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VPrime

VPrime

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I like it so far (bench testing.. have not put it in the car yet).
The head unit will go in the glovebox.. going for a "hidden" land stock look.
 
would be nice to have some climate control program on the computer that you could tie your heating/cooling into.. possible, but would be a lot of work, I'm not exactly sure how you'd go about interfacing it with the computer.. serial port would already be in use.. I dunno how user friendly usb is for DIY stuff.. would take some research for sure.

what OS do you run? is it a touch screen? does windows just detect the touch screen display and your finger nows acts like the mouse?

Did you buy a complete unit from someone or did you piece it together yourself? what hardware did you decide to use to keep the energy consumption bellow 160watt but still powerful enough for 3d navigation software and video playback? are there available GPS navigation programs for carputers?, do you just plug a GPS device into the computer? or use your cellphone's GPS device through bluetooth?

Sorry for all the questions but I'm really interested in putting a computer in my car.
 
yes there usually all touch screen i molded mine into the bezel because i have an 8 inch screen. i currently use a roadrunner skin. and yes theres navi. im using windows xp. it was a kit my cousin and i pieced together..the unit is under my seat. total investment about 900 with navi and screen. installation done by myself and my cousin
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TrboANTsi. thats a great set up!
I too am running XP, Road runner (making my custom skin based on iphone. see pic below). My set up cost me around 600cdn, which include GPS reciver, screen and power supply, computer i already had.
Ill using a lilliput Eby-701 screen

For GPS There is PC software available, but you need a receiver for realtime tracking (only like 90 dollars at most)
There are also some PocketPC gps software ported over to PC.

as for the touch screen, it should come with some drivers with it, and yes basically your finger acts as a mouse.

I didn't buy it from some one, i made it all my self.
160watt is enough for me (and i still have enough room for a little more) because my computer is not all that powerful.

As for climate control via the pc... not exactly possible with our cars. Ours is controlled by cables, not electronic. If it was an electronic controlled system, then something could be created (lots already for other cars)


My iPhone Road Runner skin.. made by me ;)
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yes you're right.. you couldn't control the heat knob.. unless you employed a stepper motor.. too complicated.

anybody install a dvd drive under the screen or something? would be nice if you could buy a laptop cdrom, some kind of slim one.
 
VanIsleDSM said:
yes you're right.. you couldn't control the heat knob.. unless you employed a stepper motor.. too complicated.

anybody install a dvd drive under the screen or something? would be nice if you could buy a laptop cdrom, some kind of slim one.
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Or just use a mac mini. The entire computer is just a little larger than a cd-rom. I know everyone on this forum is all scared of Macs but these days, you can run Windows on a mac better than you can run it on a PC. Once I start my setup this summer, I will post some pics of the install so you can see what I mean.
 
Most people consider me a Mac Fanboy, so it takes a lot to say that I think Vista is a step forward for Microsoft. But Leopard, which is the new OS that Apple is releasing soon is supposed to be pretty amazing. "I'm a mac, and I'm a pc..."
 
Any idea how one of these would look molded into a 1g? I was thinking about just going with the Lilliput 7inch touch flip out because the stock 1g dins are RIGHT behind the shifter, and the flipout would put it in front of the HVAC controls.
 
Smitherines said:
Any idea how one of these would look molded into a 1g? I was thinking about just going with the Lilliput 7inch touch flip out because the stock 1g dins are RIGHT behind the shifter, and the flipout would put it in front of the HVAC controls.
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Flip out is always an option, but some consider it the easy way out. It's much cooler to fab in a screen... (in my opinion). But don't get me wrong, I have seriously considered a flip out, for a lot of reasons, one being security. With a flip out, it tucks itself and many wouldn't know what it was.
 
The problem with using linux or mac is software support.
Especially for linux.
There is not many GPS choices out there (yet) or data logging. main reason why im on XP.. Linux would be great the system would run muuuuch faster.

