Pc sim dashboard

Fixed the layout, changed some expensive IC-s to cheaper ones, almost finished

Added the components and conected most of the traces but I can´t make it cleaner, and i ran the DRC it said it has 250 errors and 110 alerts so i have a lot of work to do

Drawed the schematic, it was really hard because I did not find some IC-s and had to draw them myself, at first it had 56errors but i managed to fix it

Finaly got a chance to use a scaner to scan the pcb, imported it into kicad ad fixed al the kholes location and the form of the pcb, the pcb form is now finished

Started building the pcb outlines and holes, unfortunatly lot of the holes arent on their places where they should be even if i mesure 10 times, at least the outline is finally the form i need and some of the holes ar on their places

Started mapping out the pcb so i can recreate it later, added 1more led to the prototype, tried to add 2more but they burned out

Finally completed the python code for the dashboard, you can find the file in my github repo

oda Octavia MK1 Dashboard Project
​1. Hardware Progress
Mapped out the Skoda Octavia MK1 cluster pinout (K.13+, K.15+, EPC, ABS, etc.) and designed the circuit for the VID29-05/JD62C854F stepper motor driver ICs. Soldered the prototype onto a perfboard, separating the 12V motor power from the 5V logic control. Secured the critical connections with hot glue for vibration resistance.
​2. Software Development
Built a PC simulator and control panel in Python using tkinter.
​The Challenge: After streamlining the code, the gauge needles lost their continuous movement and started snapping instantly to new values.
​The Fix: Solved this by implementing an asynchronous loop using window.after(16, animation_loop). It now updates at ~60 FPS, smoothly easing the current position toward the target value (moving 8% of the remaining distance per frame). Also fixed a quick syntax error in the UI dictionary styling.