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Night rider mod

I found a schematic and instructions on how to make a KITT (night rider) scanner here

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I am experienced in electronics circuitry and I know I can make it. However it's designed to run of the 12v of a computer power supply.

1) Dont know how to say this, but is this mod lame? Has anyone seen this been done to a car before? Seems like it would be original, but it could possibly be cliche/obnoxious if tons of people have already done it

2) I've done LED mods with computers but I have no idea idea how I can do this type of thing with a car. Where can I get 12v from on a car?

3) Both computers and cars use 12v but will the difference in current (amperes) make this not possible?

Thats all the questions i can think of right now. thanks

Reply to
Matt
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after looking at it, I can see no reason why it will not work on a car, it runs only on "12v dc" so just wire it into the car, either hardwire it or plug it into the cigarette lighter socket.

Reply to
bongo rule

Ken, Where are you? This a custom made mod for an Alfa and you have missed the fishing trip.

Stu

Reply to
Stu

It's lame as f*ck on anything but a black Trans Am. Then it's just 'fairly lame'...

The battery...

You're the electronics engineer; work it out...

Reply to
Abo

With the engine running you will be looking at 14+v but that's not a problem for any PC lighting stuff I have seen in cars (I used a pair of white cold cathodes to light my boot as the stock VW unit is stuck over to one side and too dark all I did was splice a Molex onto the wires so they came on together.)

Reply to
Depresion

2) Use the car battery but modify the design by including a 12V voltage regulator which can feed the IC's. Should only add a few quid to the build. And you may want to put a smoothing cap or two in between 12V and 0V to minimise the noise.
Reply to
Conor

I live in Bradford. Every other Toyota-of-a-certain-age has one.

Innit ?

Reply to
Tony Bond (UncleFista)

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