tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105543220533627140.post1146585651185455046..comments2014-08-02T03:17:45.735-05:00Comments on Ultimate Apple Ipad HeadUnit: Finishing TouchesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15087126239090064218noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105543220533627140.post-19729024437722071432014-08-02T03:17:45.735-05:002014-08-02T03:17:45.735-05:00Love it, great project!!! Love it, great project!!! markbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168389324597363957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105543220533627140.post-76934768814632663622013-04-08T22:17:00.571-05:002013-04-08T22:17:00.571-05:00Ryan,
I haven't worked on the project much l...Ryan, <br /><br />I haven't worked on the project much lately as you have probably guessed. To answer your question in my car the controls are pretty straight forward. Fan control is basically a 4 way switch which my plan is to drive the fan motor from the pic with a pwm signal through a bjt or mosfet for a wider range of speeds. The temperature knob and the air position knob are both like a rotary switch and connects different wires together depending on what they are set to... plan there is trace it out and build a driver board that will use either bjts or relays to make the connections in place of the actual switches. However, as of lately I have been trying to decide if I should build the climate controls as a stand alone digital system that will take commands from the ipad when its connected. That way its still usable w/o the ipad. What year, make and model are you planning to do this with?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087126239090064218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105543220533627140.post-89253721349217465142013-03-17T22:19:42.584-05:002013-03-17T22:19:42.584-05:00Hi Josh,
I wanted to reach out to you because I h...Hi Josh,<br /><br />I wanted to reach out to you because I have been looking into this exact thing! I want to put an iPad Mini in my dash and have it control my climate control and be my radio. I think that it would be really awesome to do this. I just wanted to see how it is going for you now? And also maybe get some advice on how to go about this. <br /><br />I am a developer for iOS already so the programming won't be a problem for me. My concern is how hard and technical it is to get the communications working between your iPad and car. If you wouldn't mind I would really like to chat with you about some of the things you did!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />RyanRGullottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006039774048207724noreply@blogger.com