Stepper motors allow driving the original analog gauges. Custom board can control 4pc X27.168 steppers. I'm thinking fue-... battery level, EV motor power %, at the least, maybe something else. Speedo is still analog by cable.

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Soldering progress 95% 😊

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Procrastinating from making actual progress I accidentally designed a stepper driver board for the instrument cluster with... some additions.

We'll see what comes out of this. 😄

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https://youtu.be/LVskLw_lh-U
Croissant Loaf Two Ways (Omnia Recipe) – Easy Sweet & Savory Camper Bread
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"Dear (public) diary. Today I finished wiring the bus..." 😊

12V system up and running, completely rewired (although based on original schematics).

More detailed post at: https://openinverter.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=90031#p90031

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Friends, if you make your own cabinets for up near the ceiling of a space you can't stand in (like, say, a regular sized van) then for the love of Dog make the doors hinged at the top with magnets or gas struts to hold the door up, open, and out of the way.
Not hinged on the side because you'll need to dodge it. Especially not hinged on the bottom, because then you made doors that are exactly where you want to be to access the cabinet.
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Ok! Based on this shakedown mosey I believe that moving forward there will be less tearing out of areas of the van that don't work and more finishing work on a solid core. 🎉
The layout works. I'm satisfied with features chosen and excluded.
The interior still looks like someone built it from scraps (because I did) and a lot of stuff looks temporarily tacked into place (because it is) but despite appearances this is a milestone.
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Just in time for a shakedown tour, camper van electrical system v2 has successfully powered the making of tea, without which I would be unable to continue the build. Close call, that.
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The eternal urge to permanently secure devices to my van roof using copious amounts of marine adhesive.
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