Using power from unused cigarette lighter for switched 12V power source

I removed one of the three cigarette lighter power outlets to make room for a USB/aux mount in the dash of my 2003 for a Pioneer head unit. (I used the one that originally had the cigarette lighter in it, not the two lower power outlets with the caps.)

Question: Can I use the positive from that hookup to wire the switched 12V power source on this: https://mausberry-circuits.myshopify.com/pages/car-setup ? (The main power to the unit is coming from a direct battery connection.)

Hooking a Raspberry Pi up through the Pioneer head unit as part of a modification of this project: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/....com/&httpsredir=1&article=1232&context=cpesp

Thanks!!

 

You sure can

 

+1 on that.

 

Great, thanks!

 

Fun project - would love to see the results if you pull this off!

 

Do you have any PI experience or are you simply cut and pasting his code?

 

I'm a data scientist. I know Python. His code is actually pretty clunky, a lot of hard coding. I'll clone his repo and use the general idea (libraries, ODB methods, etc) but I'll be writing a lot of it from scratch. Why do you ask? Have some ideas?

 

I'll post when it's installed and running (minimum build).

 

Currently working on my own arduino project. Great thing about open source electronics / code is its open sourced. Bad thing about open sourced electronics / code is its open sourced.

My biggest challenge so far is my understanding of code. I can cut and paste some stuff and tweak it a bit and learn what some stuff does. But other bits of code when it does or doesn’t work I am completely lost. Bought a bunch of books but some of it doesn’t get you much further than do this and that will happen. One of my frustrations was with delay timers. Everyone seemed to write how to do things with delay timers (which I already knew wasn’t the best way to code) and then later everyone said this isn’t the best way due to the whole program pausing for the delay. Why not touch on delays timers and then teach the right way to code right from the get go?

Anyway I am building a motorcycle race tire temperature sensor device. I want 1-3 sensors per tire X 2 tires all displayed real time to an OLED display. I would like data logging capabilities eventually and GPS position logging. I also have 3 axis G force and 3 axis gyro’s that would be cool to add in the end. My issue so far is I am using I2C communication sensors and the IR temp sensors all come with the same addresses so I am going to have to try a multiplexer.

I would love to take a course at the local university or college so I can learn the code properly but so far I don’t think they have any arduino type courses. If you want to help me understand or code I will pay.

 

There are a lot of online courses for learning Python. Some of them are free!

I'm happy to answer questions about syntax if you have them, but sometimes physical computing is hard to diagnose remotely.

 

Just got a new book in the mail today. Beginning C for Arduino. So far it is good. It is explaining what each step and syntax means. So far it is all stuff I have a general idea about but I have picked up a few things already.

My biggest challenge will be to figure out the code for the display and dive into the library end of things so I am not just bloating everything. Then I have to figure out how to run the multiplexer so I can run multiple identical IR sensors. I am sure this isn’t rocket science but like any new language at the beginning it is all Greek so I need to learn the language before I can write a novel. I am a millwright so while cutting and pasting has gotten me some success my brain wants to understand the mechanics better so I can build the best code for the job. Plus better code (more efficient / less bloat) may run on a more compact MPU board with less memory. In the end my hope is I can draw up my own board on Fritzing and have my own boards made with the multiplexer integrated and the OLED plugged in on top. I currently have a Mega2560, UnoR3 and a Nano so we will see which one I have to run in the end or which will be the basis for my board.


So am I correct that the rPi is run in python language vs arduino C?

 

I don't have any direct experience with Arduino. I use Raspberry Pi s primarily because they're essentially just a tiny Linux machine. (I use Linux on all my work and home machines, three cheers for open source!) I've got Pis all over my house. One wired to my fish tank, one wired to my home stereo as a media library, a retro gaming system built from another, etc.

 

Moving forward with wiring for the Raspberry Pi. Ran everything under the center console and up into the bottom storage section. Waiting for the Mausberry Circuits car switch to arrive.