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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Instrumentation | |
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| Constructing a Digital Gauge | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Adding a Lamp Failure Monitor | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Circuit Operation | |
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| Construction | |
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| Introducing ... The LM391x Series of ICs | |
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| So How Do We Go About Building a Digital Dashboard ... | |
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| Using the LM3915/6 Effectively in Your Own Designs | |
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| Constructing a Simple Voltmeter | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Constructing the Mixture Meter | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Calibration Procedure | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Installing an EGO Sensor | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| One-Wire EGO Sensor | |
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| Two-Wire EGO Sensor (ISO-EGO Sensor) | |
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| Three-Wire EGO Sensor (HEGO Sensor) | |
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| Four-Wire EGO Sensor (ISO HEGO Sensor) | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Out-of-Car Testing and Inspection | |
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| In-Car Testing and Inspection | |
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| Building an Expandable VU Meter | |
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| You Will Need (Per Channel) | |
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| Tools | |
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| Building a Digital Tachometer | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Adding a Voice Enunciator | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Comfort Features | |
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| Electric Door Mirrors Explained | |
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| Installing Electric Door Mirrors | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Installing Electric Windows | |
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| Type 1 Aftermarket Window Kits | |
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| Type 2 Aftermarket Window Kits | |
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| Type 3 Aftermarket Window Kits | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Mechanical Installation | |
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| Electrical Installation | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Installing Heated Seats | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Installing a Lumbar Support | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Installation Instructions for a Front-Mounted Bladder | |
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| Installation Instructions for a Rear-Mounted Bladder | |
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| Installation Instructions for a Seat Pouch or Pump | |
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| Installation of Wiring | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Intelligent Functions | |
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| Installing an Automatic Head-lamp Switch | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Installing Automatic Dip-Beam Lights | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Installing Simple Intelligent Wipers | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Constructing a Rain Sensor | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Installing Advanced Intelligent Wipers | |
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| Principle of Operation | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Locating the Sensor | |
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| Electrical Installation | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Resetting the Raintronic | |
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| Reinitializing Raintronic | |
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| Advanced Intelligent Wipers in Action! | |
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| Installing Cruise Control | |
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| Safety and the Cruise Control | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Electrical Installation | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Entering the Diagnostic Mode | |
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| Testing the Resume/Accelerate Button | |
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| Testing the Brake Switch | |
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| Looking to the Future | |
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| Security and Safety | |
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| Adding High-Level Mirror-Mounted Indicators | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Adding Puddle Lights | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Installing a Total Closure Module | |
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| Installing Central Locking | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Installing Central-Locking Motors | |
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| How It Works | |
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| Installing Heated Washer Jets | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Installation | |
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| Hydraulic Installation | |
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| Electrical Installation | |
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| Operation | |
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| Building a Homing Device | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Installing a GPS Vehicle Tracker | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Mechanical Installation | |
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| Electrical Installation | |
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| Software Installation | |
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| Software Configuration | |
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| Installing a Reversing Camera | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Installing a Rear-Obstacle Sensing System | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Operating the ROSS | |
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| Constructing Dome-Light Dimmer Delay | |
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| A Computer in Your Car | |
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| Car Computer Basics | |
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| AutoCom ACEX C3 | |
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| Installing the AutoCom ACEX C3 | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| Building Your Own Car PC | |
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| Mini/Nano ITX | |
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| Processors | |
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| Memory | |
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| Motherboard Options | |
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| Case Styles | |
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| Case Controls, Buttons, and LEDs | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| Constructing Your Own Case/Modifying a Standard Project Case | |
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| Motorbike PCs? | |
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| Other Car Computers for Consideration | |
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| Power Supplies | |
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| Split-Charging Systems | |
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| Installing a Split Charger | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| How the Circuit Functions | |
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| Inverters | |
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| DC-to-DC Power Supplies | |
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| Startup and Shutdown Controllers | |
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| Connecting an External Device to an OPUS Power Supply | |
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| You Will Need | |
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| Tools | |
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| BIOS Settings | |
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| Operating System Settings | |
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| Electrical Installation | |
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| Operating the Power Supply | |
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| Troubleshooting | |
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| ATX Power Connection | |
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| Display Technologies | |
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| Display Technologies | |
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| Liquid Crystal Displays | |
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| How LCDs Work | |
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| Vacuum Fluorescent Displays | |
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| How VFDs Work | |
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| Display Formats | |
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| Alphanumeric Displays | |
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| Adding a Text Display to Your Car PC | |
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| Autoroute | |
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| Microsoft MapPoint | |
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| Other Programs | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| Appendix B | |
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| Index | |