A racing style G-meter
– Lateral G’s (corner holding +warn) [ gravities ]
– Acceleration and Deceleration G’s [ gravities ]
– Roll (rotation angle +warn) [ degrees ]

GPS Positioning Data
– Longitude + Latitude [ degrees ]
– Precise Time

Menu
– Full configurable on screen
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Planned:
Microchip PIC18F4550 uController (Newark.com)
Breakout board for the 3 axis ST Micro LIS3LV02DQ accelerometer [ i2c ] (Sparkfun.com)
San Jose Navigation FV-M8 (formerly E-tek EB-85A) 32 Channel 5hz GPS Sensor [ TTL ]
Speaker
20×4 Character LCD (SureElectronics)
2×2 Navigation Buttons
Dash Mount (velcro) Enclosure + Custom PCB

Possible Future enhancements:
USB connectivity
Graphical LCD
SD CARD expansion
Hardware Logging ( GPS )
Controller Area Networking with OBDii
Switch PIC18F4550 for PIC18F2550
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Concepts Taught:
GPS + NMEA
uController processing derivatives of data.
i2c protocol
uC Interupts + timers
uC concurrent flow processing
Eagle and board layout

Flow Chart

GPS Module

Microcontroller 18F4550

Accelerometer