Dat_figment test!

I would love to taste test figs :happydance:


Looking good Anthony Can't wait till everything is complete for you!

Had to be grammar nazi didn't you? Haha I'm not liable for Siri butting into my posts!




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Hahaha thanks for the props guys, I'll be ordering another monitor to test on Wednesday. And I have been speaking with a rep with GIGABYTE. They are sending me a motherboard to test as a possible hardware base to build from! I should be ready in a couple of weeks for a new print also. I'm hoping I can have something ready for Zdayz this year! Fingers crossed!!!

Asorg31,

Definitely better than the first prototype. I love it. I like this one better because it does not have the hump tall upper part. Awesome. What is next?

Yes, this one definitely looks better than the first one. I'm definitely looking forward to see the final product. I'm sure it will be pretty cool and will look amazing.

Awesome.

any updates on this?

Yes there are! I have been out of town for business quite a bit lately, but I received confirmation from my vendor that the monitor has shipped! So as soon as it arrives I can finalize all of the mounting points for the monitor in the dash and get it re-printed! The goal is to have something to show off for ZDayz next month. So if anyone is able to make it out to the Tail of the Dragon come check out what I've got!!

Now that Brainiac is dead - I am like F5'ing this thread like it's my job.
Can't wait to see what you come up with.

That's very unfortunate about Workshop 12, I had no idea since I myself have been a little scarce lately. As much as I want this to succeed, I want others to succeed as well. RIP Brainiac... :(

Ah dang! Didn't realized it died :(

Edit: just saw the results... noooooo!

Good Morning all!

I have been spending quite a bit of my time working with vendors to get components for the first solid prototype. So I haven't had the opportunity to be very active lately. But I am back now and gearing up for the trip to ZDAYZ in a couple of weeks. It looks like we won't have a physical prototype to show yet unfortunately. So instead we are putting some time into developing some good documentation to show and discuss while we are down there in North Carolina! I you make it down come hang out with us and I'd be happy to show where we are in the process. We will be hanging with our MAZOC friends on site from late Wednesday on.

In the meantime here is a little something to drool over!

http://www.the370z.com/members/asorg...-rendering.jpg

Looks awesome! You have the competitive edge now. Good luck and looking forward to seeing more pics! :driving::tup:

Looking good, I'm very interested in this for my Z


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I should be getting my handouts for ZDAYZ today! I'm very excited, I have been working with a very talented artist to make a logo and custom lettering. I think he did a great job! Once I have the full logo later tonight I will post it as well. What do you all think?

http://www.the370z.com/members/asorg...outs-zdayz.jpg

Oh that's elegant, serious and to the point and full of innovation at the same time. Just throwing it out there how's Valkyrie Tech? I like this it's like "Valkyrie Technologies, bringing you the future."


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Hahaha the slogan is nice, and as far as the full name we decided on Valkyrie Systems and are working towards incorporation very soon. Check us out on Facebook and Instagram @valkyriesystems!

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I had to drop off my Z to MA Motorsports yesterday to get the CSC, clutch and flywheel replaced. Looks like I won't be making it to ZDayz this year after all...


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Although I did get my monitor in over the weekend as well. So hopefully I can begin testing in my now free time off! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...546deb0dc5.jpg


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Man. I'm excited! Keep it up :tup: :p


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Any news on this?

I had to shelf this project for a month or so while I work on a couple of other high priority designs. I will be back at full speed on this this next month.

Nice job. Have you decided what material to use and what process you will use for the final finish to get good match?

Thanks very much! I have been looking into injection molding as a final finish, with an Alcantara leather wrapping to match the factory look. As well as a limited carbon fiber to see how well it may sell.

This is very interesting and I'm looking forward to see this finished.
I think I will be getting an actual Tesla as a daily driver considering they will be releasing their Model 3 in a few years at around 30'000 USD.

