[Mini] MadTech? Using the husk of a CANBUS ODBC system to deliver high-tech data in a 1982 Mini

Dr John C Bullas john.bullas at gmail.com
Sat Feb 27 15:43:54 MST 2016


Could you not simply pull the ecu and sensors out of the vehicle and power
the lot up?

Assuming you could reconnect the sensors to the bus

Dr B

On 27 February 2016 at 16:15, funkynick <funkynick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pffft... no way near bonkers enough for Scott!
>
> Probably wouldn't work as described though as the Canbus master is likely
> to be in the ECU. It would be possible with something like an Arduino or
> Raspberry Pi though...
>
> Nick
>
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 3:37 pm Dr John C Bullas <john.bullas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This is what Scott Beavis would have wanted.....
>>
>> I am using an Android app and a bluetooth adaptor plugged into the ODBC
>> adaptor of my Honda 1.25l runabout, it is relaying a vast quantity of
>> information about the operational parameters of the car
>>
>> -
>>
>> If you had a scrap car that ran a suitable CANBUS ODBC compatible system,
>> could you connect up the temperature and pressure sensors and not the
>> engine and power the system up to deliver the data over the 'bus?????
>>
>> You would ignore the signal that can back from the dead side of the loom
>> (not connected) ...... but use all the others
>>
>> Possible?
>>
>> Dr B
>>
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