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Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 00:08 Go to next message
And who said the yanks don't come up with something original Shocked

Basically, a mob in the ststes has ciome up with the software/interface that allows you to use the Nintendo Gameboy as a display screen and a tuning tool. Have a look at the link below

http://www.supramania.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1 0644

Anyone got a spare Gameboy ? Laughing
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 00:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Hmmmm... rather interesting, alittle wanky but non-the-less interesting. would bring the cost down over any other type of setup being based on a mass produced.

I wonder if it is real time or if it is a little slow. and what the refresh rate is on the game boy screen.

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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 00:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
That's cool!
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 00:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I'd guess that a game boy refresh rate would be pretty good - It is built for games after all Smile
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 01:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
I guess I'm not suprised that they made a gameboy display engine stats. Hell, I saw a gameboy colour linked up to a GPS, now that was cool Very Happy
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 01:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
thats a bloody good idea!!!
Megaview and the Palm tuning software for Megasquirt are good, but something in between like the gameboy would be great too!!
Cya, Stewart
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 02:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
looking into this a little more..

UMS will be 100-150MHz
MoTecs run 32MHz
MS runs 8MHz

the gameboys have an 8MHz processor (Z80 architecture) which is more than fast enough to run fuel injection as a standalone computer.. IF it has the realtime capabilities (which is why using a laptop is not possible). it probably does not have the hardware to turn injectors on and off (duh), but if it can provide a signal to a FET board, it's possible....

meh, i'll just stick with MS for now Wink but another tuning platform would be shiny!

Cya, Stewart
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 02:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Stewart,

Pity eh, I thought about this a while ago. Just not enough I/O on the old gameboy.

I did buy an 68HC11 to try and make an ignition controller, but lost interest.
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 02:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Finally a decent excuse to go and steal my brothers gameboy... Evil or Very Mad
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 03:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
so does it have mario turning spanners while u tune???
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 03:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
stewart - tell me more about this UMS Palm OS based tuning interface? link?

Im a long time palm user, and have tried a few little gidgets using the palm as a temp probe, also tried an rpm meter - but im totally suprised that no-one has come up with a decent prog to make it into a tuning tool, or at the very least a fancy G-Tech type thing. would be easy as shit. (this is not including the OBDII palm tool thats out there - which is useless to me at the present time)

i love palms!

cheers
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 04:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ed_ma61 wrote on Fri, 13 August 2004 13:40


Im a long time palm user,



heheheehee Laughing
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 04:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
no shame in that Confused
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 04:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
come on...

"gameboy"
"palm pilot"

marketing dept needs to get more me thinks
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 06:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
another reason to get a GBA Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 13 August 2004 09:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
it is great to see that it has made it to the car field.
i had read a couple of years ago that the crazy italians with their off tits 18cc scooters used efi and a game boy with cartridge as the tuning medium.
some people are brilliant sure, but really, i think they have a little too much time on their hands Rolling Eyes lol
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 08 April 2005 14:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
how would the new PSP go as an ECU?
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Fri, 08 April 2005 17:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
oldcorollas wrote on Fri, 13 August 2004 12:03

looking into this a little more..

UMS will be 100-150MHz
MoTecs run 32MHz
MS runs 8MHz

the gameboys have an 8MHz processor (Z80 architecture) which is more than fast enough to run fuel injection as a standalone computer.. IF it has the realtime capabilities (which is why using a laptop is not possible). it probably does not have the hardware to turn injectors on and off (duh), but if it can provide a signal to a FET board, it's possible....

meh, i'll just stick with MS for now Wink but another tuning platform would be shiny!

Cya, Stewart





There was a discussion on msefi.com about it, apparently someone IS using a game boy for a ECU Smile

EDIT: went searching and couldnt find the topic, but i did find the site in question Smile

http://www.semis.demon.co.uk/Gameboy/GBGPI/GBEMS.h tm

ECU with on screen display Smile

[Updated on: Fri, 08 April 2005 17:49]

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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Sat, 09 April 2005 01:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
University of wollongong used on to display the info like engine temp revs etc for there go cart/ formula ford thingy that they used to win sdome comp in the us was very successful.
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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Sat, 09 April 2005 01:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
AND ITS COLOUR.... not like other read outs.....

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Re: Use a Nintendo Gameboy to display car info and help tune ?????????? Sat, 09 April 2005 02:57 Go to previous message
Corona RT142 wrote on Sat, 09 April 2005 11:13

University of wollongong used on to display the info like engine temp revs etc for there go cart/ formula ford thingy that they used to win sdome comp in the us was very successful.


That woudl be Formula SAE i would guess.
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