Objective

Provide an open source platform for vehicle information and entertainment.

Daughterboard firmware is designed around FreeRTOS. Supports CANbus and J1850 protocols and many functions such as HVAC control, battery monitoring, vehicle status and statistics over wifi. Uses driver circuits for various actuators around the car.

Front end software is designed to run on Linux. I recommend Ubuntu for the main computer.

GUI is made using NodeWebkit and communicates with a custom daughterboard for interfacing with the vehicle.

Install OS

Download ubuntu 21.10 and create boot disk
Press esc to get to boot menu
Boot manager
Choose flash drive
Choose Install ubuntu Choose erase disk and install ubuntu
Remove flash drive and reboot

Setup OS

Set no keyring passwd
Disable Power Savings
sudo visudo /etc/sudoers:

%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL  

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
sudo usermod -a -G audio $USER

Add startup programs

pm2 start /usr/local/src/open-dash/service/index.js --time --name dash
nw /usr/local/src/open-dash

Display

Set scale to 200%
Rotate to portrait mode Settings > Appearance > Position on screen: Bottom

sudo cp /usr/local/src/open-dash/scripts/99-touch.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-touch.rules

Install Dependencies

sudo apt install -y curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt update

sudo wget -qnc https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn-release_1.0.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./nordvpn-release_1.0.0_all.deb

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
sudo apt update

sudo apt-get -y install gnupg
wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install -y \
  tmux git nodejs sshfs nmap cmake pv vlc pithos gimp librecad resolvconf openssh-server \
  net-tools v4l-utils clementine net-tools kodi nordvpn vlc-plugin-bittorrent \
  libgconf-2-4 sshpass git nodejs dnsmasq hostapd tmux xdotool libudev-dev \
  python-setuptools python3-dev libssl-dev libasound2-dev nmap ffmpeg \
  build-essential cmake pkg-config libjpeg-dev libtiff5-dev libatomic1 \
  libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libv4l-dev libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev libfreetype6-dev \
  libatlas-base-dev gfortran python3-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev python3-pip \
  libasound-dev portaudio19-dev libportaudio2 libportaudiocpp0 \
  google-chrome-stable speedtest-cli mongodb-org \

sudo npm install -g nw-gyp
sudo npm install -g pm2 --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root
sudo snap install atom --classic
sudo snap install blender --channel=beta --classic

sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https curl
sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y brave-browser

kicad

sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-5.1
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y --install-suggests kicad

mkdir ~/circuits
cd ~/circuits
git clone https://github.com/physiii/kicad-parts
# add symbol and footprint paths

esp32

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

mkdir -p ~/esp
cd ~/esp
git clone --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git

cd ~/esp/esp-idf
./install.sh

echo "alias get_idf='. $HOME/esp/esp-idf/export.sh'" >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc
get_idf

cd ~/esp
cp -r $IDF_PATH/examples/get-started/hello_world .
cd ~/esp/hello_world
idf.py set-target esp32
idf.py menuconfig

audio

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/physiii/ardour-sessions

sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf

  @audio          -       rtprio          99

sudo apt install -y qjackctl pulseaudio-module-jack libjack0 jackd jack-tools \
linux-lowlatency ardour a2jmidid libjack-dev pavucontrol \

Jack

set interface
Settings -> MIDI Driver: seq
Options -> execute script after startup: pactl load-module module-jack-sink;pactl load-module module-jack-source;pactl set-default-sink jack_out
Misc -> start JACK audio service on application startup

pamcd set-default-sink jack_out

sudo apt install -y \
calf-plugins libtool autoconf libexpat1-dev libglib2.0-dev libfluidsynth-dev \
jackd libjack-dev libglade2-dev lv2-dev yoshimi ams \
blop caps cmt fil-plugins rev-plugins swh-plugins tap-plugins \
invada-studio-plugins-lv2 mda-lv2 swh-lv2 \
blepvco mcp-plugins omins so-synth-lv2 lingot \

MIDI

pip3 install python-rtmidi pyserial mido
git clone https://github.com/physiii/wireless-midi

Popcorn

sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src
git clone https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop
cd popcorn-desktop
sudo npm install -g gulp
npm install
gulp build
gulp run
nw .

NW.JS

sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src  
wget https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.54.0/nwjs-sdk-v0.54.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
tar -zxvf nwjs-sdk*  
cd nwjs-sdk*  
sudo ln -s /usr/local/src/nwjs-sdk-v0.54.0-linux-x64/nw /usr/bin/nw  

Install Software

sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src
git clone https://github.com/physiii/open-dash
cd open-dash
npm install
npm run build