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Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!
Fishmech owns one.

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Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!
WOAH!
So you can buy OBD II to usb adapter, the only thing left to do is write a driver, so it's effectively universal across all cars.

Boom, instant replacement for the scan tool.


Why not an iPad?


ah gently caress already been built.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPx4opR7o4

There's probably people who saw that blood glucose meter demo at that apple keynote and thought of this immediately.
That's an awesome niche product that doesn't have to compete with the fart apps on the App Store.

Flash my ECU with my iPod Touch :c00l:

Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!
Seriously I got the sudden urge to go out, get an ipad and mac mini and build this thing ...

but a quick search says it's already been built :xd:

USB -> ODB II has to be a more or less stock part.

Seriously, what's the competition on the PC?
Some crummy graphing components you could buy from Telerik or Janus?
http://www.obdcom.com/


VAG:laugh:-COM is definitely in arm and leg territory
http://www.ross-tech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=VAGCOM
http://www.ross-tech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VPHBC&Category_Code=VAGCOM


maybe there's space for making such a product more user friendly? more useful as a ghetto gauge cluster replacement?
I mean, $700 for ipad + this thing or god knows how much for a gauge cluster and disassembling your dash, etc.

Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!
n/m

Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!

fishmech posted:

theres a companion program that lists every game for each console and you just tap a button to get the rom downloaded and ready to use
Must be hosted somewhere in Russia or wherever.

Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!
It's not like Google has final signoff on models of phones.

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Coffee Jones
Jul 4, 2004

16 bit? Back when we was kids we only got a single bit on Christmas, as a treat
And we had to share it!

Binary Badger posted:

today's latest shipment of laffos comes courtesy of a former Google intern

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/07/former_google_intern_explains_why_ui_lag_occurs_more_often_in_android_than_ios.html

:siren: Former Google Intern Explains Why UI Lag Occurs More Often In Android Than iOS :siren:
keep buying dem droidy battery gobbling tablets until they get it rite

how the gently caress does an undergrad intern have this much visibility into the architecture of the two phones. He's parroting back something another google engineer told him.