9 September, 2008 - 19:22 BMW Car PC Setup
This is the video of a BMW Car PC display. I especially like the slick interface, and the way the screen is built into the interior. Very nice.
26 August, 2008 - 18:53 Car PC Books
Getting into the CarPC field can be a rough start. There's learning how to install electronic devices into your car. Then once you get down the mechanical side of it, you've got to learn about computers themselves. The knowledge you must know for cars and computers is like apples and oranges.
Here are a couple of books to help get you started with your CarPc installation.
11 July, 2008 - 18:51 Tutorial For Impressive CarPc Installation
While browsing the internet I came across a very extensive and useful carpc installation tutorial. Pretty much everything you could want out of a CarPC is featured. The installation was done on a Mazda3 and looks pretty sharp.
Here's some features of the PC:
- Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation!!!
- Listen to music
- Watch videos/movies
- Control audio with steering wheel control. Since the audio is fed into the HU with a P.I.E adapter, the steering wheel is my "master" volume control.
- View Pictures in a slideshow
- Sniff wireless networks and plot them with GPS.
- Download and view local Weather info, including 3 day forcast and doplar radar
13 May, 2008 - 20:31 Car PC 101
For those interested in starting up a Car PC installation, here's a video for you.
28 April, 2008 - 18:41 M4-ATX 250W Intelligent DC-DC PSU
This PSU is a step ahead of other PSU's in alot of areas. It's designed specifically for Car PCs, or general use as well. The motherboard's on/off switch is powered by the ignition of the car. Here is a list of specs for the PSU
- Program shutdown options, with an optionable sleep more
- Can attach to any motherboard with a 20 or 24pin ATX connector
- Relatively silent PSU, no fans to worry about
- Works with a high variety of CPUs
The M4-ATX 250W Intelligent DC-DC PSU, is $115.00, and may be purchased here.
29 February, 2008 - 15:30 Escort 9500ci - A New Way To Avoid Speed Traps
(Photo Credit: ForbesAuto.com)
Radar Detectors have always tended to be very simplistic, and archaic in design. Usually, they just glue to your dash, and beep every so often alerting you of radar usage.
The Escort 9500ci has basically the same functions as a standard radar detector but with a few twists. First, it is integrated with GPS functionality. So it will be able to let you know of speed traps up ahead. It will also be able to learn, of when you don't slow down when the rad
25 February, 2008 - 17:40 LED Car License Plate Marquee
Have you ever wanted to send out a message to the motorists behind you. Well with this LED powered marquee plate holder, you can. You can store 4 different messages to be displayed. The maximum about of characters you can used per message is 120. So instead of all those different bumper stickers you have slapped on your car you can get your message across with a more hi-tech solution.
