Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Since I've been using the 7" touchscreen as a wall mounted mp3 frontend for my stereo, and I hated the resolution problems with cheap touchscreens and cheap vid cards and cheap in-car computer solutions (ie - less than $150-180 for everything) I decided to get wacky. I recently purchased two Neoware e300 thin clients for $44/each, 128Mb RAM and 64Mb CF based boot system; they are all-in-one 15" LCD monitors bundled with VIA 600Mhz processors complete with LAN, built in audio as well as external jacks, USB, PCMCIA, serial and parallel ports. Look at the pictures below, envision the gay stand replaced with a swing-arm mount, and that the keyboard isn't there.

http://linuxdevices.com/files/misc/Eon_e300_image.gif

http://images.vnunet.com/v7_images/h...neoware300.jpg


Now, enter a 15" touchscreen add-on kit in the $100-ish range:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Touchscreen-Touc...QQcmdZViewItem


Round it all off with a larger CF card and either petite linux distro or eXP.

Comments/criticism?

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Where are you going to put it? 15 inch monitor will take a lot of space up, that's the only reason I like the smaller 7 inch screens, you can tuck them away pretty easily. Other than that, ------- nice, 150 bucks-ish for what seems like a much easier solution to mobile computering.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

----, i was going to say use a 10" monitor, but i guess they dont exist anymore. I remember they used to be like 70 dollars, and now I cant even find one :3

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Floor mounted swing arm in the passenger area, Brett. Cops have plenty of room for a passenger with their bulky laptop mounts, and this thing doesn't take up quite the space of a laptop since there is no keyboard.

I dunno about touchscreen 10" for $70, rawr. Are you just looking for a 10" LCD composite monitor?

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

They also usualy have the advantage of the cavornous interiors of Crown Vics and Caprices.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Said cavernous interiors being occupied by fat harness bulls. I could care less about giving fatties, large people, or hotrex a ride on my car. Sorry to be a dick like that.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

yeah, just a normal 10" screen. how much do you want for the 7?

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

Hey JD you should check out mp3car.com they got some good ---- on that site as well as all kinds of front ends and parts like power supplies, touch screens, etc...

I think most swear by Road runner and they use nlite for their XP images. I got one in the works but it's been sittin for a while, I'll pick it back up and finish it one day.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

True, if you don't give two shits about passenger space, that'd be the way to do it. Or ditch/hack the glovebox and mount it there, at least you'd save some footroom.

Re: Joey's Carputer v2.0
 

"Pimp my ride".... lol.

What's the intended use? I'm not into a whole lot of car audio any more... Hopefully you can integrate tuning software into it. Looks like you could...

-josh-