5 ways to display data on your DashDAQ. It's up to you.
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Customize your Screen. What gauges do you want to see today? DashDAQ’s gauges are totally customizable. Want to view the relationship of 2 or 3 parameters? Have DashDAQ put them together on 1 screen. Want to see 24 at once? DashDAQ can do that too. Pick a theme to match your vehicle or even your own personality. Like dial gauges or digital gauges better? Or maybe graphing is more your style? It’s all up to you. Click HERE to see more about customizing DashDAQ’s screen. |
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Save Money. How much would you pay for a 24 new mechanical gauges? How much time would you spend installing all of them? What would your dashboard look like after you were done? One DashDAQ does it all. View up to 24 gauges on one screen. Or select just the gauges you want to see today. Don’t believe us? Click HERE for a cost breakdown of multiple mechanical gauges and all of the other features DashDAQ gives you |
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Easy Plug-and-Play Installation. Get started using DashDAQ in seconds with 2 simple steps: Plug the DashDAQ in and mount it using the suction-cup pedestal. No drilling holes, installing senders, and running wires to get a new gauge. Have an after-market device installed? DashDAQ can read and display data from it too. Click HERE to see the list. |
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No Squinting. DashDAQ’s screen automatically brightens in daylight, and dims at night so you can see exactly what’s going on no matter what time it is. |
DashDAQ Diagnostics
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Fix it Yourself. Did you repair your vehicle yourself, but that (expletive) Check Engine light is still on? Don’t go paying. Don’t go begging. Use DashDAQ to clear the codes and shut off the light. |
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Get More Information. Diagnose your vehicle with more than a snapshot. Use DashDAQ to watch sensors over time and in real-time. Watch what happens during different times of day, different temperatures, or with different inputs. Is there a trend? |
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Save the results. Don’t depend on your memory. Have DashDAQ record a log to compare to a previous test. See what has changed. Are the results better or worse? Compare and decide. |
DashDAQ Fuel Economy
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Watch your Fuel Economy. See your vehicle's Miles Per Gallon in real-time on DashDAQ’s screen. Check the MPG claims. Get a base line measurement. Then change your driving habits, or make modifications to your vehicle and easily check the results. Hey, now you can find out who’s the most fuel-efficient driver in the family! |
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Learn what else affects MPG. What happens to fuel economy when it’s hot outside? What if you’re towing a trailer? Use DashDAQ to watch parameters that affect MPG like temperature, engine load, and shift points. Make informed changes to improve efficiency. |
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Log your trips. Record and analyze your driving data. Have DashDAQ easily keep logs of your trips and review them later. Playback your logs on DashDAQ’s screen, or view the logs on a PC. |
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Maintain your vehicle. Keep your vehicle at peak efficiency. Let DashDAQ help you decide when it’s time for a simple air filter change, or when it’s time for a professional check-up |
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Got a Hybrid Vehicle? Use DashDAQ to watch the battery charge level on your vehicle. Learn how your driving habits affect the transition between electric motor and gas power. Calculate how much you’re saving as you drive by those gas stations. |
DashDAQ Data Logging
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Log months of data. Need more than a snapshot of vehicle data? Use DashDAQ to store days, weeks and months of what your vehicle is doing. DashDAQ captures hundreds of samples per second. Good thing memory cards come in large sizes! |
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Forgot to press record? That’s OK. DashDAQ’s circular buffer captures data even before you press the record button. Experienced a vehicle problem? Start the log now. Missed a great quarter-mile? Press DashDAQ’s record button at the end! |
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Combine Signals. Have DashDAQ capture multiple signals and write them all in a single time-stamped log file. Pick from over 2000 different parameters coming from factory ECUs and after-market systems. Click here to see the list of expansion networks that DashDAQ supports. |
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Analyze your data. Playback your logs on DashDAQ’s screen, or view the logs on a PC. Save data to your PC in your favorite format. Wondering where the vehicle has been? Import the data into Google Earth and see for yourself. You might be surprised! |
DashDAQ Performance Testing
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Drag Strip Testing. Want to improve your drag strip performance? Use DashDAQ’s signal tree to launch your run. See your reaction time, speed, and run time. Record the run, and do it again. Track your improvements. Compare to your friends. Now you have quick, easy proof that you’re the best. |
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Acceleration test. How fast is fast? Use DashDAQ to quickly record your vehicle’s 0-60 acceleration time. Has your investment in performance parts made a difference? Now you’ll know. |
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Braking Test. Sometimes you gotta stop, and it had better be now. Test your 60-0 time and save the results. Do those new tires grab better? Does your brake system need work? Compare and find out. |
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Horsepower and Torque Dyno. How much power are you making? Use DashDAQ to grab data from the factory computer and calculate horsepower in real-time. Make improvements and watch the results. Have DashDAQ capture the results to repeat later. |
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User definable Tests. Got a specific test that you want to run? DashDAQ lets you customize your own tests. Set the start and stop distances or speeds that you want. It’s up to you. |
DashDAQ GPS Navigation
GPS Navigation can be purchased with DashDAQ, or separately as an add-on module after the purchase. Drew Technologies worked with Elektrobit to bring a modern GPS application to DashDAQ's Linux architecture. The GPS package includes turn-by-turn navigation, voice guidance, 2D/3D views, the latest US and international Maps and more.
