now, the best bet to mod using intel atom platform
lesser power consumption

anybody got lobang for the car 7" touch screen lcd? for car pc?

pls pm me if anybody got it

got one guy, butthead012 selling @ lowyat net
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...522&hl=lilliput

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Added on May 21, 2009, 5:15 pmI have my car PC running with software, navigation ... trying to create a plug and play car pc ... except for audio, diff people using diff headset or Amp

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Added on May 21, 2009, 7:05 pmMy CAR PC prototype with touch screen and software

PREVIEW
Running on 7" touch screen with soft right click like PDA and soft keyboard software


My black box


Just like Itune, media search, library and playlist


Media Player MP3, Thumb drive, CD, DVD, AVi, WMV (whatever codec you preinstalled)


Check Weather ? hehe yes, if you have Wimax or internet connection


Mixer for AMP, yup, can do


OBD2 Car diagnose ? Yes, that too



Navigator ? Yes ... Navigator too








Next update, Sept 09 GTR Gauges ... coming soon. to detect and display oil, water temp, oil, water temp, boost control, etc

update after Oct 09, to able to tune car via E-manage or Motec

This post has been edited by zealless: May 21 2009, 07:05 PM

this topic getting more and more interesting. Good job!

may I know what software you use to intergrate all?

i use different software, and there are lots of software available. depends solely on your hardware ...
i am going assembly for sale soon, real cheap deal, plug and play type ...

any early price quote?

sourcing for cheaper parts in bundle and slimmer parts from overseas

the black box will be half the current size, slimmer solution for everyone, so
you could just locate it under the front passenger sit

plug cord in cigarette lighter place, then everything will be powered. (plug and play)
connect audio to the system, install "start" button ... complete .. hehe

bare with me, i will post the price in market place, try (really try) to lower under rm3K with everything
from car diagnosis, radio, reverse camera, gps navagation, softwares ... alot more,

for basic package will try to go down to around 2K or maybe lower
never know ... i try to price as low as possible and 5% profit (only)
so 1K only earn rm50, ahha ... i do for fun ...

That's good news for all of us! Don't need to go through all those electronic stuff, a tiny mistake can lead to a con battery or even worst, fire when comes to short circuit!! Can't wait for your good product to release, keep it up, you're the man!

well the price vary alot, depends what you want to use, like if i use normal nmea receiver and map king the navigation cost is around rm400
if i use sirf garmin with map will cost around rm600, so very hard to price. some need obd II scanner, some don't need.
but anyway, the software and console is standard, so ... i try to get as cheap as possible.

the best is not to modify the existing electrical circuit, just use plug in cigarette and do not and never connect your inverter to battery, even it is fused. .

TIPS for customiser:
CAUTION for rotary users, please install voltage stabilizer and regulator; encourage everyone else to do so.
DO NOT USE IGNITION START SYSTEM as power ON method, (UNLESS U HAVE A DELAY POWER UP CIRCUIT FOR UR DEVICE)
this will damage your alternator + batter + maybe starter.
All factory car like BMW doesn't run on PC, they run on customize board; so they did enormous power drop calculation,
know how to stabilize voltage, properly fused their gadget and .. etc
my fren car battery die and alternator damage because of this ... so lesson learnt, never never do that .

easiest is to install on/off button, let ur car start up, let voltage stabilize, then turn on ur gadget.

happy experiment. waiting for slim casing.
update soon.

the car battery wont die??...
how long it can tahan?
1 year?

the car battery can die, overdraw current will force the car battery to short and blow.
(not so serious la)
but will damaged the battery

normal battery can last to 2 years or longer

tjay is correct, direct draw power from battery with fuse which is not part of the design usage. but if you draw from cigarette outlet, they expect and allow the usage from there, is safer that way, if you draw too much, your fuse in fuse box will burned, instead of your engine or other device.

use minimal power as possible.

when ur product coming?
and ur mapking is embed into the frontend or standalone?

OBD scanner how much? if i wanna get one?USB or serial?

huhuhui..cun bro..malaysians is the best..malaysia boleh

i am waiting for slim casing from china, very slow respond from them and miss last month shipping.
If you don't mind you can purchase the ACER EL model slim pc ... running on atom 1.6, mine running atom 1.6 dual core ...
i can do everything else, like get the screen, software, elm ... etc for you, or u get i make everything work for u
abit slow on the EL model, but slim lor, if got money then can buy DELL slim desktop, very fast, but expensive

it is not embedded to the media player software, but you can run it behind it, the player will still play music ...
but a bit annoying when the navigator is running, because of the "words" is says, like turn left, keep left ... etc
u can buy Garmin receiver + software, looks nice, but expensive, mapking is the cheapest with normal gps receiver.

ODB scanner is around 80USD for one unit ... this is china made ELM 327 scanner, its emulate ELM chip it is not really ELM chipset.
it depends, if u use it in your car only, not diagnosis machine. get the USB or bluetooth ones ...
serial one usually expensive.

hey bro the touch screen monitor how much can give me a pm?

i bought it from butthead012 from lowyat net. ..
he is selling 900, i bought 880

do u have m2 m3 or m4 atx?

nope, power supply comes with the casing, is similar to m2, m3 m4 ...
120W supply ...

so how to mod the power supply?
any idea?