CarBoard

Dashboard for Car Diagnostics 🚘🧮

CarBoard screenshot

What is this

CarBoard is a dashboard app that displays diagnostic information about your car.

Inspiration

Came across an ELM327 device, wanted to learn more.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• You have installed the latest version of python

Getting CarBoard

To install CarBoard, follow these steps:

git clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/CarBoard
cd CarBoard

Using CarBoard

# Install the dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Run the elm emulator:
python3 -m elm -n 35000 -s car
# Run the dashboard:
python3 -m carboard.py

How it was built

• CarBoard was built using python3 and tkinter.

• ELM327-emulator to communicate with a virtual car's ECU.

• DSEG a very pretty retro font for displaying the car's diagnostic data.

Challenges faced

• Searching for resources around ECU and OBD-II was a challenge.

What I learned

• Learned a lot about ECU and OBD-II and a few things about a car's internals.

What's next

ELM327 has more types of diagnostic data, those could be implemented in CarBoard.

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More Info

Source | Website