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Thoughts on the Kit and Belktronix System

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Before I forget all the stuff I've learned, I'd like to capture some thoughts about the Open-Source kit and my experience with the Belktronix system. Good points about the open-source Civic-Kit: I really appreciate keeping the clutch. The trickiest part of mounting the batteries was desigining the firewall rack.

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Ford OpenXC platform out of beta; open-source hardware and software platform

Green Car Congress

The OpenXC kit includes a vehicle interface module based on the popular Arduino platform developers can use to read data from the vehicle’s internal communications network. Connectivity is an increasingly important part of the total user experience while driving. —Paul Mascarenas, Ford vice president and chief technical officer.

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Weave Your Own Apollo-Era Memory

Cars That Think

The work of assembling the AGC memories fell to women at Raytheon who formerly worked with textiles, and once you complete the Core64 kit, you will have a newfound respect for their skills. You can also use the kit to detect magnetic flux lines, and read the resulting bits that get set.

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Used Car of the Day: 1987 Nissan 200SX SE

The Truth About Cars

New parts include the A/C compressor, tires, timing belt and tensioner, brakes, battery, fan belts, clutch kit, master cylinder, water pump, rack and pinion, and the ECU. The seller has all the original documentation and service records, and some extra parts to boot.

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Taking a Break

Open Source Civic EV Kit

A few things that are in the works: getting the Civic S20 transmission to a precision measurement person to get an accurate diagram of all the holes and outline for repetitive fabrication of adapter plates ordering a clutch plate and sending it off to EV-America for a motor shaft adapter purchasing relevant EV kit parts (9" motor, etc.)

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Continental Demonstrates AutoLinQ and Outlines Plans for Android in the Automotive Industry

Green Car Congress

As part of the demonstration, the company is debuting the first automotive-grade head unit capable of downloading Android applications. The AutoLinQ SDK, which Continental expects will be available by the end of the first quarter of 2010, consists of API documentation, a Vehicle Simulator, a Vehicle Emulator, and the HMI design guide.

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Open Source Tools and Open Hardware License

Open Source Civic EV Kit

The next hurdle was finding free tools with which to design various parts with. I'm going to start with this as the documentation tool. My next step is to get the structure of the Civic EV Kit Google Group set up and invite several key people in the Civic EV community so we can get this ball rolling.

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