MyoCar

Inspiration

I had been wanting to experiment with the CAN bus this hackathon, and my car was a perfect fit.

What it does

Control the windows and volume of the car through hand gestures wirelessly.

How I built it

I have a homebuilt CAN tool that I use, and I sniffed CAN packets to find which ones I should send to trigger actions. I then used the Myo C++ SDK to build a program to interface with the bus.

Challenges I ran into

The homemade tool I have did not have drivers written for C++ code, so I had to write them before I could test on the car.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

It works!

What I learned

The Myo does not feel like "production ready" tech. It's very glitchy.

What's next for MyoCar

This is just a simple fun project. The CAN bus has a lot of opportunities, though, and I want to continue to explore that.

Built With

• c++