On this day two years ago, I bought Scirocco 1.4TSI, after seeing it in the show room for less than 2 hours. Make this post just in memory of that day, one of the most happy and exciting day in my life.
Several months ago I started to learn OBD-II programming and wrote a small utility to retrieve live data from my Scirocco’s OBD-II port. Since then I’ve improved my utility and made a graphic virtual dashboard on a tablet PC. Here is the video shot as a demo. The displayed data includes speed, RPM, engine load and throttle position. Of course a lot more data can be retrieved through OBD-II port and I planned to make several multiple screens showing different combinations of data to the virtual dashboard. Also I planned to add data logging and drag testing features.
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以前在日本Best Motoring节目里看到了多车内视角拍摄,感觉挺酷的,一直想自己也试一下。经过摸索,通过使用一个高清摄像机和2个USB摄像头,结合 Premiere视频编辑软件,DIY出了多车内视角同步拍摄的视频。以后测试drag就可以这样来拍摄了。
所用设备:
第一段:尚酷1.4(MTM) 对BMW 325i
第二段:尚酷2.0(MTM) 对国产GTI(刷过 ECU)
第三段:尚酷1.4(TTi)对尚酷1.4(MTM,摄像机所在车)
第四段:尚酷1.4(TTi)对尚酷1.4(原厂)
第五段:国产GTI(刷过ECU)对尚酷1.4(原厂)
注:均为前者胜