Steering wheel button illumination & gesture sensor - Possible group buy?

[Raspberrycai]

Originally Posted by Robti

yes I would be interested and I suppose I will be the first to ask, can we get different colours as a few will have changed from the rover amber ?

I did think about installing RGB LEDs which could then be controlled by the micro on the encoder, but this just adds yet more cost and complexity

I'd be very interested in an RGB version as I'm very strongly considering changing all the interior lights to RGB which I can control through a remote or an app if that's even possible, similar to a few new high end cars.Might be a bit (very) tacky, but I think it'd be cool to be able to light up the dash in whichever colour I want. That being said, I've not a clue when it comes to electronics, so I don't know if it's even possible, and how easy or hard it'll be to implement.

[macafee2]

electronics beat me, convert to digital then back to analogue....??????
The illumination does look good and enhances the steering wheel
At first I did not realise you were changing the control switches for the radio and cruise, I thought the lights sat next to them.

may I ask what do you think a two switch set up without gesture sensor would be, this is for those with cruise control.

macafee2

[minty2]

Me too! I don't understand why lighting was omitted here and on the air vent scroll wheels and internal doors. There is a marmite mod for the latter. Count me in please! (cruise control compatible).

[keithst24]

Fantastic

[Teflon]

Have to agree - very impressive . I would certainly be interested in a full digital audio + cruise kit if things take off.

I'll be keeping a close watch on this thread .

Cliff

[neilbaker86]

Originally Posted by marti666

Great Idea's ..... I'd be interested in the steering wheel lights but I'd be scared of setting off the airbag while trying to remove it with my less than delicate touch.....

No risk of it going off so long as you disconnect the battery for a good 20-mins before touching it.

Originally Posted by marti666

do you mind if I put a link to this thread on Landyzone as some of the guys there may also be interested?

Yes, feel free, if anyone is on the Two-sixties forum or any other forum please post it on there too (perhaps with a link to this post).

Thanks for all the kind replies so far.

[neilbaker86]

Originally Posted by macafee2

electronics beat me, convert to digital then back to analogue....??????
The illumination does look good and enhances the steering wheel
At first I did not realise you were changing the control switches for the radio and cruise, I thought the lights sat next to them.

may I ask what do you think a two switch set up without gesture sensor would be, this is for those with cruise control.

macafee2

Yes, the original setup uses four pins of the clockspring (two for the audio switches, two for the cruise control switches), we can compress this into a digital signal which only requires two pins for the lot, then convert it back to the original analogue signal on the steering column side of things. This frees up two pins on the clockspring, one for a supply to our encoder, and the other as the illumination supply to the LEDs on the new switch PCBs.

A full cruise kit (without gesture sensor) would be around £80-90, and hopefully slightly less if we can get the numbers.

[Rick-sta]

Very impressive, well done

There is a much easier way to get the power to the LEDs on the cruise control switch version, cut off the earth wire inside the steering wheel and earth it inside the steering wheel on one of the bolts which holds the steering wheel controls in place, and use that wire you've cut to wire to your live feed for the leds. Then cut the same wire on the steering column end and connect to your power source for the LEDs which would be the sidelight circuit. Job done

[neilbaker86]

Originally Posted by Rick-sta

Very impressive, well done

There is a much easier way to get the power to the LEDs on the cruise control switch version, cut off the earth wire inside the steering wheel and earth it inside the steering wheel on one of the bolts which holds the steering wheel controls in place, and use that wire you've cut to wire to your live feed for the leds. Then cut the same wire on the steering column end and connect to your power source for the LEDs which would be the sidelight circuit. Job done

Yes, it is reliant on the bearings in the steering column for conductivity though (the horn also relies on that ground), and the original design obviously deemed it necessary to have a properly wired ground. I also did it this way for the additional functionality you can have (such as the gesture sensor) and reliability of the switches by doing away with the resistance network. Appreciate your input though.

[championdaddy]

Good grief...…….….. I really wish I had the talent to do things like this.

I have trouble changing a bulb !!!

Well done chap.

Shame I haven't got a car to buy one for LOL