A buddy of mine mooted this idea to me a few months back and the idea has resolutely lodged itself in the back of my head and has nagged at me ever since.
Basically, the idea is to build the door opening function of your standard RF car key into a static version of my sonic replica. Basically, point your sonic at your car, the emiiter lights up and it makes a nice buzzing sound and your car is magically open. Doable? Possibly. Cool as fuck? Liquid nitrogen baby!
The question is, is there a market for it, and how do I do it?
The former question is something only you can answer.
The latter is my job.
From what I can gather, there is no real universal chipset for RF car locks. Each sonic will need to be individually coded using a duplicate key and essentially be custom made.
This is not going to be cheap. £200+ and probably nearer £300. Still, what price coolness eh?
Shall I make it?
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Yes please! Combine that with auto-opening doors, and I think we have a winner. Does it have to be static though?
ReplyDeleteYes, it does. There just is not the room for a moving prop and the larger battery needed.
ReplyDeletePS. Auto opening of doors is not possible. It's only on the TV show that it happens.
Sounds like a bloody marvellous idea.
ReplyDeleteIt would at least double the value of my car !!
There are Auto-opening sliding doors on minivans!
ReplyDeleteTrue, but that is a feature of the car, not the key itself.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds awesome, but I would actually like to see a Tennant replica before a remote one.
ReplyDeleteAlso would the sonic be reprogrammable if I were to buy a new car?
Oh yes you have to! Mind you if you can come up with a Sonic that interferes with I-pods & mobiles while on public transport, I'd pay double! ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea! *Dances*
ReplyDeleteI agree that would be awesome! More than likely too much for me, though I do intend to get a Tennant version sonic if and when they are available.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait!
Honestly I think a UV version which is programmable would be viable and have a market. People hack UV codes for all manner of devices on a regular basis. And there is no licensing involved. Licensing the RF details for some car manufacturers would be prohibitive. At least here in the States that what I was told. A programmable UV device could handle TVs, other electronics, many internal light-switch systems, etc.
ReplyDeleteUV version? Surely you mean IR? I am currently working on an IR Universal TV control sonic.
ReplyDeleteAn RF sonic car opener would be a custom item. A case of sending in your spare car key and having the signal cloned and installed into the sonic.
Yes, I meant IR... and that is my cue to drink more coffee. ;)
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