Gear Position Indicator
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Gear Position Indicator
Being an electrical engineer and having my 'balt just come into the "I can do whatever the hell I want to" status, I thought it would be cool do create an LED lighted shifter knob. After doing some research and such, I saw a shifter from a BMW I think that had a seven segment display built into the shifter that displays the gear number. I went "ooooh I could totally build that." So, my question before I go a pure hardware route is, does the ECM or the 5 speed transmission have a position sensor for the 5 speed manual transmission?
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So, last night I did some work on the stock shifter playing around and I think I got a good idea going here. I only have one LED embedded right now, but it took me a while to find 5 blue LEDs. I'm going to put a red one under the reverse side.
First LED embedded.
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LED on under modified cap.
First LED embedded.
Modified cap.
LED on under modified cap.
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I think the only way to pull the ECM's gear indication would be via the CAN bus, it's not a pin-out type of output. Only used for transmission calculations and such. I don't see that alone being able to power the light setup you want without some sort of computer handling it.
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Well, the LEDs in the shifter aren't for me to look at, there it going to be a display in the dash for that. I looked around on the interwebs and didn't find anything either. I have several different microprocessors that I can play around with. Have some more information on that CAN bus?
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Or you can just get a RPD display like me
But that is a nice touch.. But usually your hand is on the shifter, maybe shifting.. So you wouldn't see it and if you have to look down to see what gear you're in... Then maybe you shouldn't be driving manual. Lol just kidding.
But that is a nice touch.. But usually your hand is on the shifter, maybe shifting.. So you wouldn't see it and if you have to look down to see what gear you're in... Then maybe you shouldn't be driving manual. Lol just kidding.
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Update, work on this is slow because of other projects and work.
I am going to hide all the wiring through the shifter knob and boot.
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I am going to hide all the wiring through the shifter knob and boot.
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