Buzo's Accord & Megasquirt II EFI controller

[Buzo]

Thanks a lot for your nice words. These cars deserve to be kept in good shape and be modernized.

A friend of mine started calling my car the knight rider, so I'm seriously thinking in adding the set of LEDs in front of the hood similar to that car on the tv show. I just found a chapter where I can see how many LEDs it has and the speed of switching side to side. I will emulate that and fit it in front of the car. It may sound like a child thing but I always liked that tv show and having a car with plenty of electronics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM7Nf...eature=related

Sorry for the audio in spanish haha but its the way I saw it when I was young.

[Buzo]

this is an animation...Hope to get close to this.



OK, well. It doesn't show the animation, but this is the idea.

[Buzo]

Just in case you are wondering if this is going to look too "mexican" in my car, It will, but I plan to add a sw in the cabin so I can turn it on only when I'm with friends showing off and then turn it off for normal drive. Unless I have had a couple of beers then I may leave them on

[cygnus x-1]

this is an animation...Hope to get close to this.



OK, well. It doesn't show the animation, but this is the idea.

That actually fits pretty well. You have to have different settings for it though. If you remember from the show, the "scanning" speed would get faster when they were chasing someone. And then when KITT got really pissed off the pattern would change from left/right to a center pattern.

Of course these guys have already beaten you to the idea.

http://www.knight-f2k4.com/


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[Buzo]

Creating the patterns will be the funniest part of this little project.

here is the youtube link of my progress so far. It was easy to get it started & working.

http://youtu.be/gfOBwf9EZMU

Its just the 1st step, still need to add color filters and refine the timing and speed. and create hundreds of patterns, and of course, install it in the car haha.

[A18A]

I've always wanted the knight rider lights, but don't know how to make them for under $10

[Buzo]

I know this isn't an electronics forum, but posting the code may be the base for a student willing to do an electronics project like this.

#include <pic.h>
#include <htc.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// Buzo's knight rider scanner simulation. For any 3geez!


// Config Register: CONFIG
//__CONFIG (FOSC_XT, WDTE_OFF, PWRTE_OFF, CP_OFF);

#define _XTAL_FREQ 4000000
#define FOSC 4000000L

unsigned char i;

void
wait(void)
{
		for(i=25;i>0;i--)
		{	__delay_ms(1);
		}
}

void 
main(void) 
{
	
	PORTB=0;
	TRISB=0;	//	All outputs
	

do
{
	RB0=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB7=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB1=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB0=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB1=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB2=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB1=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB3=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB2=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB4=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB3=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB5=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB4=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB6=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB5=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB7=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB6=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay


	RB6=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB7=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB5=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB6=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB4=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB5=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB3=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB4=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB2=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB3=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB1=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB2=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB0=1;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	RB1=0;
	wait();	// Wait ms_delay
	

 } while(1==1);
}

[Buzo]

I used some cooper boards I had lying around to hold the bulbs.
Cut them about 1" wide so they fit inside the gap and used solder & an iron to join 5 of them and drilled 8 holes and also soldered the 12V bulbs.



No fancy sockets for the bulbs. If one gets damaged I need to use the iron.
I will add a clear protection and the color will be orange. I also can make separators between each bulb, so the light will look rectangular.
How about some aluminum tape to reflect the light?

[Buzo]

That actually fits pretty well. You have to have different settings for it though. If you remember from the show, the "scanning" speed would get faster when they were chasing someone. And then when KITT got really pissed off the pattern would change from left/right to a center pattern.

Of course these guys have already beaten you to the idea.

http://www.knight-f2k4.com/


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Interesting site. Thanks.
I guess I need to look for renting the series of knight rider just to refresh my memory, I didn't recall it changed the scanner pattern.

[Buzo]

I've always wanted the knight rider lights, but don't know how to make them for under $10

This one is really cheap.

1 copper board from radioshack
8 small 12 V bulbs from autozone
the circuit board for the microprocessor can be build in a protoboard (a drilled type board but you still need to solder the components) and the cost for all the components for this project should be less than 20 usd.

The only complication is how to program the microprocessor. But if someone is interested I can easily ship programmed chips for plug and play. But before getting to that, I need to finish mine and get as much Kitt patterns as I can.

[Buzo]

Nice looking! That slot was made to fit a scanner though.
My wife didn't know what I was doing, and she couldn't stop laughing when I show her my knight rider's scanner version. Oh women.

[Buzo]

My wife didn't know what I was doing, and she couldn't stop laughing when I show her my knight rider's scanner version. Oh women.

She says the car looks "too happy" when I was trying to make it look mad.
I don't know if she is going to be able to stop laughing about my lights some day.
This morning when I left home, she was in the window in front of the garage waiting for me to turn the scanner on. I did it just to make her happy.
I started to think that this scanner thing might not be the greatest idea...

[2ndGenGuy]

Okay, this is rad. Dude, we need VIDS of this in action!

[Buzo]

Okay, this is rad. Dude, we need VIDS of this in action!

With the knight rider's introduction theme in the background?
Oh yes! I'm working on that, but I haven't found anybody willing to hold the camera while I'm approaching to him at full speed.

[Dr_Snooz]

With the knight rider's introduction theme in the background?
Oh yes! I'm working on that, but I haven't found anybody willing to hold the camera while I'm approaching to him at full speed.

LOL. Have you considered a tripod?