Just now saw this thread and it makes me happy. I was down for an order of the Brainiac before the whole thing died, now I see there's still hope. Keep up the good work man!

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Thanks so much! It's great to see so many people excited about something like this! Subscribe to the thread and I'll do my best to keep it updated as it comes along.

On another note have had a few setbacks with my software developer and UI designer. Which made me realize that I have been going about this all in the wrong way. My problem is I haven't been able to get these people to be as passionate as me to make this Infotainment system a reality.

It made me realize that passionate people are focused people. If you are not passionate about what you do, and have little immediate gain things won't get done. Now I see that the most passionate people I can find for this project are right here on this forum!

So as I prepare for my move to Dallas in the next couple of months I want to put a CALL TO ACTION out here to all my Z enthusiasts who may be software developers or UI/UX designers. If you would be interested in making this a reality in your Z please PM me and we can discuss things in more detail! It would be great if you were in the DFW area so that we could sit down face to face once in a while, but not a requirement.

In the meantime, thank you all for your support and I look forward to hearing from you!

Is this still happening?

With not being an engineer, designer, tech, or programmer I feel so useless for all this... Haha either way I still look forward to your success with this project. I've been peeking into the thread every now and then and seen its progress from the beginning. This whole thing is really awesome and nothing makes me happier than to see and know that so many people have contributed and gotten together too achieve a goal. This is amazing and you guys are awesome keep up the good work peeps!


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Dead project going nowhere. This community is dying.

What he is saying is that this costs in 10s of thousands to develop, so the only way it will happen if we spend our free time helping out, i'm a developer but i'm busy till Jan, look at what happened to braniac, they had exposure across different communities and it still failed.

You are absolutely right Scope22, the front money and time to make something like this happen is outrageous. I am speaking with other designers and developers as we speak to honestly see if this is even a viable option due to the costs. I have even spoken with one of the founders of Brainiac to see what their pitfalls were and to get a little advice on how to move forward to make this happen for us. Those guys are great people and have nearly 20 years of real industry experience (something I don't have), connections on hardware, and it boiled down to funding for them. If anyone here has advice or a desire to help bring this thing to life post here and let the community know or you can even PM me directly for more information. It's always great to hear from the community.

Have you thought about doing a jump start program to help with the cost?

Do mean like a Kickstarter page? I have considered it but to make something like that successful there would need to be far more progress on the programming side to and closer to completion. The guys at brainiac had a working prototype and still only raised about $16,500 of their $325,000 goal. So to be successful there I feel more progress is needed. It's kind of a catch 22, progress is difficult without money, and without money progress is difficult. :ugh2:

realistically market is too limited, most new cars come with some version of navigation + audio system, and people with used cars will not want to spend $1000 + installation to retrofit their cars since they can buy a suction cup and a cheap used android device, all that is left is a few nuts like us

:iagree: Yep it's very true....

The community is alive and well. Not all projects get followed through with doesn't mean anything.

To be honest, the interface shouldn't hold this project up. Get it moving, using an android logic board and get it in people's hands! There has to be a few android based tablet/carpc interfaces that could be modified for this project's needs. This really isn't all that different than a custom android tablet molded into the dash.

As much as I wish I could agree with you on this I can't, at least not 100%. You are correct in saying it could be done with any android interface, but the similarities tend to end with audio/video controls in my opinion.

One of the major problems with using any other application out now through my research. None of them have any kind of climate controls built into them. And that is one of the largest reasons for this particular build is to integrate them into the system. The screen was chosen to maximize the space available. And in doing so is large enough to interfere with current access to the nobs.

Making two models one with existing controls and one without is far more work than it is worth. In the end there will need to be some software development done before this project can be complete. And I am very open to suggestions, right now I am leaning toward Android Auto since it is freely available and can be modified to work well for this build. But there will still need to be some programming done to support a larger than double DIN screen and also the climate controls.

As far as the design, hardware components, and building I have that fully under control. It is the software development that I will take any help I can get!!