Kia Stinger Drive Mode Changer Test

[robz32]

@drdrewusaf excellent initiative. Any plans on expanding its capabilities?

P.S Welcome aboard. Any photos of the test mule?

[3.3Turbo4me]

Hi everyone!

I'm the "creator" of this little nugget. I want to make it clear that this is still a prototype, and some fabrication still needs to be completed. Also, it is not at all a smart device...clever maybe. There is no feedback from the car, and no data communications. Think of it like a robot that is flipping switches for you.

I just did a semi-permanent install last night, so I'll have a new video up explaining how it works. Also, I'll do a full write-up once it's worked for a few days.


Drew

You're my hero for testing this out.

[slammered]

Welcome fellow Texan.

[torbach]

Hi everyone!

I'm the "creator" of this little nugget. I want to make it clear that this is still a prototype, and some fabrication still needs to be completed. Also, it is not at all a smart device...clever maybe. There is no feedback from the car, and no data communications. Think of it like a robot that is flipping switches for you.

I just did a semi-permanent install last night, so I'll have a new video up explaining how it works. Also, I'll do a full write-up once it's worked for a few days.


Drew

Thanks Drew. Have you come across any software or have you thought of creating any software similar to what Ross-Tech has for VW and Audi vehicles? www.ross-tech.com?

Thanks


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[drdrewusaf]

@drdrewusaf excellent initiative. Any plans on expanding its capabilities?

P.S Welcome aboard. Any photos of the test mule?

Thanks! I haven't really thought about expansion. One person in one of the FB groups asked to add the Auto Hold feature to it. It's very doable, and extremely easy. However, the board I have is running out of RAM with the current program. It's not a very robust board. There is a board from Adafruit that can handle the extra code, but at that point I feel like it would be better to start custom fabrication of the main Arduino board. I bought this stuff because it works out of the box. I'll put some photos of the test mule below...

Thanks Drew. Have you come across any software or have you thought of creating any software similar to what Ross-Tech has for VW and Audi vehicles? www.ross-tech.com?

I'm very familiar with VAGCOM (was an Audi driver for 10 yrs). I've been looking, but all I can find are legit $2K+ GDS VCI tools, or super-sketch $200 GDS VCI tools. I don't think Kia uses a robust network for their modules like VW does with VAGCOM. So, I think GDS VCI is our only option. Along those lines, I know a lot, but I'm not an electrical engineer...so unraveling how Kia's CANbus/ODB network communicates is outside of my expertise.

That's not to say that I won't get one of the super-sketch GDS VCI tools, though. I'm still interested to find out what they are capable of...and I'm relatively certain that getting ahold of "clandestine" software for the tool is easy with the right connections in Eastern-block European countries.


Drew

[drdrewusaf]

[drdrewusaf]

Here's an update:



Again, all code and parts are linked in the video description.


Drew