Hey y'all,
I am thinking of writing a visualization software for some of the components of our car in order to help in tuning or to better understand what's going on in the engine, hopefully in real time. Most of the data I'm thinking about right now is O2, MAF, temp (hopefully from different areas of the engine at the same time), and other sensor data that can be obtained from aftermarket engine tuning parts.
The idea is that we have all this data, mostly in the form of numbers, that can either be stored in some log (in the engine management system) and downloaded into a computer where you can read the text, or some real-time display unit mounted in the car (like the Apexi SAFC) can render some of the information visually, usually in the form of a graph. What I'm going to try to do is create a better visualization of the data, maybe in terms of fluid flows (for MAF), or other color maps and visualization techniques that can convey the same information in a much faster way, and hopefully help in tuning.
I have not researched much into this, but I am wondering how much work it'll be to get some sort of OBDx interface and get data out of it that could be directly read into , say, the serial port of a computer. I guess what I would prefer is to have some engine management system, which itself does extensive logging of all the car engine statistics, but does not have an effective way of visualizing all that information. I could then directly read from this engine management system, and create an effective visualization of the engine characteristics. AEM may have some sort of visualization, but you need to ask: 1.) Is it effective, or can it be improved, and 2.) if it is very effective, is it cheap?
So I need basically two kinds of input from y'all right now.
1.) What kind of car engine tuning units, and the related sensors, have been most useful for tuning, and which you would have loved to have a better visual representation of.
2.) I'm in the Twin Cities area of MN. I'll need the help of someone's supra (hopefully highly tuned, with the relevant engine tuning units installed) to get the relevant data out, MKIII or MKIV.
Thanks guys. Hopefully this will be a fun project that can be useful for most ppl.
I am thinking of writing a visualization software for some of the components of our car in order to help in tuning or to better understand what's going on in the engine, hopefully in real time. Most of the data I'm thinking about right now is O2, MAF, temp (hopefully from different areas of the engine at the same time), and other sensor data that can be obtained from aftermarket engine tuning parts.
The idea is that we have all this data, mostly in the form of numbers, that can either be stored in some log (in the engine management system) and downloaded into a computer where you can read the text, or some real-time display unit mounted in the car (like the Apexi SAFC) can render some of the information visually, usually in the form of a graph. What I'm going to try to do is create a better visualization of the data, maybe in terms of fluid flows (for MAF), or other color maps and visualization techniques that can convey the same information in a much faster way, and hopefully help in tuning.
I have not researched much into this, but I am wondering how much work it'll be to get some sort of OBDx interface and get data out of it that could be directly read into , say, the serial port of a computer. I guess what I would prefer is to have some engine management system, which itself does extensive logging of all the car engine statistics, but does not have an effective way of visualizing all that information. I could then directly read from this engine management system, and create an effective visualization of the engine characteristics. AEM may have some sort of visualization, but you need to ask: 1.) Is it effective, or can it be improved, and 2.) if it is very effective, is it cheap?
So I need basically two kinds of input from y'all right now.
1.) What kind of car engine tuning units, and the related sensors, have been most useful for tuning, and which you would have loved to have a better visual representation of.
2.) I'm in the Twin Cities area of MN. I'll need the help of someone's supra (hopefully highly tuned, with the relevant engine tuning units installed) to get the relevant data out, MKIII or MKIV.
Thanks guys. Hopefully this will be a fun project that can be useful for most ppl.
