Re: LCD Dash: Can It Be Done??

[John Van Vuren <veedublu@wirural.net>]

Actually, I think it'd be pretty easy to install some digital gauges... 
there are several made for use in street rods that look rather simple. 
I've never done it myself, but it looks to be as easy as:

1 - install sending units
2 - mount gauges
3 - run wires

John

'87 16v Scirocco
and lots of other stuff
website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm


> On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Brad Sheridan wrote:
> 
> |You've obviously never done any real electronics design work. It would be a
> |very big task, and very expensive, as custom LCD displays aren't cheap,
> |you're looking at a few thousand US$ just for the LCD display, no driver
> |chips or anything. Making it just work the bar graph tach and speedo, with
> |a few numeric displays for sensors, wouldn't be too difficult to do in
> |programming. But thats only if you've done this before(I have, on a serial
> |LCD display). Anything more complicated, and the programming complexity
> |will jump up exponentially. But the scope of the project is very big, and
> |if you don't have microcontroller(not microprocessor) programming
> |experience, forget about it. If you want to make something that looked and
> |functioned like it was built by a second grader, that would be easy. But to
> |design a somewhat attractive piece that worked better than the stock
> |system, you're talking about serious work.
> |
> |Brad
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