Lighting, battery, leveling, navigation, weather and an on-board assistant, controlled from your phone beside the vehicle, or from anywhere through Dakila Live.
The mobile app is the control surface. Tested on iOS with the vehicle. Clean, fast, and built for real camp use, not a demo.
Dakila V2 is installed and tested on a real vehicle. These are not mockups or slideware.
Eight independent channels with dimming and predefined Camp, Night and Sleep scenes. Local BLE or remote over Dakila Live.
Talks to the house battery’s own management system over Bluetooth for accurate SOC, SOH, capacity and cell data.
Onboard IMU delivers live pitch and roll. The app tells you exactly which wheel to raise and by how much.
Ask about lighting, weather, battery or system status. Hardware actions stay validated before execution.
App checks and installs controller firmware over the vehicle’s own Wi-Fi. Builds are verified with MD5.
Remote lighting and scene control from anywhere with a signal. Settings and updates stay local for safety.
The current V2 prototype is installed on a Nissan Navara and used on real trips. Firmware 1.17.5 is active.
V2.5 gives Lighting and Power their own onboard brains instead of running straight off Main. Here's where that stands, told straight, including what still needs testing.
Status last verified:
The new Lighting module responds in milliseconds and holds every command it's given, verified on the actual vehicle.
A module looked dead even though its power light was on. Bench testing traced it to a loose connection, not a design flaw.
Its design is finished and builds cleanly, but it still needs the same bench testing Lighting already passed.
Two minor inefficiencies are already logged. Neither affects safety or reliability today; they're cleanup items before V2.5 ships.
Built in the open from a real overland project. No vaporware, no invented timelines.
The first functional experiment that proved lighting and basic vehicle control could work on an overland platform.
Installed and tested on the vehicle today. Full lighting, BLE, GPS, weather, leveling, AI, OTA and remote control.
Lighting and Power are becoming independent smart modules with their own onboard brains, the groundwork for V3’s hardware.
Next-generation hardware with custom PCBs, Ethernet backbone, dedicated modules and manufacturing readiness.
Clear phases. Honest status. No fake “coming soon”.
Lighting, BLE, GPS, weather, AI, OTA. The foundation that proved the system works on a real vehicle.
App polish, voice improvements, battery intelligence, reliability and continued vehicle testing.
Main PCB, Satellite Core, Ethernet backbone, dedicated Power / Lighting / Security modules, automotive protection and central logging.
Multi-vehicle installs, heat and vibration testing, wiring validation under real conditions.
Manufacturing, tooling, compliance and a public launch path (including Kickstarter).
Dakila started as a custom controller for one Nissan Navara, not a pitch deck or a concept. It had to work the moment the vehicle left the driveway.
Every feature that exists today was driven by actual needs on the trail and at camp: reliable lighting, accurate battery data, knowing if the vehicle is level, weather at the campsite, and the ability to control it without standing in the rain.
The project remains open about what works, what is still being engineered, and what comes next. That transparency is intentional.
Prototype updates, firmware notes, hardware progress and real vehicle testing, posted as they happen.
Follow Dakila on Facebook
DAKILA
