I want to see this done!
Dakota Digital Custom Cluster (4 Viewers)
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Looks like they are mailing it out this wee.
Here is what it looks like.
I'll post install pics once I get around installing it.
The pointers cannot be made longer. DD says the weight would be an issue.
I would have preferred them longer but I think it still looks good.
Here is what it looks like.
I'll post install pics once I get around installing it.
The pointers cannot be made longer. DD says the weight would be an issue.
I would have preferred them longer but I think it still looks good.
lelandEOD
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Daddy LIKES!
Box Rocket
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Cool. Are you using the "4WD" light to replace the center diff lock light?
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Yes on a part time transfer case and when shifting to high/low range
SmokingRocks
hopelessly addicted to Cruisers
This is sweet, I've done some work down this rabbit hole myself, can be seen at the link below.
Custom Guage Cluster
It'd be nice to have the two small color OLED, TFT or LCD displays on either side of the cluster that the user could set to display digital gauges of whatever data set they have inputs for. Like this
It would be really easy to program in a warning threshold for each item so the screen in that area flashes or changes color. The hardest part would be getting a screen to fit these slots
Custom Guage Cluster
It'd be nice to have the two small color OLED, TFT or LCD displays on either side of the cluster that the user could set to display digital gauges of whatever data set they have inputs for. Like this
It would be really easy to program in a warning threshold for each item so the screen in that area flashes or changes color. The hardest part would be getting a screen to fit these slots
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SmokingRocks
hopelessly addicted to Cruisers
I couldn't agree more, seeing numbers fly around just means my brain has to go through another step to think about whether or not its in range, high or low etc. It's harder to decipher values instantly from a quick glance at a digital readout that doesn't mimic the style of analog gauges like the stuff in porches and audi's now.
Where on the other hand I just do a quick left to right scan of my gauges and if all of my needles are generally where I left them then I know everything is fine.
Most products like this use off the shelf TFT screens developed for other products.
Those little screens are probably 1.3" smart watch displays.
Custom screens aren't really a thing unless the product will be produced in the millions.
SmokingRocks
hopelessly addicted to Cruisers
Sure I'm aware. I've already looked at adding an OLED or TFT screen to my setup to replace a set of gauges and provide more data. It was based on an Arduino system and would've utilized a standard rectangular OLED display that I could get off the shelf. Ultimately I didn't pursue it because other projects jumped up, but it'd be a cool touch of modernization to the rig.
This was my concept:
Nothing is impossible for those of us who have the time and sometimes money to see what we can do.
Box Rocket
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Makes sense. I posted before my mind caught up and realized most of the trucks you probably deal with have part time transfer cases.
I noticed on all your pictures that the D light isn't lit up. Is this an effort to keep it authentic?
Looks really sweet!
Looks really sweet!
Looks good. But it looks like the TFT screens are cut off at the bottom? or just a rendering there?
That is sweetness!
I like where your head is at. But I don't think Dakota is going to do it just yet.
Holy cow. Looks like the space shuttle in there.
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Not yet. Still waiting for it to arrive from the other side of the globe.
lelandEOD
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Have they said when they plan to list these on their website? I'm thinking more and more of going this direction when I start my FTE swap.
Don't think so. As mentioned we do a lot of business with them. This is from their "custom" department. But likely you can order one too. You just have to send in your/ a donor cluster, pay and wait.
lelandEOD
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....son of a ....I just threw away an 80-series gauge cluster like a week ago.
I didn't catch that they were offering custom retrofits.
