Pics of my carputer, GPS, OBD-2 (the final stage)

by **Fenix** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:28 pm

My carputer project is finally done.
Pics worth thousand worlds, so here:

7" touchsreen Lilliput built-in the dash, painted the face:

Playing MP3 song with Vis on:

Desktop:

MS Mappoint running:

Map options with zoom in-out and MP3 audio mini control interface

Map with instruction panel:

Deluo GPS on the dashboard:

Playing Mp3 songs

Dashboard using ODB-2 tool:

Playing DVD without using the carputer:

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I have a lot more pic from the beginning to end project. I'll put them together in my Sol homepage soon.

Enjoy and please provide some feedback as I'm looking forward to improve it to perfection.

by **stosh** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:31 pm

thats friggan slick man!

by **dabuda** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:53 pm

nice work mang!

by **geminimouse** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 2:55 pm

Nicely done. :bday:

by **Jaimster** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:31 pm

Superwow!

by **Astro** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:50 pm

Simply Beautiful!!!!

by **FLASH** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:52 pm

That thing is Jesus!

by **Akui** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:27 pm

Simply Slick. How much did all of this cost you? I had a similar idea but never really put the time into it.

BTW, what happened to your hazard switch? It's missing in a few pics and shows up in others

by **kubi** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:16 pm

Wow. I'd like to do something like that, wish I could get as great a deal as you did on the screen!

by **cruze105** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:36 pm

dude i want your carputer,loving it!! :lol:

by **Fenix** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:00 pm

Thanks for the positive feedback, guys. It means a lot to me, a DIY guy.

Akui,
Here is the total cost that I couldn't remember so far. Of course, if you have some harddrive, rams laying around, it could help. And I could also go without the DVD/VCD/MP3 head unit by having a indash crossover to control the computer's sound, but the head unit is there to help the short distance trip without having to boot/reboot the computer.
For the harard switch, I took the pic before putting everything together. Nothing is missing though. :-)

Well, here is the cost: (I mostly bought them from Ebay), the heavy cost is the screen, the headunit, GPS, OBD tool. The computer itsefl is relatively cheap.

Componnet Cost

Motherboard $100
30 gig 7200 harddrive $60
512 mb ram $60
slim cd-rom $25
IDE adapter 4 cd-rom $10
120 watt power supply $60
4 port USB hub $12
7" Touchsreen sreen $240
DVD/VCD/MP3 headunit $220
Deluo GPS USB $80
OBD-2 scan tool $120
Gyration wireless keyboard/mouse $80
Wiring/power buttons, and other $30

Total: $1097
Window XP already had
MediaCar interface: free download from other MP3car member.
MS Mappoint 04 free after rebate of last black Friday sale after Thanksgiving.

The countless hours of planning, measuring, researching, cursing.. :-)

, testing, parting, putting thing together, applying bondo, sanding, painting, messing up thing , installing: 1 million dollars.

The "WOW" factor from friends and other after seeing & viewing my completed carputer: PRICELESS.

For everything else, there is always a SOLARA.

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by **i20solara02i** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:29 pm

nice job fenix... hopefully i'll have done pretty soon still working out on some bugs

Website · by **DavPak** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:48 am

absolutely amazing, i'm very impressed.
do you have a wireless b/g adapter?
after all that, i hope you spend a lot of time in your car!

by **boneezy** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:36 am

wow... i mean just WOW... sooo clean!

by **salaki** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:04 pm

Hello from Happy_Aggies' buddy...

YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR CARPUTER! ! !

Now it's our turn! ! !

Pics of my carputer, GPS, OBD-2 (the final stage)

Pics of my carputer, GPS, OBD-2 (the final stage)

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