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This is an ongoing project. This post was last updated 8 May 2023.
Designed to look like an F16 fighter jet, the first Honda/Acura NSX is often lauded as one of the worlds best sports cars. It’s Japanese precision made to beat Ferrari, perfected by Ayrton Senna himself.
Case profile
| Client | Jeff |
| URL | https://www.instagram.com/red_goes_green/ |
| Expertises | Embedded systems UX/UI JavaScript CSS |
Introduction
Initially I came into contact with the car through this video with almost half a million views.
It fascinated me how this legendary sports car was now combined with a modern, clean and electric drivetrain. This car had no engine in it and at over 200.000 miles, it’s the perfect update.
The search
Determined to find out more, I found the cars Instagram page. When I saw this post of a web browser displaying the cars information, I knew I could make this look and feel like it came from the factory with this setup. I reached out to Jeff and we came to an understanding about his goals and my capabilities.
Challenges
With the car being in California, it meant there was 8766km of distance between us. There would be no hands-on time for me to tweak things. I had to find normal words to explain what I was doing and what I needed Jeff to try for me. We also adopted an iterative approach: every little feature and detail would be tried by Jeff. It would be used in the real world and evaluated, which meant I had to find efficient ways of rolling out updates which were quick yet consistent.
Heritage meets modernity
After some deliberation, we found Jeff wanted to include things from Honda’s heritage, like the S2000 digital gauge cluster. He also pointed me to some other EV’s. I identified Honda’s fonts, gained inspiration from Honda’s current offerings (2nd NSX, Civic Type R…) and came up with a basic concept.
Push comes to shove
The dash runs on a Raspberry Pi connected to a 7″ screen. The design consists of the top black bar, which is a permanent fixture displaying the current power output, drivemode and warning lights. The space below displays several “pages”, which the user can navigate through to display other information like raw data and errors pulled from the control hardware.
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