myKITT.de - My Knight Rider K.I.T.T. Replica

Today I got the overlays for the switchpod electronics. They are made of lasercut aluminium.

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I started to put the switchpod electronics together. So, I added flat LEDs and buttons to a circuit board and printed labels, which have been sticked to the LEDs.

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Today, I tested, if the switchpod would fit into my car, when using a round steering wheel. Result: With some adjustments it could be mounted. To do so, the upper side has to be shorted. Additionally, the dish of the steering wheel should be extended, using an additional adapter by Grant.

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The several buttons at the switchpod will be connected to a MP3 module, to play several audio files of K.I.T.T., so I don't have to start the car PC just to let the car speak...

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Today, I got my Switchpod. I don't know, if it will be mounted into the car, since I have to drive with a round steering wheel, where there is less space behind it. So maybe there has to be done some bodywork or I won't be able to mount it...

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Because I won't have the time to get K.I.T.T. out of the garage until October, 31st, I already prepared him for his "winter sleep" today. The car was filled up with gas and I also took it for a wash. Now it will be in the garage until May, 1st 2010...

Besides my replica-project, I'm also a huge fan of the "Back to the Future"-trilogy and the webmaster of the largest German fansite for the films, www.ZidZ.com. There we organize annual fanmeetings. This year we went to Frankfurt/Main and K.I.T.T. was there, too.

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The "Street Mag Show" in Hannover is one of Germany's biggest U.S. Car Meetings. This year, my K.I.T.T. was a part of it.

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Today, we mounted the new LED scanner by Lectric Enterprises. We had to install new aluminium brackets to mount the black cover in front of the scannerbar. Additionally, we had to remove the old halogen scanner, which was quite complicated, too.

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There was one big problem with controlling K.I.T.T.'s voice via Bluetooth Remote Control: My mobile phone only has about 10 meters range using Bluetooth. So I was looking for a wireless LAN solution and found it: With WinAmp remote program "Signal", the range now is more than 100 meters. So I happily spent the $25 for the license.

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Today, I got my new LED scanner by Lectric Enterprises. The halogen scanner needed a lot of power, so I decided to change it against the LED version.

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Today, Deutsche Welle TV aired the report about my replica of K.I.T.T.

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Now, I can control K.I.T.T.'s voice from my mobile phone, using Bluetooth Remote Control for Windows Mobile and Winamp on my car-PC. The program shows track titles on the phone display, so I can select the tracks there and K.I.T.T. will play them from the car-PC. The range is approx. 10 meters.

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On the occasion of the Mailingdays in Nürnberg, the GHP in association with SwissPost and primeMail held a company party on 2009-06-24 celebrating the 70s and 80s. For this party, they presented my replica of K.I.T.T. to make photos for every party guest with the car.

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This weekend, Deutsche Welle TV shot a report for their show "motor mobil" about my K.I.T.T. replica. The exact date of broadcasting is not fixed yet, but will be posted at myKITT.de soon. The report will also be available for download after it has been broadcasted.

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