Hi,
I've searched through the forum but can't find much about this. I have noticed comments about automotive projects and the forums concerns about these.
OK, I have a very old boat that I am trying to restore, on a tight budget. I'm learning to do as much as I can so as to keep the costs down. I inherited two GM 6.5 diesel motors that I intend to fit into the boat but considering the boat was a petrol boat before, I need to change a lot of stuff.
I would like to make a completely new dash board, with all the gauges I would like. These would cost a fortune and would still look like an overcrowded panel. So, I would like to make my own panel, using stepper motors. So that it would look similar to a car dash board.
I have read quite a lot about stepper motors and from what I gather, they are either controlled by the vehicles (on a car) computer, or by controllers.
Can anyone make any suggestions or point me in the right direction? I would like to make this a full project on here, from start to finish.
Many thanks
Peter
I've searched through the forum but can't find much about this. I have noticed comments about automotive projects and the forums concerns about these.
OK, I have a very old boat that I am trying to restore, on a tight budget. I'm learning to do as much as I can so as to keep the costs down. I inherited two GM 6.5 diesel motors that I intend to fit into the boat but considering the boat was a petrol boat before, I need to change a lot of stuff.
I would like to make a completely new dash board, with all the gauges I would like. These would cost a fortune and would still look like an overcrowded panel. So, I would like to make my own panel, using stepper motors. So that it would look similar to a car dash board.
I have read quite a lot about stepper motors and from what I gather, they are either controlled by the vehicles (on a car) computer, or by controllers.
Can anyone make any suggestions or point me in the right direction? I would like to make this a full project on here, from start to finish.
Many thanks
Peter