BMW Ambient Light+ retrofit kit: work in progress

The next stage of research and development of the BMW Ambient Light+ retrofit kit has been completed, and it’s time to share some news.

What has been done so far:

• a fully functional prototype of the retrofit kit is done.
• the prototype has been tested on the BMW 6GT (G32) for more than 100 engine hours under different conditions — all works pretty fine.

What is the functionality of the prototype at the moment:

• control of all BMW Ambient Light LEDs (except ceiling LEDs)
• the following scenarios are implemented out-of-the-box:
  • flashing red when any door is opened (unlike the functionality implemented by BMW in LCI, the open door indication occurs even with the engine turned off).
  • flashing green LED of the front door on the corresponding side when the turn signal is turned on synchronized with the turn signals.
  • hazard lights indication - front doors and center console lighting (like implemented by BMW in the G60).
  • change BMW Ambient Light colors when changing driving modes.
  • when you open/close the car, the backlight turns on/off not all at once, but in a “running wave” manner.
  • setting Ambient Light colors and animations via bluetooth from a mobile phone (only Android application at the moment).
  • full support of original BMW on/off, brightness and night dimming settings.

Work in progress:

• further improvement of the mobile application (only Android version at the moment)
• support for updating the firmware of the kit over the air via bluetooth from mobile application

Future plans:

• design of the PCB and manufacturing of the final product in a small-scale factory way.
• testing on other G-series. The priority is BMW G30/G31 as the most popular model.
• blind spots event detection and animation.
• whatever else our imagination will tell us and resources of kit hardware will allow us to do.

Have questions?

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