IndiBoard (do-it-yourself dashboard dashboard)
Today I finished creating a device that is designed to display information from car simulators to a panel with LED indicators.
Since the beginning of my passion for car simulators, such as GTR 1 & 2, Race, GT Legends, etc., I have always been haunted by the thought of improving my game hardware. I modified my steering wheels, made USB joysticks, made my pedals, but it all seemed like a trifle compared to what I saw on foreign Simrais sites. There, people gathered at home cockpits, connected devices from real cars, created all sorts of small hardware pribludy for games. But all the developments that I saw were closed and paid. So I decided to make my own version of the dashboard ...
I chose ATmega 8535 as a brain device, at a small price (~ $ 5) it has 4 I / O ports and can work with the RS 232 protocol.
I chose seven-segment indicators to display information, I didn’t want to bother with the LCD, and besides, they don’t look so interesting :)
The front panel ordered in a company that is engaged in outdoor advertising. Of course, this is not what I originally wanted, but for now I'm happy.
Now about the software part.
Since I don’t know any programming language (except C for microcontrollers, on which the firmware for the device is written), I decided to use the HiAsm program designer. For a few nights studying the environment, I made my first application. It reads the Memory Mapped File created by the game, converts the necessary data and sends it to the device through a com-port.
The device has two modes of operation: gaming and service. In service mode, CPU, memory, time, and date are displayed. In the game - the speed, engine speed, etc ...
Work mode:
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Game Mode:
Video of work:
The device is compatible with games from Simbin (GTR, Race07, RaceON, GTR Evolution, GT Legends) and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 :)
In the future I plan to expand the list of supported games and transfer the board to a planar installation. That's all for now.
Thanks for attention.
I will make a reservation, the article is not mine, my brother asked her to publish, they did not take it into the sandbox.
In the comments to the article he answers too.
Update: the author received an invite for habr. Now all questions to him.
Also available is an archive in which lies the scheme, firmware and software.
Since the beginning of my passion for car simulators, such as GTR 1 & 2, Race, GT Legends, etc., I have always been haunted by the thought of improving my game hardware. I modified my steering wheels, made USB joysticks, made my pedals, but it all seemed like a trifle compared to what I saw on foreign Simrais sites. There, people gathered at home cockpits, connected devices from real cars, created all sorts of small hardware pribludy for games. But all the developments that I saw were closed and paid. So I decided to make my own version of the dashboard ...
I chose ATmega 8535 as a brain device, at a small price (~ $ 5) it has 4 I / O ports and can work with the RS 232 protocol.
I chose seven-segment indicators to display information, I didn’t want to bother with the LCD, and besides, they don’t look so interesting :)
The front panel ordered in a company that is engaged in outdoor advertising. Of course, this is not what I originally wanted, but for now I'm happy.
Now about the software part.
Since I don’t know any programming language (except C for microcontrollers, on which the firmware for the device is written), I decided to use the HiAsm program designer. For a few nights studying the environment, I made my first application. It reads the Memory Mapped File created by the game, converts the necessary data and sends it to the device through a com-port.
The device has two modes of operation: gaming and service. In service mode, CPU, memory, time, and date are displayed. In the game - the speed, engine speed, etc ...
Work mode:
')
Game Mode:
Video of work:
The device is compatible with games from Simbin (GTR, Race07, RaceON, GTR Evolution, GT Legends) and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 :)
In the future I plan to expand the list of supported games and transfer the board to a planar installation. That's all for now.
Thanks for attention.
I will make a reservation, the article is not mine, my brother asked her to publish, they did not take it into the sandbox.
Update: the author received an invite for habr. Now all questions to him.
Also available is an archive in which lies the scheme, firmware and software.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/102386/
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