[steveannesley]

I had read about the issue with cable quality so I ordered a cable from Ebay advertised as Android auto. Also using the MyPeugeot app to interrogate the cat I was told there was a radio software update. I updated the radio last night to software version 076D.

I've seen a video where the poster advised to bluetooth pair to the car through the MyPeugeot app.

When the cable comes tomorrow I'll give it all another go. I would hate to think that Android Auto isn't available in my car as it was one of the main features that attracted me to the car.

 

[steveannesley]

So the new cable came and I plugged it in and the phone connected to android auto first time so a good result.

I guess all cables are not created equally

 

[steveannesley]

Now you have it working its easy to make it wireless without having to buy an expensive AA wireless adapter.

How to Make a Wireless Android Auto Dongle for Your Car Using Raspberry Pi

Using an open-source GitHub project, I created a wireless Android Auto dongle in my car using Raspberry Pi at one-fourth of the cost.

beebom.com

Have you tried this and does it work?

 

[steveannesley]

It works fine in my 2019 3008. I used the zero 2 w board from the pi hut

Did you encase the board in a box or anything?

 

[steveannesley]

I just used the cheapest case

ABS Transparent Case for Raspberry Pi Zero

This ABS Transparent Case is designed for Raspberry Pi Zero / Zero W. We reserved a large connecting hole for its GPIO and camera port. In addition, the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins have been printed on the cover to make it convenient for prototyping. This simply designed case is practical and...

thepihut.com

DO you have any pictures of the finished article?

 

[steveannesley]

I just used the cheapest case

ABS Transparent Case for Raspberry Pi Zero

This ABS Transparent Case is designed for Raspberry Pi Zero / Zero W. We reserved a large connecting hole for its GPIO and camera port. In addition, the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins have been printed on the cover to make it convenient for prototyping. This simply designed case is practical and...

thepihut.com

I've just ordered the components from the PiHut so I'm looking forward to building it and setting it up

 

[steveannesley]

I can't work out how to take one of my phone showing no wires haha

That's very nice and tidy. I'm looking forward to my pieces coming from PiHut. It should be fun little project

 

[steveannesley]

Hope all goes well. Going back to the cable issue, it was the third one I tried before getting it to work.

I was studying the connectors on the raspberry Pi as I was flashing the SD card and noticed that it only has micro usb connectors. That's very disappointing as my phone only has USB C so my android auto cable is USB C. This is a shortcoming of the board given that most devices are moving to the USB C standard.

I had a rummage around in my cable drawer and found a USB A to micro USB cable. I'll try it and see if it works or not. I don't have much faith as the cable most likely isn't set up android auto, fingers crossed. If it doesn't work then I'll have to order one or an adapter from Amazon .

 

[steveannesley]

Yeah bit hard to believe they are still using micro usb. Thank heavens for the good old trusted kitchen drawer. Make sure you use the usb socket not the power one on the board.

I didn't known there was a difference. Thanks for the heads up

 

[steveannesley]

I didn't known there was a difference. Thanks for the heads up

The cable from the drawer didn't do the job so I ordered a pack of USB C adapters from Amazon. Using the micro USB end with the existing android auto cable the wireless set up worked flawlessly.

 

[steveannesley]

I have one of these in my 308 which was a game-changer! It's more expensive now that what you're talking about here but I got mine when they were still taking kickstarter donations so it was much cheaper than the current price. The DIY approach proposed here does looks really interesting and a fun project. One thing I will say for my AAWireless box though is that is has some nice additional options like overridding the tap limit and being able to configure exatcly what AA does when it first connects. I might try the approach above myself though as a backup option and because why not!

I did look at options like the AA wireless one you have but I like to tinker and thought this would be a fun little project, which it was. It's pretty straightforward and took about 20 minutes to build and flash the micro SD card with the software. Following the instructions to connect it was pretty straightforward as well.