As for putting a dvd drive there, well my plan is to eventually get a slot load laptop drive and put it under the screen, OR hide it in the center console arm rest area..
I have not decided. Currently I have a regular dvdrom that goes in the trunk.. though i dont really plan on using it much.
 
As stated above, you can run Windows on a Intel Mac machine. In fact, with programs like parallels, you can run and windows app in OS X. This means you can use the small Mac Mini and still keep the front end and the gps software that your used it. If you have been living under a rock for the past couple years, a mac mini is a little larger than an external cd-rom drive.
 
VPrime said:
The problem with using linux or mac is software support.
Especially for linux.
There is not many GPS choices out there (yet) or data logging. main reason why im on XP.. Linux would be great the system would run muuuuch faster.

As for putting a dvd drive there, well my plan is to eventually get a slot load laptop drive and put it under the screen, OR hide it in the center console arm rest area..
I have not decided. Currently I have a regular dvdrom that goes in the trunk.. though i dont really plan on using it much.
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There's no problem with software support :cool: You just have to learn howto program. Linux, more specifically Debain (unstable distro) and Slackware are really easy to use for packetloggers. There are also an endless number of tutorials (found through google) and basic code for reading from ports [or wires attached to a harness]. As for GPS, theres hundreds of programs and support for nearly every device. The drivers take a little know-how to configure but they work just fine ;D. The only lacking support are for programs that include spoken step-step directions w/ the perspective 3d map. There's always W.I.N.E though! It's great because [example] I have a 'relay-box' on my linux machine that allows me to turn things on and off within my room and monitor conditions from commands sent through the internet. To implement in an auto, All I need is to configure a voltage regulator ;D.

The functionality of linux really depends on what distro you use. Mandiva (sp?), Redhat, and those 'gooey' types reduce your functionality so much it's not even funny. Some of those distro's even change around /dev and /proc to make it difficult for people to alter the system.

Props on the carputer though, I've been trying to get one for myself for a while. What was your final plan for the relocation of the headunit? are you going to run the original harness [through extension] to it? or fab your own? Maybe one day, when I get my carputer, I'll write a car alarm program ;D That'd be fun.

Chris
 
echostats said:
As stated above, you can run Windows on a Intel Mac machine. In fact, with programs like parallels, you can run and windows app in OS X. This means you can use the small Mac Mini and still keep the front end and the gps software that your used it. If you have been living under a rock for the past couple years, a mac mini is a little larger than an external cd-rom drive.
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So are the $200 voompc boxes. They're sick too ;D, With a deep-sleep capable power supply that lets the computer stay on when the car's off w/o killing battery. You can even have it run from flash memory for boot quickeness. Yum.

Chris.
 
Yes you can use a mac mini with windows on it...... but why? then you have an expensive "PC".. my computer cost me 30 dollars :p

And xXaTaXx, I am in college for programming right now, but im way to lazy to write my own program for this ;)
As for GPS on linux, I couldnt find any software that was as good (visually) as PC versions.. theres a cool one that uses google earth, but its a little slow on the computer im using.
 
VPrime said:
Yes you can use a mac mini with windows on it...... but why? then you have an expensive "PC".. my computer cost me 30 dollars :p

And xXaTaXx, I am in college for programming right now, but im way to lazy to write my own program for this ;)
As for GPS on linux, I couldnt find any software that was as good (visually) as PC versions.. theres a cool one that uses google earth, but its a little slow on the computer im using.
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http://www.gpsdrive.cc/

Looks alright to me. Haven't been able to actually use it yet but, I know (for sure) there's even better ones out there. I've seen em. ;D

I'll keep my eyes open for a 'gooey' gui GPS system for linux for ya.

EDIT::
Basic, but functional -> http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/
http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/screenshots.html

Kind of looks good -> http://www.gnomad-mapping.com/
^^ - needs a powerful comp, so nvm on this one

Theres a bunch more too.
 
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