Most of the modern vehicles are manufactured with steering wheel control units. But older and budget vehicles do not have such a facility. But if you install an aftermarket car stereo system, you can see there are two cables to connect steering wheel control units.
But if you have a dream to have a steering wheel control unit for your vehicle, this tutorial will help you to create such a unit.BasicsThe car steering wheel controller is basically built on resistance. If you press a button, the device identifies the resistance and will be activated the particular switch.There are two optionsOPTION 01Programmed Control unit with ArduinoYou can make a classic control unit using Arduino. I am using here one Rotary encoder and ATTINY IC.The circuit is as follow
If you have completed the circuit, you can upload the following code.If you want to know how to upload the codes with Arduino to ATTINY, you can watch the following video.
OPTION 02Physical Button SwitchesThis method is the easiest way to create steering wheel switches. Just follow the following circuit diagram.
You can extend the switch as the following diagram
Download high-resolution Circuit diagrams CLICK Programming the above switches with a car head unit can be seen by watching the following video.
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