Video games, while entertaining to be sure, are a great way to experience things that could not easily be recreated in real life. Shooting aliens on a giant ring in space is an obvious example, but there are some more realistic examples that video games make much more accessible, such as driving a race car. You can make that experience as realistic as you want, too, and can even go as far as using a real car as your controller.
All modern cars use a communication system to allow their various modules to talk to one another. Fuel injection, throttle position, pedal positions, steering wheel angle, and climate control systems can all communicate on the CAN bus, and by tapping into that information the car can be used as a controller for a video game. Once you plug in to the OBD-II port on a car, you’ll need a piece of software to decode all of that information. [Andrew] uses uinput, a tool that allows Linux machines to take any input signal and map it in any way that can be programmed.
The build also includes the use of an integrated pico projector, allowing the car to be parked and turned into a simulator at any time. It’s similar to another project which used a Mazda instead of a Chevrolet Volt, but it just goes to show how straightforward it can be to take information from the CAN bus of a modern car.
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Years ago people would have really wondered what you were talking about if you told them that someday your car would have a bus inside of it…
So the steering wheel isn’t hooked directly to the axel? When I first read the article, all I could think about it how hard it is to turn my car wheel when the power steering is not running.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_by_wire#Steer_by_wire
“Such a system is illegal in most jurisdictions for passenger or commercial vehicles.”
I don’t know of any steer by wire cars.
IIRC there are some, but they will use a mechanical clutch to engage the column as a backup.
Either he has one of these or the wheels will turn on the floor.
It has nothing to do with the car being electic btw. EPS is common in all vehicles now.
watch the video, it is an electric car…
Many modern cars, electric or not, have electric motor controlled (not assisted) steering which makes this possible
Might be interesting to make a simulator from a wreck, you just need the cabin and electronics, no engine or tranny, the expensive parts, something to think about.
Not only a great video, but I noticed something unusual in his speech: This man uses *no* contractions. No “it’s” only “it is” etc. Definitely different to listen to. Cool project!
Found one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Phf7zzg-k&t=126
all of this in the project, and what you feel the need to point out it his grammar??
really??
Why not? Good grammar is undervalued.
It fascinated me in a good way, so yeah, why not? :)
Put the front wheels on McDonald’s trays.