IntelligentAuto

IntelligentAuto is a Qt-based infotainment center for your current Linux OpenAuto installation!

Main features include:

volume control
responsive UI (adjusts to any screen size)
embedded OpenAuto
bluetooth media control
read vehicle OBD-II data
theming (dark/light mode and accent color)
brightness (simulated)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

The following packages have been used while developing this application (NOTE some things may be missing and others are not actually needed):

alsa-utils
cmake
libboost-all-dev
libusb-1.0.0-dev
libssl-dev
libprotobuf-dev
protobuf-c-compiler
protobuf-compiler
libqt5multimedia5
libqt5multimedia5-plugins
libqt5multimediawidgets5
qtmultimedia5-dev
libqt5bluetooth5
libqt5bluetooth5-bin
qtconnectivity5-dev
pulseaudio
librtaudio-dev
librtaudio6
libkf5bluezqt-dev

If you plan on using the Qt video library instead of the OMX library (i.e. not using a Raspberry Pi) you'll also most likely want the following packages:

libgstreamer1.0-0
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
gstreamer1.0-libav
gstreamer1.0-doc
gstreamer1.0-tools
gstreamer1.0-x
gstreamer1.0-alsa
gstreamer1.0-gl
gstreamer1.0-gtk3
gstreamer1.0-qt5
gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

For a Raspberry Pi, you will also need to run the following commands:

cd /opt/vc/src/hello_pi/libs/ilclient
make

Building

It is assumed you have cloned this repo with all submodules and are in the root directory.

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
make

If building this for a Raspberry Pi, add -DRPI_BUILD=TRUE to the cmake command.

Running

Building dash will create the ia binary in bin/. Depending on what you're running it on, you may need to make some adjustments to your system.

Some things to consider when configuring your system:

use a desktop environment that supports transparency (consider using xfce on Raspberry Pi)
set background color to black and hide any desktop elements (icons, panel, dock, etc.)
set USB permissions

Gotchas

Adjusting the brightness does not actually change the screens brightness, it just changes the opacity of the window.

Authentication of bluetooth connections are not handled in the application (i.e. the first time you are connecting a device). To keep things simple, you could install blueman which will prompt you for the necessary actions. If you are still having problems, you may need to try manually authenticating the bluetooth connection.

There is currently no option for setting the OBD-II interface. Right now it is assumed you have an adapter connected on /dev/ttyUSB0.

Settings are saved periodically every 10 seconds (or anytime the save button is clicked).

Not all OpenAuto settings are acessible.

If using GStreamer for your video backend (i.e. not a Raspberry Pi), you may get some black bars around the margins of OpenAuto. I'm still trying to figure out a way for it to ignore the aspect ratio.