car-d is daemon software designed to run on a "Car PC" -- a full-function computer inside of an automotive environment. It does things like:
- Interfaces via OBD-II with the car's telemetry systems
- Interfaces with a GPS receiver
- Exposes several interfaces that allow for basic interactivity and interrogation of the car's
systems and position. For example:
- Instant-messaging (via Jabber or Google Talk)
- A mobile-optimized web interface
- A command-line interface
- in-dash LCD text devices
See the Electronics section of my Car PC Project Pages for more info on how all the software works together with the rest of the car.
car-d uses several packages which you might also find useful if you are programming against your car:
- jOBDII for talking to the car via OBDII
- jGPS for talking to a GPS receiver
- jFusionBrain for talking to a FusionBrain
- jLCD for talking to LCD text displays
- Commander and Commander IM for implementing command-based apps with multiple useful interfaces
This is fairly complicated as there are significant hardware dependencies. Getting it running
as-is on your own setup is non-trivial, this is more useful as a learning tool. That said, feel free to
check out card.conf for some basic guidance and a starting point.
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make devices check ports and differentiate between total and temporary failure
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generalized component model
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start/stop
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friendly names
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dependency declarations, or at least full restarts
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rs232 passing responses back, errors, etc -- flesh out the STA model.