Carputer
The carputer or in-car computer resides in my VW Passat MK5 SE. I started the project because a fellow student at university had fitted a carputer into his rebuilt LandRover.
I've always been a fan of hi tech kit so a carputer seemed to fit nicely, it's quite a simple device not much different from home pc apart from the size and the fact that most home computers haven't got a touch screen.
The carputer has several components:
Motherboard- VIA EPIA MII Mini-ITX Mainboard
- Fujitsu 60GB 2.5" .
- Kingston 512mb, anymore more is over kill.
DVD -Rom/ CD-R/RW
- Panasonic slot drive.
Smart in-car PSU
- M1-ATX 90W
- Input 6-24V DC
- Designed not to flatten the battery with on board monitoring and smart shut down
- Wires into the cars ignition for startup and shutdown.
Case in-car
- Voompc 2 car case
- Tough aluminium extrude with filtered air vent
- Fan
- Mounts for Mini-ITX Mainboard, Hard drive and Smart PSU.
Touch screen
- Cartft.com 8.4" touch screen.
with optional kit:
GPS receiver
usb bluetooth dongle
usb hub
small/micro or flexible keyboard
