GUIDE: BUILD A RASPBERRY PI3 WITH TOUCHSCREEN FOR CAR DASHBOARD

A detailed guide on how to build your own Raspberry Pi3 with 7" Touchscreen display and set it up to use TunerStudio as a dashboard connected to a Megasquirt MS3 ECU!
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[Bbeavis]

And, to answer the Frequently asked questions:
How does it connect to the ecu? - Via USB connection from the Megasquirt MS3 ECU direct to the RasPi.
Why didn't you use XYZ off the shelf product? - Because I like to tinker, and I can customise this how I like.
What about OBD2? - Sorry, I have never tried... I am sure you can find info online though!

[BugsandaBack]

This is exactly what I needed. I have an MS2 in my Beetle race car and wanted a nice simple digital dashboard. Thanks so much for making this video :)

[One_LuvZ]

Always love your content and the things you've done to your NB. I plan on doing time attack on my 350z and the Pi setup peaked my interests.

I plan to use the setup once I get accustomed to driving my car to the limit in its stock form. As a means of data logging or gauge reading.

Keep up the good work Beavis

[slzzy]

I plan to use the setup once I get accustomed to driving my car to the limit in its stock form. As a means of data logging or gauge reading.

Keep up the good work Beavis

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[Milosz_Ostrow]

Interesting project. The touchscreen interface may also make the Raspberry Pi 3 useful for home automation, security systems, irrigation controllers and other such projects.

[theburntcrumpet]

If you were confident you could probably install the minimal version of raspbian providing only the command line and install your display server (X11 for example), and have the application launch directly on the display server on your user's login, without a full desktop environment. You could also write a little script so that when you got home the pi uploads data to server via your WiFi if you were to crontab it.

[ndk]

Oh boy. The video about Pi and dash board and not a word about how it is actually connected inside the car. also. How do u power Pi in the car? Battery or cigarette lighter plug?

[teslajr]

www video helped me make my raspberry pie, 10/10 youtube guide

[ronwalsh]

Great tutorial, I have been looking for someone to explain this so I could understand it. You have a new subscriber here. Thanks for posting.

[sonofguns]

How did you run power to the usb cable, what did you use to step down from 12v to 5v and do you
have fuses setup for overload protection?

[rpaz]

Awesome details. Clear and concise information. Well done. How about we need with multi media for car entertainment?

[MrEnroh]

Noice! Im keen to do similiar with a rasperry pi4 and Megasquirt3/microsquirt 3 combination. Integrating dashcams into the unit as well.

[michaelwright]

Great stuff, mate! I’d like to use it as a direct mirror interface with my iPhone. That way I could easily use maps and music in my minivan.

[damwaterthomas]

You can also hook up and a SATA drive to the Raspberry Pi B. There's so many innovations that are going to be worth doing with single board computers and it is amazing. I've recently got the desktop raspbian to work and it looks great.

[christophermatuszak]

Do you have a video of setting up a MegaSquirt 3 MS3 with MS3X?

[muchspl]

Thank you for This will be my 1st Pi build, subscribed! Now I just gotta find a 10-12" screen that will run in portrait with touch. (Nudges in right direction from readers welcome)

[Rebelcsi]

Have you tried using this at night? I can tell you from first hand experience, the dash is blindingly bright. Have you added brightness controls?

[twizboi]

Thanks ill use this for my Mclaren 720s i'm planning to build the car with a lot of features like in other cars such as Tesla, Nissan Etc. Thanks!

[dwyn]

How does this connect to your car? Once you physically install it, how does it communicate with the car? Is it hard wired? Is there a wireless interface into the ECU?

[SPARTAN]

Really helpful video man! Thanks a lot!