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I abandoned my Car-pc project since a lot of time but I would like to keep some of the informations still available
Why I abondoned my car-pc prject...
I had a good time with my car-pc project and very much fun building it but there was a day I decided to abandon it because the TFT was
broken and I got a new JVC DAB radio with MP3. I also noticed that I used it quiet only for navigation purposes.
I decided to buy a pocket pc instead of a new TFT and since today I really don't miss the carpc. It was a great adventure because
when I startet building there were no 12v car power supplies or VGA touchscreens available like today so you had to build likely all yourself.
Today the fun is over - you can buy all the stuff you need, assemble it an go for it. For me that means - good old times are over since commercial took in ;)
My last install
my last installation was composed of the following hardware
| Hardware Components | Custom parts |
| -Via Epia M10000 Nehemiah (WinXp) -OPUS 90W DCDC -256 MB RAM -Slim CD-Rom Toshiba (IBM Notebook) -IBM Travelstar 40GB 2,5" HDD -7" Lilliput VGA & Touchscreen TFT -11Mbit/s WiFi from Draytek -Serial GPS receiver + SirfII USB receiver -Trackball for easyer GPS Soft use -small Keyboard for maintenance |
-Winlirc Receiver -Cusom Plexi Case for Carputer -Custom front control with: *IR-receiver *Power on (PC) *Power on Inverter / DCDC PSU *DCDC PSU Ignition wwitch *Audio Amp Power SNG switch *USB to connect DAP (Nomad) Jukebox (6 GB) *Switch for 12v plug *TFT - off switch :-) |
Some pictures of my past carpc
