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Hey all,
I started out on this project to convert the existing gauges in my 76 K5 from mechanical to digitally controlled. After realizing that it was just yet another project that was going to delay me getting it back on the road, I just bought a set of gauges from Intellitronix, so I probably won't be working much more on it unless I get bored with other projects or the Intellitronix ones crap out on me. Thought I'd post my work so far in case there's any other electronics hobbyist types on here that would want to pick it up and run with it. All the code, schematics, and CAD files are linked on my github here.
Long story short, it's a bunch of x27 stepper motors used in modern GM vehicles on breakout boards with LEDs facing back to light up the housing. The schematics for the control board aren't complete or tested, just what my grand plan was. All controlled by an Arduino Nano listening on a CAN bus (so in theory, could be programmed to work with LS swaps instead of the IO controller I designed there). All code was written in PlatformIO in VS Code.
I started out on this project to convert the existing gauges in my 76 K5 from mechanical to digitally controlled. After realizing that it was just yet another project that was going to delay me getting it back on the road, I just bought a set of gauges from Intellitronix, so I probably won't be working much more on it unless I get bored with other projects or the Intellitronix ones crap out on me. Thought I'd post my work so far in case there's any other electronics hobbyist types on here that would want to pick it up and run with it. All the code, schematics, and CAD files are linked on my github here.
Long story short, it's a bunch of x27 stepper motors used in modern GM vehicles on breakout boards with LEDs facing back to light up the housing. The schematics for the control board aren't complete or tested, just what my grand plan was. All controlled by an Arduino Nano listening on a CAN bus (so in theory, could be programmed to work with LS swaps instead of the IO controller I designed there). All code was written in PlatformIO in VS Code.
