I got myself a netbook computer, with a 1024x600 display, 10.1"
Then I got a bluetooth elm327 OBD-II dongle and ScanXL.
I've been playing around makeing different gauges and came up with a couple that are reasonable. Yesterday I logged my commute home and replayed part of the data to show here.
This is a snapshot, and here is a LINK to a <2min video of it.
(reduced resolution on both)

 

Interesting. How did you get your car to communicate with the computer?

 

This inteface: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...d=487825021018
And this software: http://www.scantool.net/software/scanxl-pro.html

 

That is very cool Jeff! I just watched the video and I hope your not key-plunking away while your cranking up to 86 MPH there, right?

I had no idea you could do stuff like that!

 

[QUOTE=Jeff®;453454]This inteface: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...d=487825021018
QUOTE]

This ebay link doesn't seem to work due to the page being your purchased items...

 

Try this, same vendor. I got one of the bluetooth ones for $55
http://shop.ebay.com/24hourcity/m.ht...&_trksid=p4340

 

Jeff, pretty impressive. I've got Auto Enginuity<sp> and it is nothing like this program. I'd be interested in continued feedback on the bluetooth dongle performance.

 

Any update on the ELM327 platform? After a month's research (both here and on the rest of the web), I am still undecided on what is best for me to purchase. My needs are CANOBD2, portability between vehicles, live data stream recording/graphing at rest or in motion, instant pass/fail notification re: emissions testing, updatability for the programming, and CHEAP. ABS data would be nice, but not absolutely required. Made in USA a definite plus. I like a few stand alone scanners, under $200, but one (Actron) is said to have update problems. Others have some of the above features, but not all, and all seem to be made offshore or in you-know-where. If I'm to spend a coupla bills on something, I want reliable service. Or, on the other hand, buy cheaper, and lose less when it fails. But, back to the ELM327 bluetooth / PC program angle. Cost wise, data wise, this looks like a win/win situation to me. Can anybody report their LONG TERM evaluation of it, vis a vis the stand alone scanners of today?

 

Wonder If this can be run on a double din 7". Ive got a 12" ibm tablet that will do ok .

 

I have been using this for awhile now. Whne the wife got an I-Pad for x-mas, we tried hooking it up, no go. Currently running from a HP Elitebook Mobile Workstation, and I-Phone via Bluetooth(the I-phone works by tapping into the comp, not the car). Pretty cool. My wife does the data-logging from the sidelines, at the track. but it only works sometimes. Blue-tooth is very limited, 15-20ft on a good day.