hi all, a little project im woriking on at the moment:
has been pretty much based on the guide on here on replacing the dash cluster needle LEDS, but up another level.
basically replacing the CCFL tube that backlights the dash cluster with some RGB LEDs so that the colour can be changed as my mood desires..
I have a stack of RGB LEDs wired up with each colour to its own variable resistor so taht i can tune the colour by adjusting each colour components resistor..
will also be doing the same with the dial needles (except on their own circuit so their colour can be different)
heres how its turning out so far:
yellow:
White (think i set the red up a little high, hence the pink bleeding through)
red
purple
blue
and the breadboard setup for green..
what still needs to be done:
need to work out the right number of LEDs to use so its not insanely bright, also need to work out where to place them so its not bright at the top but dim at the bottom etc.
need to make up some PCBs to fit into the dash cluster to make it neater and permanant.
Also need to make a external panel to mount somewhere where i can put a few small dials so i can adjust the colour easily, will also include a switch that automatically switches the LEDs to a setting where its close to the stock lighting (im not sure about the legality of modifying the dash panel)..
need to work out the current circuit paths so i can wire it into the dash cluster properly (just running off my computer power supply at the moment)
need to put the RGB LEDS into the dial needles and wire them up.
what im thinking of doing in the future:
changing it from resistor controlled to PWM using some microcontrollers.
using the microcontroller, setup some other effects ie make the fuel gauge nedle get redder the less petrol is in the tank until it gets critical then make it flash or somehitng,
make the rev-o-meter (whats the proper name??) go red when you get into the red zone etc just little things like that..
also want to modify a mobile phone screen so that i can have a small panel in the middle of the dash cluster that i can program to display what i want (fuel usage etc, similar as to what is in the current model lancers) (probably wont get done as i believe phone screens are tricky to get working by anything other than the phone that they are intended for!, but as an alternative i might try a cheap 3" screen from Ebay with normal inputs)
has been pretty much based on the guide on here on replacing the dash cluster needle LEDS, but up another level.
basically replacing the CCFL tube that backlights the dash cluster with some RGB LEDs so that the colour can be changed as my mood desires..
I have a stack of RGB LEDs wired up with each colour to its own variable resistor so taht i can tune the colour by adjusting each colour components resistor..
will also be doing the same with the dial needles (except on their own circuit so their colour can be different)
heres how its turning out so far:
yellow:
White (think i set the red up a little high, hence the pink bleeding through)
red
purple
blue
and the breadboard setup for green..
what still needs to be done:
need to work out the right number of LEDs to use so its not insanely bright, also need to work out where to place them so its not bright at the top but dim at the bottom etc.
need to make up some PCBs to fit into the dash cluster to make it neater and permanant.
Also need to make a external panel to mount somewhere where i can put a few small dials so i can adjust the colour easily, will also include a switch that automatically switches the LEDs to a setting where its close to the stock lighting (im not sure about the legality of modifying the dash panel)..
need to work out the current circuit paths so i can wire it into the dash cluster properly (just running off my computer power supply at the moment)
need to put the RGB LEDS into the dial needles and wire them up.
what im thinking of doing in the future:
changing it from resistor controlled to PWM using some microcontrollers.
using the microcontroller, setup some other effects ie make the fuel gauge nedle get redder the less petrol is in the tank until it gets critical then make it flash or somehitng,
make the rev-o-meter (whats the proper name??) go red when you get into the red zone etc just little things like that..
also want to modify a mobile phone screen so that i can have a small panel in the middle of the dash cluster that i can program to display what i want (fuel usage etc, similar as to what is in the current model lancers) (probably wont get done as i believe phone screens are tricky to get working by anything other than the phone that they are intended for!, but as an alternative i might try a cheap 3" screen from Ebay with normal inputs)
