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[mavis.d]

Fitted and working, thanks JayG and Smallblock

Special thanks to Polaris for sharing in the 1st place

[Jinster]

I have just bought all the components needed for this project and I am about to dig out my trusty old soldering iron to get things started.

I was just wondering if anyone has thought of any other Boxster related projects that the Arduino could handle - seems a bit of a waste to let such a powerful computer to just do the top switch.

What about things like curtesy headlights (headlights stay on for say 20sec at night after switching off) or auto-closing windows on arming (I already have a module to handle that, but conceivably the Arduino could handle it instead). Can anyone think of other "comfort" features that we can put the Arduino to work for?

[MitchSF]

Yes! Three blink turn signals. Hardware and software should be very similar.

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by Jinster

I have just bought all the components needed for this project and I am about to dig out my trusty old soldering iron to get things started.

I was just wondering if anyone has thought of any other Boxster related projects that the Arduino could handle - seems a bit of a waste to let such a powerful computer to just do the top switch.

What about things like curtesy headlights (headlights stay on for say 20sec at night after switching off) or auto-closing windows on arming (I already have a module to handle that, but conceivably the Arduino could handle it instead). Can anyone think of other "comfort" features that we can put the Arduino to work for?

I actually used an EZ430 (thumbnail sized microprocessor) to illuminate the projectors "Dragon Eyes" breathing pattern red glow that I want activated when the security system is armed.

https://youtu.be/y07LMs5-zFA


We could add that to the Arduinos task list.