Carputer!, yay! Options

[orvillescelica]

I never show off stuff i do, but im actually pretty excited about this. I finally got done with my permanent install of my Car computer. Thanks to all who have helped out by answering my wiring questions.


This is the first time ive built my own computer. Here is the bench testing of the special car computer power supply and setup of the software. To simulate the car battery, i used a 60V variable power supply i borrowed from my lab.


I couldnt find a place to properly put the tiny case i had made. So I ended up ripping all the components out and turning the glovebox into a computer case.


Final install of the monitor. Notice the special Celica front end skin i created!


Here are the specs:
VIA EPIA Mini-ITX M10000 motherboard
6.5 IBM laptop hard drive
Toshiba slimline DVD-Rom
M1-ITX 90W powersupply
Lilliput 7" touchscreen monitor

I-Guidance GPS software
Holux GM210 GPS reciever
Media Engine front end
Windows XP

[creis]

just shut down the computer when you dont want it.

Thats pretty sweet and all but i really dont think its gana last, all thoes parts are not ment to handle movement very well, the HD mostly will just not take the bumbs of reagular driving, or any driving at all really, same with the other parts. plus in summer heat it can get up to 140+ degrees in there, your gana cook it, plus in the winter its gana frezee. but anyway thats pretty cool, and I hope it really works out for you.

[turboinduction]

just shut down the computer when you dont want it.

Thats pretty sweet and all but i really dont think its gana last, all thoes parts are not ment to handle movement very well, the HD mostly will just not take the bumbs of reagular driving, or any driving at all really, same with the other parts. plus in summer heat it can get up to 140+ degrees in there, your gana cook it, plus in the winter its gana frezee. but anyway thats pretty cool, and I hope it really works out for you.
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Well I would shut it down when I dont want it on too. But I dont want to shut it down everytime I hop in and out of the car. Also, HD's are fine for bumps if you get the right specs. Look at laptops, those get tossed around pretty good. Also, haven't you watched those IBM commercials. Harddrives with airbags - in a sense. And on weather. Heat is a problem, winter isn't. Computers run better cold than in any other state. As long as there isn't moisture in the air or frost inside the car, the computer would be fine. His moniter however being a touchscreen would blip out around 30-40 degrees. But theres ways around that too. Like not turning the computer on until the car is warm.