have no interest in that, but it would be easy enough to do... Just monitor the canbus data via the OBD2 port useing an Elm327 bluetooth adapter and map the buttons to keyboard buttons.
Great job. A question: Couldn't you add a Video RCA input directly into Ras (Instead of ribbon) and use a conventional cheap backup waterproof camera with IR (Usually under $10) that also gives you color back up path markings? Talking of cameras, how about turning this Ras into a DVR (Utilizing its micro SD) also for front cam that can serve as DashCam?
RCA cameras are very low resolution, these cameras do 8 megapixel. And yes, way ahead of you. Cameras are all DVR'ing while we drive and when camped...
Wow, pretty cool man nice job.
I'm in the middle of changing my car stock stereo in to a dash-pi.
Thanks for the good points.
New subscriber for sure.
Btw nice camper.🤘
This is awesome, I recently came across 'crankshaft' which is a fork of the openauto project.
I plan on using this when I can afford the touchscreen and am praying your scripts will work with it, I really wanted a reverse camera and a dignified shutdown which I've seen in the comments your also working on. I'd love to get the dimmer working with the headlights too.
Great work. Subscribed!
The next video is almost ready, sensing the headlights could be done pretty easily using the optocoupler method I'll show. I still like have the option to change it whenever I choose... but you could have both... Standby!!!
I thought I was a nerd, I bow down. Great job
This is just amazing !!!
I wish I had an assistant robot like yours.
LoL :p
I'm really interested in how you adjusting brightness. Please can you provide your script or some details? Are you using i2c-2 with ddcutil to command the hdmi chip or did you wire in the backlight driver's EN pin to a gpio?
It's controlled in software. /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/brightness I provided all the scripts 6 months ago in the part 2 video: th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html
Hey! Quick question: Doesnt the whole thing breakdown when under intense heat?
For instance if its a hot summer day and its really hot inside the car, doesnt that ruin the display, glue, proccessor, memory chip, capacitors etc... and how would you ameliorate that?
If that were true your car stereo and every other electronic component with memory chips and caps would breakdown too...
@@Everlanders i agree but this is on the roof tho... But maby even then it doesn't matter..
We driving through Mexico and Central America at the moment with no problems... For any one else reading this, that is exactly why I printed the enclosure from ASA.
@@Everlanders Thank you for answering! This is very important information, as Im sure alot of people who have delt with computers would agree, tech doesnt like heat!
Also done some research recently on NAND-Flash (the memory of any sd card, usb stick, ssd in general) it does NOT like heat at all! In fact if you heat it enough times alot of data will be corrupted (my phone's sd card can attest to that, and many other people's)
Good luck in Cental America, may God be with you
Cool!!!
Any chance you know if it would be compatible with a weird screen ratio (something that would fit a 1 DIN)?
I would probably just go to a wrecker and pull out the dash bezel surround from the same car and make yourself a custom Dash that holds the screen. Much easier than trying to mess around with a single DIN with a pop-out screen.
I can't use a pop-up screen because air vents. There's not much space on the center console and I'd like to avoid cutting it, it's sort of a collector.
Same as this: i55.servimg.com/u/f55/18/34/59/40/img_2012.jpg
Yeah, that's tight... How about an overhead console like I did?
Overhead is plan B. A good plan B but if I could avoid it...
Brilliant project. Do you have concerns that google can track your locations with open auto? How much carrier data usage per hour is your cellphone using connected to open auto?
I share my location publicly, so I give zero hoots about if Google can see it...
Good job man. Do you have any details regarding installing the open auto on raspi? I've looked everythere but can't figure out how to install it. Thank you
th-cam.com/video/jFXxtxoi_pc/w-d-xo.html
@@Everlanders sorry man, I meant how did you managed to install or compile the openauto as I cant find any info's. I've seen the git page aniway but can't figure out. Thanks for answer
With android auto is it your phone that connects to your cars bluetooth, or does the pi need to be connected to the cars bluetooth? And I can see you decided to add a mic to your set up, so you can't just use your phones 'ok google' interface? The pi has to have its own capability? Might be some dumb questions but it's something i've been trying to figure out.
I don't use bluetooth at all. The Mic in the phone would/does work fine, I've plugged in a $3 lapel mic which I will mount closer to my face as this is going into a pretty loud Diesel truck.
Makes sense, but if you're not using bluetooth at all how does android auto play music? Is there an aux cable going to your phone?
How does your navigation work while you’re on the road? Is it just a preloaded map or?
The maps are sent to the screen from the phone. The phone gets them over the LTE connection and if service is spotty it will download and cache the whole trip.
You're a genius! Very impressed 👍
Excellent video and project! I used your suggestion of a usb sound card for a mic and audio output. I can't get the mic to work when pressing the microphone icon in AA. Any script needed for the Pi to default to usb mic? I've already installed in my car and running 3-10-18 version of crankshaft.