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Turn-by-Turn directions. Simply enter your destination or pick from your favorites and DashDAQ will calculate the best way there. You can plan stops along the way, change your route to avoid traffic, watch trip statistics, and view your estimated time and distance to arrival. |
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Voice Guidance. DashDAQ's stereo audio allows it's GPS Navigation feature to give you voice guided directions. The voice is broadcast over DashDAQ's 2 watt speaker. DashDAQ also has an audio line-out that can be used to connect the voice-over to an FM transmitter or directly to your car stereo. |
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Points of Interest. DashDAQ comes pre-loaded with millions of points of interest. It can easily tell you about points of interest that are nearby, within your route, or at your destination. |
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Updated Maps. Even the best navigator is only as good as the maps. That's why DashDAQ uses the most updated maps from NavTEQ and other international map sources to deliver the most recent information. DashDAQ includes Maps for USA and Canada only. |
DashDAQ Entertainment
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Listen to MP3s. DashDAQ has 16-bit stereo built-in. You can listen to music DashDAQ's 2 Watt internal speaker, or connect your own speakers to DashDAQ's stereo line-out. |
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Watch Digital Video. DashDAQ's power processor is capable of playing full color video with stereo audio on-screen. DashDAQ does not have a video input or output, but it can play digital files loaded to the MMC card. |
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Play Games. DashDAQ is a powerful Linux computer. Because of the open nature of Linux, games and other entertainment applications could be supported directly on DashDAQ. |
DashDAQ's 4" touch-screen offers 480x272 resolution and 24-bit color, and color rich graphics that have lead the industry. DashDAQ has six built-in themes that offer different colors and styling for the gauges. Those themes are: Classic, Sport, Neon, Tuner, Night, and Metal. In addition to the six built-in themes, you can download additional themes posted here or create your own using the DashDAQ Skin editor.
Theme Library
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Classic number of pages: 8 comments: the original DashDAQ design, where it all started. Built-in Theme, no need to download
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Sport number of pages: 7 comments: Look and feel of race gauges in carbon fiber and silver with aluminum bezels.
Built-in Theme, no need to download
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Neon number of pages: 10 comments: black and orange look of VFD instruments and monitors Built-in Theme, no need to download
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Sport 2 number of pages: 6 comments: use of blue shades and some carbon fiber Built-in Theme, no need to download |
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Metal number of pages: 6 comments: unique design incorporates bones for needles, transparencies, and alpha blending Built-in Theme, no need to download
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Night number of pages: 5 comments: green and black design matches green instrument clusters well at night Built-in Theme, no need to download
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Subaru WRX STI Skin number of pages: XX contributed by Shahrum download HERE |
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If you want to change the six original themes or create your own, DashDAQ has a unique gauge skin system that allows you to make your own dashboard. You can design pages that include analog round gauges, digital text boxes, graphs, slider bars, and more. You can also create several different gauge pages in your theme, and switch between them easily. DashDAQ's skin software supports alpha blending so you can use graphics that contain transparency areas.
Watch these videos to see how easy it is to create your own customized DashDAQ screens
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If you would like your skin published, post it on the forum HERE
Supported Vehicles
DashDAQ supports all of the following 1996 and newer OBD2 compliant vehicles. Click on the links to see data lists.
If you don't have an OBD2 vehicle, don't worry! DashDAQ supports many aftermarket EFI systems, sensors, and 3rd party data loggers. Click HERE for the list.
Supported Add-ons
The following accessories can be connected to a DashDAQ to supply additional data.
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0-5V Analog Sensors Blackline FUEL 10Hz GPS Blackline FUEL 20HzGPS AEM Plug-N-Play EMS AEM Universal EMS Wolf EMS Innovate DL-32 Innovate SSI-4 Innovate TC-4 Innovate LMA-3 Innovate ST-12 Innovate LC-1 Innovate LM-1 Zeitronix ZT-2 AEM Wideband UEGO FAST Air/Fuel Meter FJO Wideband NGK Wideband Kit PLX Wideband Phidgets 8/8/8 USB analog in Phidgets 0/16/16/ USB digital in Phidgets USB K-Type Thermocouple and EGT Emerald3D |
HydraEMS Nemesis 2 FAST XFI Autronic SMC Autronic SM2 Autronic SM4 Haltech E6X Haltech F10X Haltech E6GMX Haltech E8 Haltech E11V2 Haltech Interceptor DTAFast S40 Pro DTAFast S60 Pro DTAFast S80 Pro DTAFast S100 Pro J1939 Heavy Duty Trucks RS232 NMEA GPS Modules 0-5V Analog Sensors Dynojet WBC Wideband EMS Stinger 4 EMS 4860 EMS 6860 EMS 8860 EFI Technologies |
Planned Support*
• MOTEC M4
• MOTEC
M48
• MOTEC M400
• MOTEC M600
• MOTEC M800
• MOTEC M880
• PI Research
• Link
ECU
• Additional CAN-Based devices
• USB Host Devices
• RS232 devices
* Some add-ons will
require additional hardware and/or software modules
DashDAQ Series II Technical Specs
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