head up display

[tecnam2003]

There has been several suggestions that a head up display would be very desirable, but potentially expensive both in terms of time and money.

The EFIS serial bus outputs many useful bits of information.

Today there are several manufacturers of small and inexpensive LED head up displays mainly for cars. These are driven by road speed inputs or GPS speed data. They are small and designed to be stuck on the glare shield .

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11334538/LED_Head_Up_Display.html


With a suitable decoder, surely the EFIS serial bus could be decoded and used to drive one of these displays thus providing Airspeed whilst looking through the wind shield. Cars now have it......why not us?

Kevin NZ

 

[tecnam2003]

HI...........Once again Dynon seem to be following the crowd instead of leading........

First it was the advanced mini EFIS.......when MGL brought out the Xtreme and now many others have lightweight compact systems offering more than the D10A. I asked if the fantastic SkyView software (or a limited version) could be repackaged in new hardware for those of us who want to upgrade the panel without a complete rebuild.

Then in 2008 I suggested using the Txmitted data and if it could be decoded and fed into a HUD system..

Now GRT have announced just that...any X model efis can drive the connected Epson smart glasses.........

Come on Dynon........forget the little backup devices which do not connect to pitot static systems.......others do it just as well as you............sell the SV software  and make it drive other devices.....

we need you to beat back the Garmins of the world and retain your leadership in the experimental avionics arena...

 

[gtae07]

Today there are several manufacturers of small and inexpensive LED head up displays mainly for cars. These are driven by road speed inputs or GPS speed data. They are small and designed to be stuck on the glare shield .
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With a suitable decoder, surely the EFIS serial bus could be decoded and used to drive one of these displays thus providing Airspeed whilst looking through the wind shield. Cars now have it......why not us?

Those car HUDs just reflect off the windshield. A real, usable aircraft HUD should be focused at infinity and properly aligned with the view. That requires a lot more in optics than just a bright LED display.

 

[maniago]

Bump on this thread - wearable HUDs are back in the news with a pretty slick retical design from Thales.

What's your plan for adding such a feature Dynon?  I can't believe you're not looking at it, just not talking to users about it.

(I don't ask out of shear curiosity, but because it is driving my decision to buy the "other guy" instead.  Personally, I'll take wearable HUD over touch and IFR, but that's just me....)

Thanks for any info.

 

[Dynon]

We don't really comment about future products or integration (whether there's any real development or not going on behind the scenes), especially in situations like this where it might make or break a buying decision. We frankly don't like making implied product or integration promises, which is sometimes how any hint of "maybe" can be taken. It's an interesting space, for sure, though the hardware ecosystem isn't quite mature yet.

 

[maniago]

Ok that's fair. Thanks