I didn't use crankshaft, I installed OpenAuto from the source code. But, This Adafruit article should get you going: learn.adafruit.com/usb-audio-cards-with-a-raspberry-pi/figure-out-your-chipset
Hello. I'm interested in doing something similar. Could you tell me how the Raspberry Pi holds up in severe hot and cold temperatures? Where I live the summers and winters can be brutal and I was curious if it would be detrimental to the Pi to do something like this.
Thank you.
As with any other electronics, they are perfectly happy in the cold, but when in the heat the CPU should be kept below 60º-80ºc (140º-180ºf)
I don't have any extra cooling, but I did leave space in the enclosure for a CPU fan if needed. This video explains it clearly. th-cam.com/video/1AYGnw6MwFM/w-d-xo.html
I am looking to do exactly this so this video is helpful. Let me ask this, if I have a bluetooth enabled radio that I stream music and I am connected to android auto the audio is still streamed from the phone even if android auto is showing the album art? Reason I ask is my bluetooth enabled radio is a classic FM/8-track with preamp outputs so it's the main source of music. Just curious if the rasberry pi needs anything additional regarding audio with exception of a mic input?
I don't think you can stream the music from the phone itself, the Bluetooth connection would need to be made by the Raspberry Pi. Some people had success with this but I found the pairing process cludgie and unstable. It's been a few months since I did this, so maybe things have improved.
Thank you!
Hello,
Excellent work...
I block on my side to the connection of the phone on the PI.
Could you detail the connection method.
Thank you in advance.
Cordially.
Rougier F.
You are one smart cookie, Sir. Well done.
What’s the difference then doing this opppsed to just buying a nexus 7 or something like it?
If all you want is a simple display, that's easy enough to do, lots of people make iPad or Nexus Dash mounts. It's easy to do. Our Raspberry Pi is doing much more than that though, the input output pins allow me to control various aspects of our camper rig.
Do you have any more information on the script you used? I would like to overlay my dash cam video like you did with the rear view
Where does the internet access come from? Do you have to connect your phone to the RPi all the time?
Everything is handled by the phone. The Raspberry Pi is only acting as a screen, touch interface and Audio output.
Great little multi purpose system. Looks great! I might have to try this in my truck.
Maybe this will be in part 2, but did you ever think about tapping into the reverse power wire on the car and monitor for voltage and then have it trigger the camera automatically?
Part 2 has been up for some weeks... Tapping into the reverse lights is an easy adjustment, and I posted the code for that along with the rest of it on GitHub.
It lacks some very important and without, the volume keys. Is there a possibility to add them to the screen?
The volume is handled by whatever amplifier you're using. In our case the Kenwood head unit...
Everlanders Ah okay. I pretend that the Android car is the main music system of the car and feed it with an amplifier. I'll have to get some controls on the steering wheel to drive it hehe
Thank you very much for your answer.
Everlanders I used this manual to get me a volume control: blog.amnuts.com/2017/01/11/rotary-volume-control-for-the-raspberry-pi/
Great video. Do you need to USB connect an android or can it automatically connect with bluetooth? Thanks
It uses USB, yes
Cool project, question: is the screen resistive or capacitive? wouldn't be better to put a small battery so the Rpi can go into sleep instead of rebooting all the time?. Also have you thought about adding a dashcam? thanks
It's a capacitive screen. I just put mine to sleep as is, but many people complained they wanted a smooth shutdown, so that's what I showed. I have 6 cameras, all recording movement... So yes, I've thought about it.
6? awesome!
Yeah, But I have unlimited power on our truck... th-cam.com/video/cM5s4F-7AOk/w-d-xo.htmlm47s
The Nerd is Strong in this one. good shit.
Can you tell me if we can get customizable boatload graphics in spite of getting those codes on this project. And also if you can tell me from where you have downloaded the pi software and also the android auto in this. As, I am a layman I keen to know if we can also add apple car play also😃
Sure... why not?
If I mount it in the same location you did, I would be covering up my sunroof buttons. Any ideas?
Redesign a new upper console that integrates whatever buttons you want...
@@Everlanders I'm not an engineer.
Very impressive, inspirational. Thank you!
Cool video! One question, does OpenAuto work vertically? You have the 7 inch horizontal, I'm looking at installing a 10.1, or 13.3 in vertical mounted screen. Thank you in advance.
No idea...
I know this is an old project, but could you tell me if the screen holds up well in the extreme temperatures of a car? I want to have this installed into my vehicle, but I live in Florida and am worried the screen wouldn't last
It's no different than any other electronic control system in your car... We're currently on the border to Guatemala and it's still going strong.
@@Everlanders that's great to hear, thank you! I'll be installing one of these ASAP!
Does "okay google" commands work for the mic? Or is it just for phone calls? Thanks
Okay Google requires hardware in the phone, once detected, it hands off the actual request to the USB mic.
Everlanders so it has to be heard from the phone first. Not from the mic on the pi. I guess that'll suffice
Nice vid! I’m working on a Lithium UPS to use inline with a similar RasPi setup (Plex media center in the travel trailer). What could I use to monitor voltage upstream from the UPS and trigger a shutdown of the Pi?
