PILOT Drive’s documentation
Welcome to PILOT Drive!
PILOT Drive is an open source vehicle radio/headunit/infotainment system. The aim is to create an in-vehicle system that can display media, car, and phone info, all while allowing for easy hackability & tweaking. Most of the headunits around currently are either OEM/proprietary or claim to be open, but are only open to a certain threshold.
What can it do?
In it’s current implementation, PILOT Drive can:
Play, display, and control audio from sources like bluetooth
Display live data from a connected vehicle
Show notifications from connected iOS & Android devices
Control and display connected backup cameras
Tailor the UI to the user’s tastes with customizable themes and display settings
Integrate with the PILOT Drive HAT <https://github.com/lamemakes/pilot-drive-HAT> for a seamless in-vehicle experience
Designed to be hacked
PILOT Drive was built with tweaking and hacking in mind, via:
Common languages/frameworks: Python is one of the most common & easy to learn languages, while the UI uses easy to read Vue Single File Components. Both of these make all current functionality easily tweakable.
Modularity: The main features of PILOT Drive are contained as modular “services” that can be almost plug-and-play.
Fully open source codebase: While some alternatives claim openness, most don’t actually deliver after a certain threshold. PILOT Drive will always be open and free to use.