Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The next project..

I liked my iPod. But my Android phone with bluetooth and a subsonic backend media server kinda made it irrelevant.

So it's time to bring the iPod adapter into the new world.

I have two ideas:

Integrated Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP control with the Pontiac G8. Use wheel controls to play/ff/rev a Bluetooth device. Display playing track info on the DIC. I have all the parts, just need to spend some time putting them all together.

Cemublue - Yep. Take the E&C bus cassette emulator and bring it into the bluetooth world. Should be almost easier then the G8/GMLan solution!

Have decided on using a bluegiga WL-32 module as the bluetooth core. Will update with progress (I hope there is progress!)

4 comments:

  1. even though i'm still in iOS+G8 land myself, I'm excited to see how this pans out. keep the blogging going, I really enjoy keeping tabs on the project(s)!

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  2. I just set up my 2008 VE Commodore up with a fairly passive A2DP setup using a simple Logitech interface running into the Rear AUX.

    I would absolutely LOVE to have AVRCP control and DIC text - if you need any donations of parts or cash to get it going in your G8, let me know, I'd be glad to offer!

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  3. Have been following your progress for many many months.. (Before I even got a VE)....
    I am interested in scanning the GM Lan to try and find the Sat-Nav gateway commands being sent, to try and enable the VGA input on the Colour HVAC/Radio Screen.
    A couple of us have also been working on hacking EEPROMs for VE Clusters and Radios, and are beginning to find out some stuff you might be interested in (like changing startup screens, using different clusters, etc).

    http://www.carmodder.com/hacking-ve-colour-lcd-hvac-and-radio-t6098s50.html

    Hopefully I can overcome my FEAR of the GM Lan and start contributing !!!!
    Cheers, and keep up the good fight !

    Sorry, I dont know how to reply to the parent post... :(

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