1. CarPlug Overview

Solution for implementing Tesla clone (Tesla-style Touchscreen UI)

• Android(not Android Automotive) and React Native for developing high-integrity UI

• Node.js signal server/gateway for interconnecting Legacy CAN Domains and IP-based High-Performance Computers

2. Target Audience

• OEM: trying to catch up with Tesla Touchscreen UI (Media Controller)
• Tier-1: offering advanced but universal/single/own-branded infotainment system to several global OEMs
• Google or Apple integrating vehicle interfaces to its mobile OS (Android or iOS)

3. Demo Screenshots

1) Screenshots

• Car Control car control pictures
• Media: Radio, Netflix, YouTube, ... media pictures
• Navigation navigation pictures
• Climate climate pictures
• Camera: coming soon

2) Videos (Screen recording)

• Car Control
• Media: Radio, Netflix, YouTube, ...
• Navigation: Third-party map (Kakao, Google), Simulated Driving (Google map)
• Climate Control
• Camera

4. Architecture: Building Blocks

1) Touchscreen (Tesla-style touchscreen UI, main HMI)

Android(not Android Automotive) and React Native based touchscreen infotainment UI

2) Signal Server

Node.js signal server/gateway for interconnecting Legacy CAN Domains and IP-based High-Performance Computers

3) Vehicle Simulator

React app simulating vehicle behavior and status

4) Signal Viewer (development purpose only)

Signal viewer: CAN and VSS

5) Phone App (TBD)

5. Benefits

1) Why not Android Automotive but "pure" Android?

• Well-established mobile Apps can be reused without any change

  Third-party navigation and map: Google, Baidu, and Korean maps (Kakao, T-Map)

  Music streaming: Spotify, YouTube Music, ...

  OTT: Netflix, YouTube, ...

• ICT industry's tons of developers ready to join auto industry only if vehicle signals are visible to them. Where Signal Server/Gateway is needed.

  Are they willing to learn Android Automotive? Not very likely.

2) React Native

• Easy Javascript programming language
• Largest Javascript developer pool
• Huge "React Native" developer community
• Performance not lost by utilizing Native module programming if necessary

3) Node.js

• Several protocols processed by a single Node.js server: HTTP, WebSocket, WebRTC, UDS
• Thousands of CAN signals distributed efficiently to Apps residing on HPC and vice versa
• Set, Get, Subscribe/Unsubscribe, Watchdog/Recovery supported

6. Set-up and Run

1) Download all the executable packages

• car-plug-server
• vehicle-simulator
• car-plug-viewer
• touchscreen
• run.bat (For Windows)
• run-linux.sh (For Linux)

2) Run the Signal Server, Vehicle Simulator, and Signal Viewer

• For Windows, execute 'run.bat'.
• For OS other than Windows (linux or mac OS), corresponding batch scripts can be written. For Linux, please refer to "run-linux.sh".

3) Run the Touchscreen (main HMI)

• Unzip 'touchscreen/VirtualDashboard-release.zip'.
• Install the APK on your Android tablet. Continue installation even though some security warnings show up.
• Run the app.