Ambient Light Modification/Update

[unhappyelf]

The requisite night shots

Looks great, not as distracting as it might seem. Plus I could lower the brightness if needed.
Wife is now asking for me to try and do that back seats ?
That will require running new lin bus wiring I think, unless Ford was nice and had the intention of having under seat lights and left the harness

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[2020FX4]

That looks great.... Looks MUCH brighter than stock!

 

[Bob902]

The requisite night shots

Looks great, not as distracting as it might seem. Plus I could lower the brightness if needed.
Wife is now asking for me to try and do that back seats ?
That will require running new lin bus wiring I think, unless Ford was nice and had the intention of having under seat lights and left the harness

Really like that blue in the first picture. I will be waiting for you to get here and do my truck. Front and rear seats, please.

 

[unhappyelf]

Lol the trip fee will be a little too high

 

[Trigganometry]

If we could figure out the harness that taps into the BCM we could all do this one. Just need Forscan to turn it on

 

[Bob902]

If we could figure out the harness that taps into the BCM we could all do this one. Just need Forscan to turn it on

You have no idea of my ability to take wire, electricity and be able to burn something to the ground.

 

[unhappyelf]

If we could figure out the harness that taps into the BCM we could all do this one. Just need Forscan to turn it on

Where is the BCM on the ranger?

EDIT: Wait is the fuse box under the steering wheel also the BCM?

 

[Trigganometry]

Where is the BCM on the ranger?

EDIT: Wait is the fuse box under the steering wheel also the BCM?

The bcm will be located under the dashboard on the driver side towards the center of the vehicle.

 

[unhappyelf]

Just bought this, hopefully I can tap the lines to the driver and passenger and run them to the back

 

[AzScorpion]

You have no idea of my ability to take wire, electricity and be able to burn something to the ground.

We have a pretty good idea Bob. ?

 

[Bob902]

We have a pretty good idea Bob. ?

That’s it! It’s me!!!!!!!

 

[airline tech]

Where is the BCM on the ranger?

EDIT: Wait is the fuse box under the steering wheel also the BCM?

Yes, the Fuse panel is also the BCM (It's integrated)

Connector 2280F, Pin #4 - Power Feed for Ambient Lighting and Pin #13 is the LIN, 2280F should be the bigger connector to the right of the Fuses

 

[ItsBert]

Now this or right up my street! I have thought about doing the exact same thing.

In my line of work I deal with CANbus though so LIN is a bit alien to me at the minute.
My solution would have been to use an another microcontroller to read the RGB voltages/signals and repeat as necessary.

 

[PltFX4]

Hey all,

My wife and I just got our 2023 Lariet last week. I have already hardwired my radar and front/rear dashcams nad wasnt too bad to be honest.
However since the first night with it I have been disappointed with the ambient light setup. Especially in the footwell and lack of lighting in the cupholders. My fiesta st has brighter lights than the truck sadly. Im interested in trying to modify or create my own LED modules for the LIN bus starting with the footwells. Has anyone played with this idea? I already pulled the drivers footwell light and determined the chips on the board.

It uses a MCP2021-330E LIN transciever and a standard PIC12F1822 microcontroller.

Pictures(best I could get until I get it under my friends microscope)
Transciever

Microcontroller

Front

Back

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microchip-Technology-Atmel/MCP2021-330E-SN?qs=87/gv35YuOdw4EN0o33dUA==
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microchip-Technology-Atmel/PIC12F1822T-I-SN?qs=bxUt0k7cytL63NI/Rmxyfg==

Looking at the datasheets and a Microchip document for implimenting RGB lighting(HERE) Im pretty sure the the transciever is powering the LED module directly. Said transciever is limited to 50ma of current so just putting on more LEDs is probably out. Im assuming the microcontroller is using PWM on the transistors to control the color on the LED but I dont know if its a common cathode or anode LED yet.

I know this will probably be over the heads of some but I was hoping someone has at least somewhat tackled this or has any info.

My ultimate goal is to build my own board that can read and act on the data transmitted by the master LIN node on the bus or modify and existing board to control more powerful lights.

Build your own board you say... well then you need to watch this... may jump start your efforts...

LED Laser Cannon: From Power Supply to the C++ Code on Dave's Garage

PS: Dave is a master of all things LED and controlling them

 

[unhappyelf]

Now this or right up my street! I have thought about doing the exact same thing.

In my line of work I deal with CANbus though so LIN is a bit alien to me at the minute.
My solution would have been to use an another microcontroller to read the RGB voltages/signals and repeat as necessary.

This was my plan because I didnt think it would be as easy as just jumping the LED wires to a strip and removing the resistor.
Im still thinking of doing it but im not sure what the benefit of it would be if this works just fine.

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