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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:


Sunday, November 2, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Aero Flares





Sunday, October 5, 2008

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Hot Import Nights NightShift Pleasanton 08

Here are some pictures from Hot Import Nights NightShift @ Pleasanton 2008

I got more here





































Friday, August 1, 2008

Day I got the car

2008 Mazda RX-8 Grand Touring

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Hot Import Nights San Mateo 2008

Hot Import Nights @ San Mateo 2008





































I got more pics on photobucket