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# ESP32 ALDL Dashboard Android Application
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A modern, high-performance Android application designed to interface with GM OBD1 systems—specifically the **1986 Pontiac Fiero 1227170 ECM** —using a custom ESP32 Bluetooth SPP bridge. The app decodes the low-speed 160-baud ALDL (Assembly Line Diagnostic Link) datastream in real-time, displaying live telemetry, logging diagnostic parameters, and generating tuning heatmaps.
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## 📸 Screenshots
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The app features a clean, dark-themed interface optimized for in-car use. Below are the primary screens:
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### 1. Main Dashboard (Disconnected / Initial State)
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### 2. Live Instrumentation Dashboard (Connected)
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Real-time gauges, sensor cards, status flags, and active ECM fault code alerts.
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### 3. Real-Time Telemetry Charts (Multi-Parameter Mode)
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Dynamic line charts supporting up to 4 simultaneous parameters with single/multi toggle.
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### 4. BLM/INT Fuel Trim Heatmap Table
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Color-coded 14×17 (RPM × MAP) diagnostic grid with live updates and legend.
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### 5. Settings & Alerts
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Persistent preferences, auto-logging controls, raw datastream recording, logged files browser, and threshold sliders.
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## 🌟 Key Features
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- **Real-Time Instrumentation Dashboard:** Vibrant, animated Canvas-based components including a radial RPM gauge and a Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) bar graph.
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* Instantaneous readouts for Engine Speed (RPM), Vehicle Speed (MPH), Coolant Temperature, Manifold Air Temp (MAT), Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP), TPS voltage, O2 Sensor voltage, and Battery voltage.
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* **Status Flags:** Instant visibility into critical operating states like Closed Loop Mode, Rich/Lean Mixture, Torque Converter Clutch (TCC) Lockup, and A/C Clutch requests.
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* **Derived Metrics:** Real-time calculated estimates of Engine Load and Fuel Flow Hints.
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- **BLM & INT Fuel Trim Heatmap Grid (New):** A real-time diagnostic table indexing fuel trim metrics across **14 RPM bands** (600 to 4800 RPM) and **17 MAP bands** (20 to 100 kPa).
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* Color-coded cell visualisations using dynamic RGB interpolation: Green for lean fuel trims (≤ 120), Blue for stoichiometric neutral (128), and Red for rich fuel trims (≥ 150).
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- **Multi-Parameter Line Charting (New):** A dynamic telemetry visualizer toggling between a **Single Chart Mode** (large-scale view of any metric) and a **Multi Chart Mode** displaying up to 4 selected metrics in a 2x2 grid.
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* Supports charting for **12 distinct parameters**: RPM, Coolant Temp, MAP, TPS, O2 Sensor, Battery Voltage, Spark Advance, Base Pulse Width (BPW), MAT, BLM, Integrator, and Idle Air Control (IAC) Position.
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- **Trouble Code Diagnostic Engine:** Decodes active ECM trouble codes into human-readable alerts (e.g., *Code 14 - Coolant Temperature Sensor High*) dynamically displayed at the bottom of the dashboard screen.
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- **Dual-Logging Framework:**
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* **Room Database Sessions:** Saves all active telemetry packets to a local SQLite database using Jetpack Room.
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* **TunerPro RT CSV Export:** Automatically compiles sessions into .csv log files fully compatible with TunerPro RT, exported to Downloads/ALDLLogs using Android MediaStore.
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* **Raw Binary Stream Logging (New):** Optional raw capture recording direct 27-byte diagnostic datastream packets (incorporating AA 55 headers and 25-byte payloads) to .bin files for advanced playback and diagnostic troubleshooting.
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- **Logged Files Manager (New):** An in-app browser inside the Settings panel that scans Downloads/ALDLLogs for CSV and BIN logs, enabling users to view details, open logs with default viewers, or share files via the Android Sharesheet.
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- **Persistent Preferences & Guardrails:** DataStore-backed settings for Temperature Unit toggle (°C/°F), Auto-Logging toggles, Coolant alert thresholds, Low Battery alert thresholds, and Raw Binary Stream recording toggles.
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## 🛠️ Architecture & Technical Highlights
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- **Jetpack Compose & MVVM:** Developed with a clean Model-View-ViewModel architecture. State emission is managed via reactive StateFlow and SharedFlow streams to guarantee lag-free rendering.
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- **Circular Buffering & Packet Validation (New):** Ingests raw Bluetooth stream buffers using an ArrayDeque<Byte> circular buffer.
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* Employs a **27-byte lookahead validation algorithm** to search for authentic AA 55 frame headers, preventing sync misalignment or telemetry corruption from noisy serial lines.
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- **TunerPro ADS Translation:** Uses an advanced ALDLParser mapping raw 25-byte payloads into physical metrics using exact scale conversions, offsets, and non-linear lookup interpolations (derived from the 24-INT10.ads definition file).
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- **Foreground Service Operations (New):** Runs a persistent BluetoothForegroundService to keep the Bluetooth socket open and stream telemetry continuously in the background, even when the phone screen is locked or the app is minimized.
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## 📱 Requirements
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- **Android Device:** Android 8.0 (API Level 26) or higher.
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- Requires Nearby Devices (Android 12+) and Legacy Bluetooth Admin access.
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- **ESP32 Transceiver:** Bridge hardware programmed to output 160-baud serial data from the ALDL pin and stream it over Classic Bluetooth SPP (named `ESP32-ALDL`).
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## 🚀 Setup & Usage
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1. Pair the ESP32-ALDL Bluetooth module in your Android system settings.
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2. Launch the application and grant all requested permissions.
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3. Tap **Connect BT** on the main dashboard to establish connection and start telemetry.
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4. Navigate between screens (Dashboard, Charts, BLM Table, Settings) using the bottom navigation bar.
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5. Configure logging preferences or browse logged CSV/BIN files in the **Settings** menu.
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## 🧪 Testing & Verification
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The parsing logic, scaling calculations, and boundary conditions are validated by a unit test suite located in [ALDLParserTest.kt](app/src/test/java/com/gronod/esp32aldldashboard/ALDLParserTest.kt).
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To run the unit tests, execute the following Gradle command in the root project directory:
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```bash
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./gradlew test
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### Coverage Areas
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- **Sample Frame Decoding:** Parses a real-world telemetry payload and verifies the output of IAC position, coolant/manifold temperatures, MAP, TPS, battery voltage, BLM, integrator, spark advance, base pulse width, closed-loop flags, and active trouble codes.
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- **Boundary Guards:** Ensures outlier protection for engine speeds, battery voltages, TPS, and coolant temperatures, rejecting out-of-range sensor values as invalid data packets.
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- **Lookahead Stability:** Validates parser behavior against truncated or incomplete frame fragments.
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## 📄 License & Privacy
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- [LICENSE](LICENSE) (MIT)
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- [PRIVACY.md](PRIVACY.md)
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