Chariot Gauge - Wideband O2, Boost/Vac, Oil pressure, Temp and Voltmeter

[codrum]

I got the final proofs back from the guy that's going to be working with me on graphic design/branding and I think his direction is great. Here's a sneak peak at the new icon design, color, and font that I'm going to be wrapping the Android and iOS look and feel around:



I think it's a huge improvement on the current icon - it's simple, scalable, embraces the "Chariot" portion of the brand name while displaying the purpose of the app. Next I'll be working with him to redesign the max value and reset buttons on the gauge displays.

I'm pretty settled with the look of the app. I've been testing out all five sensors on my e30 and it's working really great in single, dual and quad gauge views. Here's what they look like (note the max/reset buttons will be changing to vector images). These were all taken directly off of a iPhone 4s - the iPhone 5 and retina display iPads look the same just a little longer.:










The last big piece of code that I'm tackling right now is handling the different states of connecting to the controller. I'm working to make it as straight forward as possible so if there's only one controller present it will connect without needing to select it from a pop-up. If there are other Bluetooth Low Energy devices near by then you'll need to select it from a list similar to how the Android version currently works. I'm very close to completing this thing and plan on submitting it to the App Store by the end of Feb!

[ToPLeSS(e30)FeinD]

Looking forward to getting this hooked up in my car man. Very exciting stuff here.

[eduTechnic]

Subd for this!

Edit: ordered

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[codrum]

Subd for this!

Edit: ordered

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Thanks for the order! Sent out this morning.

[Bimmer25]

Got mine today. Solid looking set-up. Much smaller than I thought it would be (good thing). Quick shipping too...

[codrum]

The initial iOS version is complete. It's working on both iPhone 4s and newer iPhones, iPad 3 and newer tablets. After struggling with Apple's submission guidelines for the last couple of days and working out a few final bugs - it's submitted!


Now the waiting game begins. One of the biggest differences between submitting to Google's play store and Apple's app store is the review process. Google does almost no validation of the app that's submitted. I believe they rely more on users to rate/review the apps to push them up or down. Apple on the other hand reviews every single app/update that's submitted to their store and has been known to be extremely brutal with their rejections. Almost every app gets rejected by their reviewers at least once before it's accepted and it usually takes around a week before anyone looks at it. This site (http://reviewtimes.shinydevelopment.com/) seems pretty accurate. Fingers crossed for an easy approval.

[codrum]

woo - parts for the next batch have arrived. I've got a long weekend of building ahead of me..


On the app front - Apple is taking its sweet time getting to mine. Day seven and it's STILL listed as "waiting for review" according to the app dashboard. I blame all of the Flappy Bird knockoffs that are flooding iOS and Android right now

More to come..

[deutschman]

So excited for the iPhone version!

[ToPLeSS(e30)FeinD]

So excited for the iPhone version!

[codrum]

After waiting for over a week, providing a demonstration video, and fretting over whether the app would be out-right rejected it was finally approved!

Link: Chariot Gauge iOS App

I screwed up the screenshots so it only shows the night mode on the iPhone 5+ and I have a few updates ready to go that I'll compile and submit an update later in the week. It's crazy but you can only update the screenshots when you update the app which then has to go through the week long Apple update process.

I'll make it more official a little later, for now please feel free to download the app and see how it looks on your iPhone/tablet/iPod touch. The iOS hardware controllers are tested and ready to go and can be ordered through my site www.chariotgauge.com. If you use the app and it works well for you, please review it - it helps immensely! I would love to hear any initial reactions or comments. If you find any bugs I'd like to get them knocked out in the first update this week so let me know.

I've worked on this almost everyday for the last four months so, tonight, I drink. - Cheers!

[eduTechnic]

Congrats man that's proud! Can't wait to get mine wired in.

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[codrum]

Congrats man that's proud! Can't wait to get mine wired in.

Thanks man - let me know how the install goes!

Also here's the demo video Apple requested that shows how quickly Bluetooth 4.0 connects, the responsiveness of the gauges to data changes, and the max-value hold functionality. Now that it's starting to get nice in Denver I have my GoPro rig setup and I'm working on a better "in-action" video with the e30.

[whodwho]

Very nice, has to feel good to get past that hurdle. Installed it on a 4s to have a look and installed with no issue.

Now you need to port it over to work with Megasquirt so I can start telling all the people that hit me up if there is iPhone software that works with BT!

[E30Gus]

This is sweet! Will it work with an I-pod Touch for us non-phone owning bastards?

[codrum]

Very nice, has to feel good to get past that hurdle. Installed it on a 4s to have a look and installed with no issue.

Now you need to port it over to work with Megasquirt so I can start telling all the people that hit me up if there is iPhone software that works with BT!

I know the guys (guy?) at EFI Analytics have the Shadow Logger Android app for MS that looked pretty promising, not sure if they plan to port it to iOS though. Although if they wanted to open source the Android app I wouldn't mind digging through it and see what could be ported to iOS.

There's so much going on with MS I don't know if it translates well to an app. I use MS2 for tuning and prefer to have the laptop plugged in while doing so. Once I'm pretty happy with the tune I use my phone with Chariot Gauge to monitor and maintain and tuck away MS until I need it again. Although a dash mounted tablet/iPad with MS would be stellar..