DES Project - Instrument Cluster

PiRacer instrument cluster Qt application running on RPi and receiving speed data from a speed sensor via CAN

Project Intro

Architecture

Equipment

Raspberry Pi 4B

Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64bit (Linux 6.1 kernel)
2-Channel CAN-BUS(FD) Shield for Raspberry Pi (MCP2518FD)
7.9inch DSI LCD (400 x 1280, 60Hz)
PiRacer AI Kit (PiRacer Standard)
Joystick

Arduino UNO

CAN-BUS Shield V2.0 (MCP2515)
Speed Sensor (LM393)

Technology

SSH (Secure Shell Protocol)
I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit)
SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)
CAN bus communication (Controller Area Network)
D-Bus as IPC (Inter Process Communication)

Language

C++
Python3
QML
Arduino Sketch
Shell Script

Tool

Qt Creator (with qmake)
Qt Designer
Arduino IDE
Raspberry Pi Imager
Visual Studio Code
draw.io

Table of Contents

0. Presentation

1. Hardware Settings

2. Cross Compile

3. Display

4. Qt Creator Configuration

5. CAN Communication with CAN-HAT

6. Get Sensor Data

7. Dbus

8. Connect CPP to QML

9. GUI (QML)

10. Exception Handling

11. StartUp Shell Script