Sunday, January 12, 2014

CD Changer Connectors

I recently found out that "The Connector People" sells these connectors online via their website for under $7! I think they have a minimum order of 2...



http://connectorpeople.com/Connector/TYCO-AMP-TE_CONNECTIVITY/8/827229-1

Awesome!

Thursday, January 9, 2014

9-5 adapter harness

I've been told by a few people who have 9-5's, that certain years (not sure which) didn't come with the "regular" cd changer plug; Saab made an adapter though, that converts those cars from a 2-plug harness into the single plug connector.

eEuroParts sells them for less than $12.

I wish I could tell you which years need this cable, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out if your 9-5 has 2 connectors or 1 under the rear carpet.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

ATMega328 with bootloader

A reader, Jeff, made a good find that I didn't even think about; Mouser sells ATMega328's with the Arduino bootloader preinstalled! I'm not for sure which bootloader is installed, but it should work.

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Arduino/A000048/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMs0PWRNvpRp0N8bFGqoofv%2f

Sparkfun sells one with the Optiboot bootloader

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10524

Thanks for the good find, man! :)

Bluetooth parts list

It's been requested I post the parts list for the bluetooth board, so here it is, minus the CD changer connector of course.

http://www.mouser.com/ProjectManager/ProjectDetail.aspx?AccessID=9cf0c26186

And the bluetooth module is still needed as well.

The code is still in work; I should have my bluetooth modules in a week or so; the first shipment I ordered (50 days ago!) got lost, so I had to ask for a replacement.