Hi all,
Apologies for the late reply, so the idea is still in its infant stage, as in "Still doing my research" and I must say ready to go Car PC's are soooo expensive for a personal project. But nevertheless the project is still something I really want to do. (With a mate of course)
So basically the end result is going to be a customized dash with a 15" Touch screen, "I could probably fit a 19" screen in there if I wanted to". That's once I have ripped the whole dash out.
Also in this set up included will be a GPS module, Bluetooth module, Mobile broadband module, 500GB SATA (or possibly a 250GB SSD drive), 4 -8GB of RAM, External cameras, Internal camera.
Along with all of that my bro and I will be building a customised user interface for controlling all the car components ie. dash controls, monitoring and sensors, media center, navigation, mobile phone connection, internet connection, internet sharing and
Now this seems like a really really long project and lots of wank factor but we are doing this purely because we find this is a project that not many people have gone to too many lengths to even try. We both know that this is going to be time consuming but who cares, if we do this and do this well then it will be worth it
There is a lot to consider when doing this type of project, slapping a small form factor PC would be ideal or even a laptop but will not suffice in the long run.
Reading plenty of information, PC in a car needs to consider the following;
- Humidity & Temperature (inside the car and outside the car)
- Power cycling (what happens when you turn the car off and when you turn it back on again).
- Vibrations, bumps and shock (A robust and rugged casing is a must to handle the constant vibrations and bumps in the road
- Placement (Where to put the PC in respect to cabling, dashboard, screen and accessibility)
This link below is where I found some handy information. This site was used for information gathering only nothing more.
http://www.informationweek.com/put-a-pc ... 616?pgno=1
We have most of the components to start but the main points above is what we really need to try and achieve and buying a Car PC is not an option, obviously. I will post again when the next stage begins until then please any feedback will be greatly appreciated, negative or positive lol!
