Thread: REQ: OBD2/CANBUS Software
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2006-07-03 , 21:30
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Originally Posted by howardholton
I would like to be able to use the N770 as my auxiliary car computer for navigation and car data (through OBD2 or CAN data.) Has anyone done this? Or, anyone have any ideas as to how this could be done? With a bluetooth GPS and BT OBD2 module you would have a very nice car pc that would be nearly universal and inexpensive.

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I doubt if anyione has done this--too small of a user base. But that said, it is well within the realm of possibility. The 770 is eminently programmable and the underlying Unix base makes it a hackers dream--so much software is out their waiting to be either ported or pieces borrowed. the rub is the programming environment. What a butt-ache!

I have a Kontron 486 board that is essentially a full-blown PC in a (very) small footprint. It runs White Dwarf and is very, very easy to develop for (gcc & the rest...). Why this cannot be the case with the 770 is anyones guess. With the touch screen, USB, BT and Wi-Fi the 770 blows the Kontron out of the water.