Apexi Power Fc Software
The FC Commander PRO Software enables connectivity to the Power FC ECU for for real-time programming and data logging. Product includes a serial (9-Pin) Interface. FC Datalogit - Tuning Software for your APEXi PowerFC. The Apexi Power FC is a remarkably versatile Plug and play standalone engine management system but it is let.
Well unfortunately I don't have my car yet (still sitting at my importer since 12th December ). Driver Usb Hybrid Tv Receiver Tm6000 Driver. I would just need someone to test my communication protocol.
If it's working I can get the software commissioned. It will be open source and the gauges will be based on the gauges that megatunix uses ( I like the gauges that megatunix has as it's fully customizable. ) as I am no programmer and I have to commission a guy via freelancer.com this exercise will cost about 200-300 USD. So I need to be 100% sure the communication is working and reads out correct values before I can carry on.
I hope to be able to get some donations to make up for the development costs once it's finished, but I don't intend to make a profit with this software. Hi guys, Just to keep you on your toes, this project just starts rolling now. I have just awarded the project to the developer on Freelancer. The development of the inital communications interface was 136 $ and the GUI will be a further 200 $.
He will start next week to adapt the Gauges from Megatunix and interface them with the Apexi Power FC. I hope i can show the first results in about 2 weeks time and release the source code by mid of April. How many people would be interested to contribute to this in terms of donations after i can show a working software? Well when I read through the forum and saw all the people that started to make software for the power fc.
A lot of them wanted to have a better display of the values the power fc displays, this software will do exactly that. You will be able to make costum gauges as I am basing the gauges on the open source ones from megatunix. This is also the reason why this project will be fully open source an hopefully once I have a propper base. Some programmers will make nice add ons. I started to play arround with the gauge designer and it lets you make pretty neat gauges that look professional. I will use a raspberry pie ( if you don't know it google it quick ) as a pc.
It's a nice cheap 35 $ arm pc that's the size of a credit card. It runs Linux of a sd card and only needs a 1 amp USB as a power supply ( perfect for in car application ). On my car I will run a 7 inch flat screen via hdmi. Vobsub 2.23 Free Download Windows 7 here.
And obviously you will need a interface cable like a FC hako or Datalogit. I am personally testing with the FC hako as this is all I have It will also run on any other Linux laptop. Sa Dingding The Coming Ones. But the reason I am doing it with a raspberry pie is that I can mount something inexpensive in the car that also boots faster than a laptop. And if I want to tune then I take the laptop and tune it with the various windows based programs. Just want my car to be more 21st century inside. Hi, I will receive the alpha version tomorrow, which will show the the dashboard and just animate it at random as a proof of concept for the dash portion.After this the python script to interface with the power fc will be ported to C and it will be possible to interface with the gauges with live data ( hopefully by end of next week ) My first initial gauge design is also finished now.
My car had another setback today by popping one of the plastic boost pipes in 2. Will hopefully fix that tomorrow so the car will be ready to test for the weekend. At least my interiour is now sorted. Just thought I keep you guys in the loop.
Well done man! Sorry if I missed this but how are you physically connecting the hardware together? Also incorporating a wide band sensor into this is icing on the cake.Hi THe aditional inputs for the Hako or datalogit will initially not be displayed.
First i want to concentrate on the basics, which is reading the standard provided data from the PFC, and display them as gauges. Had a bit of time to play arround with my raspberry pi. I am busy modifying the image, so it will run as a embedded system. I might need some help, so if there is any linux guy there that wants to help shoot me a message.
What i have done so far: Install latest raspbian wheezy from raspberry pi homepage (2014-01-07-wheezy-raspbian.zip) -Change default boot to terminal --redirect console to tty3 (to have a blank screen without all the boot messages ) -Autologin user pi -start the program by calling startx (program path) Total start up time till programm runs = 41 seconds TODO: -further reduce boot time -solve issue that the mouse pointer is not visible (but mouse works ) -Create custom boot splash (recompile kernel or FBI?) Anyone that can help me with that and wants to contribute please let me know. Quick Googling suggests fbi as an easy solution: Sounds easy to do?