What is a carputer ?
Its a computer inside a car - simple.
What is it used for ?
Audio, Video, GPS navigation, monitoring car stats through OBD II interface and anything else under the sun you can think of.
What are the main components ?
1. A 7 inch touchscreen
2. The carputer
3. All the other accessories (like GPS receiver, the sound system etc. )
I want to build a VFM carputer solution for my car. No idea what the lowest price can be as there are very less amount of carputer solutions available.
Please remember the following points while suggesting:
1. The form factor should be very small. ( the least possible).
2. It should not draw a lot of power. (remember it will be powered from the CAR battery).
3. Am not going to do lots of processing, so a basic CPU should suffice.
4. Please suggest cabinets as well. (Planning to install under one of the front seats.)
5. Remember the hostile operating environment of the caputer (ie a car). So please suggest components which can take a fair amount of shock. (eg laptop hard drives etc).
6. There are DC to DC PSUs available which are tailor made for cars.
7. Also suggest the best OS and allied software (eg. Centrafuse etc.) to go along. Any open source options will be very much appreciated.
I have done lots of reading on this topic, and by the looks it has to be a DIY. So where better advise to be found other than the thinkdigit forum ?
Please help guys.
Its a computer inside a car - simple.
What is it used for ?
Audio, Video, GPS navigation, monitoring car stats through OBD II interface and anything else under the sun you can think of.
What are the main components ?
1. A 7 inch touchscreen
2. The carputer
3. All the other accessories (like GPS receiver, the sound system etc. )
I want to build a VFM carputer solution for my car. No idea what the lowest price can be as there are very less amount of carputer solutions available.
Please remember the following points while suggesting:
1. The form factor should be very small. ( the least possible).
2. It should not draw a lot of power. (remember it will be powered from the CAR battery).
3. Am not going to do lots of processing, so a basic CPU should suffice.
4. Please suggest cabinets as well. (Planning to install under one of the front seats.)
5. Remember the hostile operating environment of the caputer (ie a car). So please suggest components which can take a fair amount of shock. (eg laptop hard drives etc).
6. There are DC to DC PSUs available which are tailor made for cars.
7. Also suggest the best OS and allied software (eg. Centrafuse etc.) to go along. Any open source options will be very much appreciated.
I have done lots of reading on this topic, and by the looks it has to be a DIY. So where better advise to be found other than the thinkdigit forum ?
Please help guys.