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I noticed that you could completely replace the temperature control in a Delica with an arduino and a LCD screen.

Has anyone played around with them for various uses?

My first reaction was WTF is an arduino.....

Then I googled it. Very cool, but what do they cost to program and retrofit?

Oh man now you've got me thinkin'..

One controller for the front and rear heat controls.. maybe control the espar and the bunk heater too.. voltage and amperage displays... interior lights..

Now I just have to get one.

Then learn electronics.

looks like a pretty cool platform! but the only question i have is this: the temp controls on a delica are all manual, cable operated jobs, so you would need to run a servo on them would you not? and would that jack the cost of said endeavor to an unrealistic level for the benefit?

dont want to be a debbie downer, but the gears in my head are always turning

EDIT: unless L400s are digital controls, but then why would you do it?

It's possible... I've worked with them in the past, in my non-diesel powered life.
moving wires is never fun for servos. They can move to a specified angle, but they're horribly imprecise, and pretty expensive
In the case of the L400, it would be quite a bit easier. You'd have to do some guessing and checking for what values (0v to ?v) the receiver is looking for... or PWM (pulse width modulation, basically a 0 or 5v signal, and the % of time the signal is 5v is what is looked for).

I've messed around a bit. My father in law is building an electric miata, and I build a proof of concept tach hack (make the tach read out the RPM of the electric motor). It worked, then he changed his controller and I didn't need to use it. Too bad.

Learning Electronics is easy and fun!

http://www.delica.ca/forum/learning-ele ... 15412.html

Many of the L400 climate controls are electronic. Unfortunately they also consume a large part of the dash!

everything is starting to make sense now :P trying to get servos to move L300 controls would just be a giant headache i think, because why put a motor on it, when your finger does a better job more reliably

Big-Bird wrote:My first reaction was WTF is an arduino.....

Then I googled it. Very cool, but what do they cost to program and retrofit?

Arduino's are fairly cheap - prices vary a bit, but generally under $35. You can buy "Shields" for them that do all kinds of things those are usually really cheap too. A full color 3" LCD screen for an Arduino starts at around $24.

Then there are so many more crazy add ons that your head will spin.