Valentine V1 Integration
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Valentine V1 Integration
Completed this a couple of weeks ago for a Corvette owner so I thought it worth sharing a picture, unfortunately there was a mix-up in the planning an it didn't end up in the target car, worked out very clean though.
Note that this is the display and mute/mode controls in the mirror only, not the actual V1. There still needs to be a V1 in the car.
Note that this is the display and mute/mode controls in the mirror only, not the actual V1. There still needs to be a V1 in the car.
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It wasn't me it was another guy out in California who is a software engineer. I found him over at radardetector.net. I convinced him to let me in the project and designed a single board for usage. We have three working prototypes and hope to start building them for others at some point but we still have a few things to test first. Plus the main cpu is on order and not expected until September.
But it is slick as hell seeing your V1 in the HUD and the display on the V1 blacked out.
Jay
But it is slick as hell seeing your V1 in the HUD and the display on the V1 blacked out.
Jay
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It wasn't me it was another guy out in California who is a software engineer. I found him over at radardetector.net. I convinced him to let me in the project and designed a single board for usage. We have three working prototypes and hope to start building them for others at some point but we still have a few things to test first. Plus the main cpu is on order and not expected until September.
But it is slick as hell seeing your V1 in the HUD and the display on the V1 blacked out.
Jay
But it is slick as hell seeing your V1 in the HUD and the display on the V1 blacked out.
Jay
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At the moment, no on the dual display, the HUDOne (as we call it) acts as a different type of concealed display thus the main unit is blacked out. But you bring up an interesting idea...could one attach TWO concealed displays to the V1. Anyone ever try that?
Jay
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Yes we do have plans to market these but probably not here since we are not a forum vendor. I may look into hooking up with one of the forum vendors but that will be down the line when we have something to actually sell. Plus we have some more testing to do first. It will be likely towards the end of the year as I had to order the MCUs and they have a 23 week lead time.
At the moment, no on the dual display, the HUDOne (as we call it) acts as a different type of concealed display thus the main unit is blacked out. But you bring up an interesting idea...could one attach TWO concealed displays to the V1. Anyone ever try that?
Jay
At the moment, no on the dual display, the HUDOne (as we call it) acts as a different type of concealed display thus the main unit is blacked out. But you bring up an interesting idea...could one attach TWO concealed displays to the V1. Anyone ever try that?
Jay
The concealed display is a receiver only. There is no bidirectional communication. Once the V1 sees a pullup on its display output pin, it deactivates the internal display. Because that output is designed as a high Z output (2.2 k pullup and 10k output), you can put another display on it without loading the output transistor significantly. You just want to be sure you don't use more than 1 pullup circuit, since that would decrease the voltage on the display output collector transistor. If you were really careful, you'd just put a high Z follower in front of the pullup and go to town tapping that output with as many displays as you want.
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Yes we do have plans to market these but probably not here since we are not a forum vendor. I may look into hooking up with one of the forum vendors but that will be down the line when we have something to actually sell. Plus we have some more testing to do first. It will be likely towards the end of the year as I had to order the MCUs and they have a 23 week lead time.
At the moment, no on the dual display, the HUDOne (as we call it) acts as a different type of concealed display thus the main unit is blacked out. But you bring up an interesting idea...could one attach TWO concealed displays to the V1. Anyone ever try that?
Jay
At the moment, no on the dual display, the HUDOne (as we call it) acts as a different type of concealed display thus the main unit is blacked out. But you bring up an interesting idea...could one attach TWO concealed displays to the V1. Anyone ever try that?
Jay
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Completed this a couple of weeks ago for a Corvette owner so I thought it worth sharing a picture, unfortunately there was a mix-up in the planning an it didn't end up in the target car, worked out very clean though.
Note that this is the display and mute/mode controls in the mirror only, not the actual V1. There still needs to be a V1 in the car.
Note that this is the display and mute/mode controls in the mirror only, not the actual V1. There still needs to be a V1 in the car.
I might be interested in this for a coupe of vehicles.
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Sorry to be a stick in the mud about this (and I am very confident in what I'm about to say) but lots of scams have come and gone....
You folks do realize the pic of the mirror is a PhotoChop, yes?
You folks do realize the pic of the mirror is a PhotoChop, yes?
