wah .. great ... how about the touchscreen control ? never did a duo-TS before . hmm . let me go tru mp3car ...

p/s: got ur M2ATX yet ?

Touchscreen using USB input maybe can. Haven't tried coz I got 1 only.

M2ATX still on the horizon. Currently putting UPS to survive the engine cranking. No lui. Wait till kena ToTo, wait I don't play ToTo, hehehe.

News : one of my CPC fren's car got smashed . everything are there except the touchscreen .. and guess what. he just got that TS ..

Yeah thats why I put TS for my secondary monitor in my house and use normal LCD for carputer. Input via voice, much more geek and sophisticated at the same time.

Hi freestyler, i and my friend actually fix car pc for people. we fix according to budget and we have almost all the hardware and software available. we can actually demo a car pc to u. So for more info u can call or sms me at 012-9260228.

got quotation on single din 7" touchscreen . RM1700 .. fuhhh ..

and justinckl, can give us some info ?

single din 7" motorized touchscreen is only RM1.3K if you want

i got a question how you guys fix the car speaker to the play the sound from the pc i mean from the sound card?do i need to get a amp and connect them together?

yeah, you need an amp

okie dokie

time to look for 2nd hand amp.. hehehe

by the way anybody know where i can purchase the m2atx in KL??coldfusionpower i know you sure got jalan for this

considering the power comsumption,standard PSU around 250 - 350 watt truepower but the monoblock amp itself sometime would go around 1000w RMS without using any extra car battery.just put in some power cap n no need extra battery.am i right?

check out http://www.audiopce.com/
i think the seller is based in penang tho

yeah contacted him waiting to get my salary then muaaa hahahahaha pc in my citra yeaaaaaaaaaahhh babe

i also have a fren who already install this carputer in his waja...

he will participate in one competition held in PWTC..

i thing at the of this month...

next week i thing.. so for those who want to see it..

just go to the exhibition at PWTC..

anybody know when will be that exhibition?

hi guys, i hav a project carpc in progress to share wid u all:

here's the pic:


everythin still in testing stage,
here's a bit of info on the setup,
it runs on stripped down ver of windows MCE 2005 (nlite) so that it'll start up faster.
so i'll use the media center program as front end as it looks nicer compared to roadrunner and other free front ends.

i DIYed (10bucks plastic multi purpose storage box - got it from jusco) the casing coz my previous steel casing was big and heavy and it doesnt look nice in my trunk.

i'm using a laptop drive (2.5inch) coz it's more reliable to put into a movin vehicle compared to conventional 3.5inch hdd. it connects to the mobo using 2.5 to IDE converter and it costs me only 23bucks.

i bought a lcd panel from brothers and it connects directly to my graphic card (s-video). not touch screen though coz i cant afford a lilliput.

i'm now sourcing out on where to get a remote control for MCE like the one dat can be found here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/446480

it'll run on a power inverter 220v 300watt (it is sufficient for my pc and it peaks at 700watt - much more cheaper and easier setup than dc dc psu) i hard wired it directly to my car batt and relay so dat it'll turn off the inverter automatically when i turn off my car engine - however, i hav to shut down the pc manually, by pressing the power button, it'll shutdown automatically, can be preset in setting.

i'm currently in the progress of wiring all the usb to my front dash board so dat i can load stuff easily using thumb drive into my system and my other usb devices such as remote control.

as for audio, i connect my sound card 3mm jack to my pre amp using 3mm to RCA cable which goes directly to the speakers in the car.

now i'm also sourcing out for game pad (USB) to run several games in the car pc - entertainment for passengers. those simple racing games like nfs underground.

i started out everythin and it costs less than 2k.
i'll update and upload more pic when i hav time to resume my project during coming weekends. any lyn members mind share their project also?

This post has been edited by gstrapinuse: Feb 19 2008, 12:39 AM

wah fantastic thread! I always wanted an in car PC, but never thought of DIY.

You guys can do part time and make some money with this.

How about if i chuck in my own hardware and pay you guys extra for wiring and stuffs?

Touchscreens are cheap these days

but how do you integrate that into your car pc?

the touchscreen has a USB out to plug into your carpc