The touch screen in my X Type was state of the art 12 years ago but is very meh now. A fella has managed to integrate an Arduino into the head unit to allow all the functions, Climate Control, bluetooth phone and cd changer to work and then by pressing the Nav button it switches to Android so gives modern sat nav, streaming, DAB radio etc etc.
I've had a couple of spare head units for a couple of years now but cannot motivate myself to actually have a go at doing it. He'll build it for £650 but I'm not in the car enough to justify that kind of expense.
Need to get my arse in gear and have a go.
The kits are actually very cheap
I've got an UNO and a MEGA and they are less than £15
You can also buy some good starter packs - my original one was for the Uno and it's got a ton of sensors and loads of online projects - as in thousands - and more are created every day
The setup I'd recommend is (this is what I use anyway)
Uno and breadboard - you can get a holder for them and your Uno screws securely on
Mega and breadboard and Pi (Again you can get the holder for them and screw them on)
Three attached breadboards / or unattach if you move them about
Soldering anti-static tray
Once these are all in place then you're go to go - attach your Uno to one computer (via USB) and attach the Mega to another then attach the Pi to another
This way you can customise what you're seeing and you can duplicate what you want across the computers. I've got mine hooked up to two laptops, the Pi and my main computer - so i get four lots of sensors plus the sensors I've got on the boards.
On top of that if you're coding stuff, get some EEPROMs and an EEPROM burner (You can get these from Amazon) and maybe some extra wires to connect up.
I prefer breadboarding to soldering as you can dick about as much as you like and experiment more
