I complain that there aren't enough buttons in the car anymore. But this isn't what I really mean by the YouTube tinkerer's name. John Sutley show us How did he get the original 1989 Game Boy in his car that served as a speedometer? It's honest. “Why not?” is like a hacking project. And it's especially painful at a time when in-car screens are getting bigger. and more distracting in every generation
I don't have time to watch a 55 minute video because I have so much to think about. But it covers the process from childhood to execution. John spends a lot of time in the video explaining his process and explaining how he decided to connect the car to the Game Boy. His first goal was to have the Game Boy read the vehicle's CAN bus system and display distance per hour on a 160×144 pixel dot matrix display. John had to design a custom circuit board for the project. This connector was used to link the CAN system and the Game Boy. The connection process took several months, but John found the form factor to insert into the Game Boy cartridge slot. Then use a cable that connects to the computer inside the car.
The final product is not particularly polished. It looked like the device had been punched through the seams with the circuit board completely exposed. It won't replace the Android Auto/CarPlay external display you can buy for your car. But “geek” reliability is guaranteed.
While driving, John could barely make out video of the brightly lit pea-green Game Boy screen. So he took the circuit board monster he'd built on the original Game Boy and tried playing a late '90s Game Boy Pocket instead. The sharper, black-and-white screen could display miles per hour a little better, giving John a It is reliable that he needs it after cooking.”The worst digital trend in the world–
“The whole idea of using your Game Boy as a digital dashboard in your car is ridiculous,” John admitted in his YouTube video. I'm glad he saw it for what it was. The final product isn't practical for driving, though. But the point is that these types of hackers can will do