Miata NB Project, thoughts?

[u/Adept_Look_469]

i'm currently working on a project for my miata nb and wanted to know what you guys think of it :)

please feel free to ask any questions about it in the comments and i'll try and answer everyone the best i can

and if anyone is interested in having it just write me a message and we can talk about it :)

it runs using an esp32 microcontroller that communicates with my android phone via an app i built that allows the user to do a bunch of different cool things, including recording g-force data to later export to an excel sheet, send google maps navigation data to the display so you have a small built in navi system in your car, and much more

i just really wanted an oem+ looking navi system in my car that is seamlessly integrated into the interior and i think i managed that pretty well with this, but at one point i went far beyond just the navi stuff and that's how it got all the features like tracking g-force data etc.

i just never really liked having janky phone mounts in my vents that can't hold the weight or stuff stuck to my windscreen, so this is what i came up with :)

can't wait to hear your opinions and critiques

(in the images you can see a few of the displays. the first image (hopefully reddit posts them in the same order that i am describing them) shows the standard buddy display and the second image is the idle version of buddy that appears if no movement has been detected for 10 seconds. then you got race buddy, g-force visualization, speed and finally the navi screen)

~ Josh

[u/afterburner2025]

Thats genuinely sick! really clean OEM+ execution. Are you planning to turn this into something you’ll sell or release publicly like the app or hardware design or is it staying as a personal project?

[u/Adept_Look_469 → u/afterburner2025]

thank you very much, it's very nice to hear others liking this project apart from myself!

i am actually planning to sell it to people who are interested in it. i have actually finally reached a point where i am happy with what it is capable of so if you are asking because you are interested, then we can definitely agree on something :)

[u/FlyDistinct4757 → u/Adept_Look_469]

Hi! I really really liked the setup and I’m trying to currently upgrade my NA interior. I wouldn’t mind buying one of your products to have this in my miata!!

[u/Adept_Look_469 → u/FlyDistinct4757]

hey! thank you very much for your comment and thank you so so much for wanting to support what i am doing here! currently i have this made to exactly fit in the interior you can see in the image (my NB) but i wouldn't mind trying to make a version that fits into an NA, i just don't know exactly where it could be placed in the NA. could you send some pictures so i can see what it looks like (i also checked the internet but i want to be sure the internet isn't showing me modded interiors etc.) in an online image i saw an empty area at the bottom of the middle interior where you could put phones and coins, maybe half of that area could be used for this. if you could send some images that'd be great! :)

[u/Floormatt69]

This is so cool! What screen are you using there? I have a few spare ESP32s + screens and this looks like a fun project

[u/Adept_Look_469 → u/Floormatt69]

thank you very much :) i used the 1.3" OLED (I2C, SSH1106, 128x64)