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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Building the CarPC

My uses for in car computing
Music/Videos
On-board Diagnostics
GPS
On screen gauges, intake temp, rpm, mph, engine load, and more

Specs:

PicoITX Motherboard with Via 1ghz processor embedded
1gb ram
80gb hdd
USB Navigation
OBDII
Bluetooth




It took me a while to fit the pico-itx board into this case with the wires packed on the inside. Installing it into the car was probably the most complicated because I took out the center console to run the the positive wire into the carpc's power supply (M3-ATX Smart automotive power supply). I grounded it to the bose amp in the back and as for the ACC wire, I tapped it into the ciagarette lighter in front underneath the cd player.

























The pico-itx enclosure fits nicely in this little compartment: