Uber simple HUD reminder thingy

[CookMySock]

Cellphone replacement LiPo and LiIon batts are cheap on trademe.

[bogan]

Cellphone replacement LiPo and LiIon batts are cheap on trademe.

yeh but they have that annoying exploding failure mode, it may be highly unlikely, but the thing is right next to your face, in a confined space!

[Aristocat]

Likelihood = low. Battery life = entire days riding. I'll take that risk.

[notme]

Just noticed this one.....

So where's the development at? Sounds like some might want all the bells and whistles, but to get a simple wireless LED that is triggered from "whatever" should be pretty quick and easy.

As with any development, getting something basic that works is much better than something with countless features that *almost* works!

Got any hardware running yet? I've been thinking for a while that a general purpose LED that mirrors some input signal could be a useful test tool...

[bogan]

Just noticed this one.....

So where's the development at? Sounds like some might want all the bells and whistles, but to get a simple wireless LED that is triggered from "whatever" should be pretty quick and easy.

As with any development, getting something basic that works is much better than something with countless features that *almost* works!

Got any hardware running yet? I've been thinking for a while that a general purpose LED that mirrors some input signal could be a useful test tool...

Got some pcbs to pick up tomorrow, then solder some shit up, program the fuck out of it, and good to go

With the hardware chosen it doesn't make much difference to do one with/without bells and whistles, so figure may as well go for fancy.

[notme]

All very interesting.....I'm bored today you see, so was looking at the cheapest/simplest way to achieve something like this.
Might just have to surf for solutions for a while :-)

[DR650gary]

This looks appealing to me. The constant flashing would give the game away.

http://www.motorcycleforum.com/showthread.php?p=707085

Had an incident this weekend due to leaving my left turn signal on. Driver cut across in front of me and then started to abuse me after I slid to a stop. May have gone a bit further but I am not a shrinking violet so after a brief exchange they jumped back into the ute and left rapidly.

Pisses me off a bit as my 1982 Honda Sabre and 1978 XS 750 both had self cancelling indicators.

The above is probably the way I would go as the rear of the pods are visible on the TDM from the riding position.

[rapid van cleef]

id like somthing like a the hud for radar detector. i currently have a headphone from the output to my helmet into 1 ear but the wind is always pulling at it and keep having to adjust it. very annoying. tried tank mount and it does the same. the detector is mounted in my tank bag and works fine.

any ideas?

[bogan]

This looks appealing to me. The constant flashing would give the game away.

http://www.motorcycleforum.com/showthread.php?p=707085

Had an incident this weekend due to leaving my left turn signal on. Driver cut across in front of me and then started to abuse me after I slid to a stop. May have gone a bit further but I am not a shrinking violet so after a brief exchange they jumped back into the ute and left rapidly.

Pisses me off a bit as my 1982 Honda Sabre and 1978 XS 750 both had self cancelling indicators.

The above is probably the way I would go as the rear of the pods are visible on the TDM from the riding position.

I like the simplicity of that solution

id like somthing like a the hud for radar detector. i currently have a headphone from the output to my helmet into 1 ear but the wind is always pulling at it and keep having to adjust it. very annoying. tried tank mount and it does the same. the detector is mounted in my tank bag and works fine.

any ideas?

yeh, this one! just gimme a few months...

[rapid van cleef]

cool. leds that i can mount on the undersaide of screen that respond to an audio/ line level signal from a headphone output. thats what id like. wirelss mount for my lid would be even cooler!

[DrunkenMistake]

You know what would be fucking awesome?, some kind of speed indicator inside the helmet or in a corner of the visor or something like that where it wouldn't be distracting, but it would be visible, I dont really look at my dials that often and find when I do im doing about 50km over the speed limit,
Iv never had a problem with indicators, I get into a habbit of checking they are off after leaving an intersection.
That and some kind of warning l.e.d that blinks faster when you get closer to the plod hiding in the bushes shagging his donut with a radar gun.

[rapid van cleef]

oh yeah, a hud speedo!

[DrunkenMistake]

oh yeah, a hud speedo!

HUD speedo and maybe a shift light indicator would be fantastic, I would pay for it. So long as it wasnt bulky or in the way, would have to me wireless from the bike, but you could run it on some kind of battery, so you plug your helmet in at home to recharge it or whatever, a lithium ion battery would do the trick but, they have a tendency to go boom with heat..

[bogan]

To me, speed and shifting are things you should be able to notice from the noise and movement. Not really something you need reminders for, although I have included a bit of circuitry for a shift light, mainly cos I need to put it in a different circuit soon anyway.

[notme]

Are there actually 2 requirements being asked for here?

Note the thread title - shift lights, speed, oil pressure etc seem to me to be getting a bit away from "uber simple".

So requirement one would be the simple, cheap version:
I'd be thinking a simple 2 wire install transmitter, 1 warning LED at helmet end and the idea being that whatever the trigger source(s) are, you need to look at the dash and find the cause. Should be able to sense 12-ish volts from indicators or 1-ish from radar detector headphone jack, and you should be able to have multiple inputs any of which trigger it.

Requirement 2 would be the complex, expensive version:

Full HUD, battery or bike powered transmitter, lots of user settable options, make you toast in the morning. For what is being asked for and for what it would cost to cover development costs, why wouldn't you just buy a commercial one? http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/SportVue.htm

Don't get me wrong, this is a great idea and an interesting development, but if it gets too much towards the complex end, will it end up costing more than people are prepared to pay, not having the polish of a commercial unit, take long enough to develop that people lose interest, etc?

Of course, if the answer is that it's an interesting project to do for nothing more than your own learning, then all bets are off! I've done some very weird projects in the past for no reason other than it was interesting