in car pc

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:15 pm

Just imagine the surround is matt black rather than primer

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:25 pm

what size screen is that (for both bakke and murf)
what did it come off?

its a 7" widescreen tft. it was specifically for in car use but was supposed to be mounted in the back of a headrest.

looks good john, what windows are you running?
i just got a bigger HD drive and when i get the chance i'm gonna install xp with a bluetooth connection to my house pc (i park right outside the window!)
with 40 Gb of music and bluetooth i dont think i'll need wifi.

your car looks good too but you might want to erase the number plate in case of evil cloning!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:54 pm

Bluetooth sounds like a good idea. Running 98se atm, gonna be xp soon.

The fonts are much clearer than they appear on the pic, you can read everything on that map.

Boy is the owner of L900 FFF gonna be pissed!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:25 pm

nice number choice, i'll bet some plates made up and go nick some petrol!!

if you have a BT mobile, particularly a sony ericsson then check out this AMAZING program.
ive been trying to get my phone to work with it for ages but because its a 3G CDMA phone it wont work.
doesnt stop me from spreading the wealth though,just WISH it would work with mine!

basically it turns your car pc into a mobile phone (using a mobile, if you see what i mean)

http://zoran-horvat.de/private/CarPC/default.htm

LASEROWL · Post by **LASEROWL** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:43 pm

Looking good Mr Turbo

@Murf that program looks very interesting, will see if i can get it to work with my Nokia.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:43 pm

another interseting program?
might be able to assign a key stroke to the exe file?
http://www.geocities.com/pbornet/autoclose.htm
rgrds
rob

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:15 pm

My in car solution will have bluetooth as the PC will also be responsible for routing mobile phone calls to myself and my passenger, do hands free, pipe sound through to the stereo etc

I have been thinking about using this for my keyboard solution though:

http://www.internity.co.uk/vkb.asp

either onto the dash, or maybe make a sliding rail system that allows a
board to be stowed in the glove box space

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:45 pm

looks pretty cool.
good idea.
saw somewhere about the old 'on digital' remotes that open up with the qwerty keyboard inside...apparently,as theyre IR, they can be used to hook up to pcs.
could fit it in the door pocket!
rgrds
rob

bbf · Post by **bbf** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:51 pm

damned!

http://www.internity.co.uk/vkb.asp

had this idea like two years ago....

LASEROWL · Post by **LASEROWL** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 2:19 pm

My Install so far.......

Blanking plate over screen - to be covered in either leather or jaquared material.

Computer Shoehorned into glovebox!!

7" Lilliput touch screen

Yet to sort all wiring and cover the blanking plate, this was the first time it was run in the car...

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:04 am

looking good dude!
mine will nowhere near fit in the glove box!
have just sourced some ribbon cables from work...theyre about 2 meters long.....am thinking about shoving the pc unit in the spare wheel well.....its pretty dry in there since new rear clusters.
rgrds
rob

Glival · Post by **Glival** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:59 am

Very nice!
The Lilliput screen you used is very popular for in-car use, nice to know it fits in a 480.
Are the buttons necessary, or can you cover them?

LASEROWL · Post by **LASEROWL** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:22 am

Thanks for the comments guys.

Are the buttons necessary, or can you cover them?

The buttons could be covered up as it comes with a IR remote just have to leave a hole were the receiver is, Think thats what Blakke has done.

Must go and sort the wiring out, blown something on wire that controls elec door mirrors and illumination round heated seat switches. Fuses are ok though :eek

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:28 am

for those interested....
have got one of our unix guys building me a LINUX distro...
gonna have a small footprint, and have only functionality for playing music and dvds.(it will support usb, 10base t connections, IR.)
he reckons it will load in under 20 seconds, have a GUI similar to windows, and be able to shutdown cleanly when power goes (ie ignition off) .
I will put it up somewhere when hes done it, for download.....
it should be able to be downloaded, and installed onto any system.
can anyone think of anything else they would have in it whilst hes building it? (ie wifi etc?)
dont want to increase footprint much, or make it a fat betty OS! but anything relevant.
rgrds
rob

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:49 am

Build one yourself - only takes an hour or so to work out what's needed and what's not.

Dommett · Post by **Dommett** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:58 am

WiFi for sure - easy to download new tunes whilst it's parked outside

And... a bit of driving around, you'll probably find some unguarded access points to collect emails & surf the net!

Personally one of the benefits would be to have autoroute or mappoint running, so windows may be the only way unless there is map software for linux? I was wondering about Windows CE, but not sure of how dependant it is on hardware architecture?

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:51 pm

dragon wrote:Build one yourself - only takes an hour or so to work out what's needed and what's not.

im busy, and the guy needs a new project to keep him busy!
(he offered, and i really dont get THAT much time free at work! except to browse the t'interweb!)
rgrds
rob

Glival · Post by **Glival** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:05 pm

Don't know if there's any good navigation software available for linux/*bsd..
Bluetooth would be nice. If you want to use the PC as a carkit for your phone, you need modified drivers when using Windows; dunno if they're available for linux.

rpruen · Post by **rpruen** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:08 pm

dragon wrote:Build one yourself - only takes an hour or so to work out what's needed and what's not.

Slakware is the way to go... Can be installed with a very small footprint, particularly if you don't have the development stuff installed. I use it for my network at home where it does lots things. Samba, bluetooth, NAT, DHCP, name server, web proxy etc.

If I do a car pc, then I'll use the PDA as the keyboard via bluetooth. I am sure I have seen some software that can do it using the touchscreen to send keycodes via bluetooth.

Richard

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:15 pm

not sure, but i think this is being based around debian.
apparently its one of the best for finding new hardware, and not having issues running it....im not arguing, the guys been at it years, so i assume he knows best!
rgrds
rob