You can just buy a lithium UPS for the Raspberry Pi... save yourself a lot of headache. pi.gate.ac.uk/pages/mopi.html
Not compatible with the RPi 3 and no word on when their new one will come out.
Easily accommodated: pi.gate.ac.uk/posts/2016/12/19/good-news-and-bad/
the last comment from the developer on that link was 6 months ago, and still no release date listed.
I'm not sure what your getting at... It works fine. You just need to add a relay to switch the higher load. Regardless, you want me to find you a different solution? How about this, get a cheap low voltage cutoff (LVC) from the RC Model World and use that to trigger the script... Something like this: www.robotshop.com/ca/en/low-voltage-cutoff-switch.html
Such a clean install, honestly If it was grey like the rest of interior it would look factory
I considered gray, but black is also used on the a pillar gauges and the factory gauge cluster, around the stereo etc... Thanks for the comment! 👍
Never mind I see how you made the screen! :D Awesome JOB man! I am dong something similar by adding a 2nd screen to my Dasaita android radio. Via HDMI. But needed a case
I 3D printed the case, shown here: th-cam.com/video/bmyYmQrfiAg/w-d-xo.html
Great set up, I have been wanting to set something like this up for a while with the added cameras and ODB2 logging. One thing you might want to consider is adding a relay to the backup lights to load the rearview screen when the car goes into reverse.
Also, how are you getting the data and GPS signal?
I feel I've answered this a dozen times... You can easily use the script I provided to switch to the rear facing camera when in reverse gear. I don't want that, as we use ours on the highway as a rear view mirror when driving forward. ODB2 is pretty easy, but again, we have other means for this and don't use it.
@@Everlanders
Awesome sauce, thanks. Have you had any issues with heat? Here in AZ that is kind of a issue.
No, I haven't... But the 3D printed enclosure has provisions for a 40mm fan should it ever become an issue.
u just got another new sub from the other side of the planet =D we all love the Pi's
Thanks so much! 😁
I'm just wondering if you have to connect you smart phone to make this work, then why not use the smart phone It start off with?
We've used just the phone for the last few years, and yes, You need to connect the phone for music, and Nav, but it's far from ideal, and there is no rear or side view cameras.
Will I still need to access my OEM control knobs in order to control sound or is there something on Android Auto I can use? I'm trying to completely bypass my OEM radio as it is shorted out, and this is cheaper than buying a new head unit solely for Android Auto
You still need a head unit to act as an amplifier. watch the part 2 video where I show the complete hook up
Fantastic project but why mount it on the ceiling? Why not the dash?
You can mount it wherever you want... Mine is acting as a rearview mirror as our camper box obstructs the rearview mirror, it made sense to put it there for us.
@@Everlanders oh got it. Wasn't sure what you were putting it into at first. That makes sense now.👍
Is it possible to read obd2 through the raspberry pi, things like monitoring rpm, speed, boost pressure, battery voltage etc..
Yes
This is really great! I have a right hand drive landcruiser and have been looking for a camera set up so I can pass people safely. Interested to see how electroDacus works too!
The electroDacus SBMS has run flawlessly for 2 years, no complaints there! The camera adaptors were delivered moments ago, I'm excited to get home and test how the camera works over that 30 foot long cable. #signalqualityhell
Does Bluetooth work to connect your phone or play music?
10:57 OOooooh this thing into that thing.. thanks for clearing that up, got lost around there HEHE
Phizicks she’s so ugly
Having trouble getting phone to connect after starting /home/pi/openauto/bin/autoapp. On the "Waiting for device: screen" I get an error message that says "Unable to open MTP device '[USB:001,029]' . I am using a Samsung Edge 7 phone and I don't have any problems if I am using the Crankshaft version of Android Auto. I would prefer to use your version but can't seem to connect. Help would be great.
Thanks
Danny
Love the video. Definitely subscribing!!
Quick question. Might sound dumb, but how did you get it to connect with your speakers?
3.5mm audio cable.
Very cool, will definitely steal this idea :-) . I was wondering if you can mirror the back facing video to simulate a real mirror? Or is it not that confusing?
It is confusing when it's NOT mirrored. I show how to do the Vertical Flip and Horizontal Flip in the Part 2 Video.
I have had issues using the sound card you recommend. I know it works when I specify to play the sound test through it but I can't get it to work by default. Any advice?
Change your settings so that it is the default... :-)
This is the guide I followed: learn.adafruit.com/usb-audio-cards-with-a-raspberry-pi
Everlanders What version are you running? Stretch?
I'm running the newest Stretch, Yes,
Hmm... I will give it a try. Thanks! Your video is awesome, btw. It really has gotten my whole office tinkering with their Pi's.
Oh one more question - in your description you say that you will post your GPIO script to change the camera and brightness: did you end up posting it somewhere?
I did, yes. Links are in the description.
congrats on 1k subs! I was the thousandth subscriber! great video
Thanks Jake, we were sitting here hitting refresh and then High-Fives at that moment!
Could tie into headlights or just have a light resistor and when it sees its dark, boom. Goes dim.
Sure.