Hi All,I can?t see the indicator indicators on the dash of my car (Peugeot 1007)from my preferred driving position. I?d like to add an LED which will flash if either of them is on. My thought is to pick up +ve and -ve from just before each front indicatorbulb holder, put a diode in each positive such that current can only flowfrom it (so it doesn?t short out left and right +ve) then join the outputsof those two diodes and feed that and the negative to a LED. (Locatingboth the diodes and the LED within the cabin). Does this sound feasible?Easiest (I don?t fancy messing with the internals of the instrument panel)?

Don't forget to include a current-limiting resistor.PA

I did this with my bike as the instrument binnacle is low and the indicator tell tales at the bottom corners. I glued these the wing mirrors. they have resistors heat shrunk to the wires.I picked up the voltage from the rear indicator loom and ran cat 5 cable to the mirrors. It works well.

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Oct 05, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 23 Replies

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Andy Burns 4 years ago

With the seat and wheel in the best position everything on the dashboard is in view, but there are two switches annoyingly obscured (front and rear fogs) so I have to fumble for them and remember which is which.

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John Rumm 4 years ago

There are pre-existing libraries for interacting with CAN bus on the arduino. Here is an intro:

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AJH 4 years ago

I did this with my bike as the instrument binnacle is low and the indicator tell tales at the bottom corners. I glued these

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to the wing mirrors. they have resistors heat shrunk to the wires.

I picked up the voltage from the rear indicator loom and ran cat 5 cable to the mirrors. It works well.

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newshound 4 years ago

Very interesting!

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