im lookign for anythign related to car cpu's liek in ICE wise, im gonna build one up but im looking for prices, ia hve been seraching but id liek to see whta some of have paid and what makes yours so unique omehting i wont see in another one, i will be doing this slowly over the winter but i am looking to strat purchasing soon. Is it okay to use a motherboard from a reg computer or should i get motherboard for cars?
if you search the forums on the site i linked you will find so much info....i am actually going to put a pc in the car also...i will use a regular motherboard but i will use one of thier power supplies and startup/shutdown controllers....the store has resonable prices also....but the forums have tons of info
Member since: 03/2005
yes. mp3car.com has everything you need to get started and build a carpc. im in the process of building one myself. im going to be using a
Via Epia SP13000 motherboard (Mini ITX)
Morex 3688 Mini-ITX Case
OPUS DC-DC Power Supply
80GB Notebook Hard Drive
512GB RAM
Notebook DVD/CD-RW
USB WiFi, GPS Navigation, TV Tuner
Windows XP with MediaCar Frontend
Lilliput 7" In-Dash Touchscreen Monitor
good luck with you research. and if you have any questions drop me an email or IM
Mp3car.com also has a store where you can purchase computer components...
click here
here is another good place to purchase components from...
www.mini-itx.com
http://www.cardomain.com/id/h2blink
You know what would be PIMP?
If someone could interface a their in-car MP3 PC with OBDII. Then that certain someone could monitor the PCM and read trouble codes from the comfort of their driver's seat.
The next step would be controlling the car through it.
Time. I wish I had more.
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actually i think you can monitor you obdII car with it. You have to have a cable to hook the car computer to your car pc...ususally hooks to your car pc through a serial connection.
have you got the monitor yet....i am curios to know how they compare to the xenarc ones.
Member since: 03/2005
check out
http://www.logicsupply.com as well. Sometimes the prices are a few bucks cheaper than mp3car.com. Ive been checking out mp3car for a while now, year and a half, and finally got my setup somewhat complete, though with a carputer, its never finished.
as far as obdII, yes... you can extract information from obdII with a computer.
Personally, Id spend the extra money and get a xenarc screen, thats what I have, and have taken it apart and back together again with no problems. Though, I havent seen/used a liliput screen in person before.
Just keep in mind what you want to do when building your carputer, and go from there.
Yup... set up in my car right now.. the obd2 monitoring part... i just need a xenarc.. but cant find any canadian resellers
Theres a guy on mp3car working on a custom skinnable OBDII front end for some OBDII software (can't remember which specific one). The progress I saw was pretty sweet, and that was awhile ago now. His name is Frodo[something]. He's also made FrodoPlayer which has a lot of features, I haven't really fiddled w/ it much yet tho.
As for my carputer, IF I decide to do it in the Cav, I'm using an old Compaq Presario 715US laptop w/ 14.1" screen. I'm molding the screen into the dash (I need to re-build the whole lower middle section of the dash to do it
such is the life of customizers) and the rest of the laptop will be tucked away in the dash. I'm still debating on 5.1 or 7.1 surround.
