Ok, so 5 months of on again, off again (no pun intended) development on this project is FINALLY beginning to bear fruit. Since I have not yet mentioned this project to anyone except Chad over at D.T. I'll give you all the basic details. 4 IPF driving/fog lights on an Alta bar and 2 PIAA driving lights on the bonnet equals three ugly switches on my dash and a nightmare of wiring and relays if i want full manual control AND proper hi/lo beam control as required by law sooooo.. OEM toggle panel with 6 switches repainted and laser etched with new backlit graphics connects to a custom circuit board with a microcontroller that monitors the switches and signals from my hi and lo beams. Micro then sends a signal to one (or more) of three relays (one per pair of lights) to turn them on and off either in full manual mode or in logic mode based on whether hi beams are on or off. End result, a double row of factory toggles on my dash that all light up and dim with the rest of the dash, legal dimming of driving lights and foglights with hi/lo beams, and the ability to turn on 2,4, or 6 lamps whenever I want or all at once. I just placed my order for the boards today and will hopefully be wrapping this whole thing up just in time for the Dragon. Meanwhile, I tried to upload a .pdf with all the info on the project thus far but its too big. If anyone wants more specific details (including a schematic and source code) PM me and ill send you the file. I'll keep you all up to date as things progress and hopefully ill have something to show off to you all in the next month or so.

 

I think this might be one of those "a picture is worth a thousand words" cases.

 

1,349 words to be exact (including the software code) but don't forget the schematic! So far I actually don't have anything to take a picture of. All my work has been in developing the software and the schematic and board layout. The only physical parts I have right now are the IPF lights on the rally bar. Soon as I get parts tho I will add to this with some pics.

 

My boards have arrived. For now they're not much to look at but the pics below will give you an idea of the circuit layout and where the board actually goes.

 

VERY cool......i respect the amount of knoweldge and craft you have. Keep us updated

 

This looks and sounds like a real winner.

 

More pictures please! And some action shots too !!

 

We gotta see many photos of this...

Also, was there any possibility of combining all the lights to run off just one switch? I ask, because I may add some other lights to my IPAA's that came with the Alta light bar, and I'm not sure how to do that. I'd like to only have ONE SWITCH>...