There are several companies out there that do this already - and I'm running
a "MotivePC" system in my truck already (8" VGA screen with a full-blown PC
backing it up with Bluetooth, Wireless (802.11g), WiFi access (Austin Area),
and plenty of power for Doom3.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Jason Bleazard
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 1:39 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: On-board PC (was: console)
On Mon, March 14, 2005 1:27 pm, Josh Battles said:
>
> With a center console though, I'm looking for something that'll
> replace the bottom portion of my stock armrest. I'm building it to
> house a 7" wide touchscreen and a car computer. I've done a ton of
> research and there are software pieces out there that'll feed realtime
> OBDII data into graphs and stuff so that you can keep track of what
> your vehicle is doing, as well as track it in realtime on a map via
> GPS. There's tons of cool stuff to do out there.
OK, now I'm intrigued. Jon and I talked about something similar a number of
years ago, but never really came up with a fantastic solution. Of course,
hardware has gotten considerably smaller since then.
What's the preferred hardware solution like for an on-board PC? I'm
guessing you'd probably start with a regular power supply, micro ATX
motherboard, maybe a laptop hard drive, and an LCD panel of course. Do you
house it in a micro computer case, or does the console effectively become
the case? Do you have any provisions for a keyboard?
Sounds like a cool project.
-- Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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