Time to refine the details. New Toys Have Arrived!

[Dartman758]

If you can identify at least one of the 4 devices posted here you will Internet fame and Glory (subject to terms and conditions and limited to Dodge Charger enthusiasts but it's still fame and Glory!). You also win the chance to have your choice of refinement or enhancement developed into reality.

If you know what you're looking at here post your answer and what you'd like to see developed with these toys. Guess all 4 and you win the pain of helping me and slightly more fame and Glory and mild hair loss (some side effects may result, consult your doctor if symptoms persist).

Dart

 

[El Chorizo111]

Keep us updated, and congrats!

 

[Pioneer4x442]

If you can identify at least one of the 4 devices posted here you will Internet fame and Glory (subject to terms and conditions and limited to Dodge Charger enthusiasts but it's still fame and Glory!). You also win the chance to have your choice of refinement or enhancement developed into reality.

If you know what you're looking at here post your answer and what you'd like to see developed with these toys. Guess all 4 and you win the pain of helping me and slightly more fame and Glory and mild hair loss (some side effects may result, consult your doctor if symptoms persist).

Dart

OOOOOOOHHHHHH, I like where you're going with this!

 

[Ares4139]

I know enough about hardware to have an idea of what I'm looking at but not enough about car electronics to get the full picture lol.

Are you trying your hand at cracking the ECU encryption or are you going the Rob Dahm man in the middle method? Either way it looks like you're serious about it and should definitely reach out to him if you can. He's done a TON of work treating the car's systems as closed boxes and setting up his laptop as a man in the middle to get it to do anything he wants. You guys may be able to help each other.

Also, l'm curious to know if you're doing this for fun or if you have something in mind to develop?

 

[aceinspp150]

To say the least it's interesting. Later RJD

 

[Dartman758]

I know enough about hardware to have an idea of what I'm looking at but not enough about car electronics to get the full picture lol.

Are you trying your hand at cracking the ECU encryption or are you going the Rob Dahm man in the middle method? Either way it looks like you're serious about it and should definitely reach out to him if you can. He's done a TON of work treating the car's systems as closed boxes and setting up his laptop as a man in the middle to get it to do anything he wants. You guys may be able to help each other.

Also, l'm curious to know if you're doing this for fun or if you have something in mind to develop?

I don't want to be involved in cracking the ECU etc. I'd prefer to keep mine all under warranty and off Dodge's naughty list. I just want to do things that are warrantable and fun or convenient, like managing the LIN bus to the active exhaust so that it can be "auto" like factory or manually keep it quiet or loud as you please. Disabling the Auto Start/Stop BS so it stays off until you really want it on. Would be nice to have other accent lighting that picks up the Attitude Adjustment lighting etc. Those kinds of things. Overall just another listener/publisher on the CAN busses or in the case of the adaptive exhaust it would be very man in the middle (on the LIN BUS) to keep the ECU happy while giving more control over those noise makers. Pioneer pointed out the extra "L" button on the SixPack cars that might be fun for Daytona owners to tie into feature of their choosing. Noticing some event and and then publishing an additional one on the same CAN bus is pretty simple stuff and could be as flexible as what is available on the BUS to let people customize things to their liking. Like noticing cruise control go on and put the car into ECO, or changing into "Auto" mode automatically enables ECO and disables Stop/Start etc. I'm not sure about the head unit is locked down but if I can I'd make an app for android auto and use whatever CAN busses it is participating on to do those things or just have other buttons/screens mounted to control things that make sense. Either way, it's all just going to be stuff I hope the community will work together on to create an overall rich customization environment while not getting into the way of the factory's intended and warrantable domain for customers to play in.

Dart

 

[Ares4139]

Neat, looking forward to see what you come up with! Best of luck with it! I am also a Computer Engineer, but I lean more towards software and virtual environments these days, so I know enough to follow along but not enough to figure these things out. I just do small projects on my car that usually come with instruction manuals or youtube guides lol

 

[Dartman758]

Noticed another nuisance tonight. The trunk release at the rear of vehicle is not lit and finding it in the dark is impossible. Wonder if it could be backlit and made to light up from some of the other proximity things that go on with the key etc...I need to make a list so I don't forget all the things that will improve quality of life.
Dart