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It’s been a while since I last updated this blog… Why ? Because it’s been a while since I tinker around the car and the car pc.
So why update now? Well, I just want to announce that the CPU from the car / car-pc will be turn into a completely working desktop computers.
Couple of days ago, I bought a 17″ Asus LCD (not wide) monitor… I have put back the stand of the Asus EE pC and plug in the VGA cable to the LCD monitor, put in a mouse and keyboard and all boom…
Components of a Car PC
On our first blog post, we define what a Car PC is and an introduction of what to expect on the future posts on this blog
The whole life of this blog will be from start to finish of transforming my 2005 Mazda 3 sedan to a carputer or car PC equipment automobile.
This whole project will start, of course in the purchasing and collecting bits and parts and all components that will make up the computer to be installed in the car (and assuming that you already have a car.
Here are the main components of our car PC:
- Machine – Machine is what most hobbyist and enthusiast say it but to me, it’s just plain ole CPU part of the computer. It’s the motherboard, processor, memory and data storage used plus the output interface of the CPU.
- Screen – yes, it’s the monitor.
- Input Devices – mouse, keyboard, pen
- Power supplies – Battery, inverters etc.
- Audio Equipments
Before we dive into the depths of making a carputer or a computer car or simply car PC, let us first define what a Car PC is.
What is a Car PC?
A Car PC, litterally is a fully functional computer modified to fit into a car. Yes, it is simply a computer installed in a car. So, to properly define what a car pc is, you must know what a computer is then imagine that piece of hardware inside a car.
Wikipedia’s entry about a Car PC says:
A Carputer, AutoPC or ‘CarPC’, is a general purpose computing platform installed in a vehicle.
Which basically is what we said above.
That’s all that we are going to post tonight. There are many information to come as we move along this amazing project of mine. Yes, this blog is sort of like a documentation as I installed a Car PC in my 2005 Mazda 3 (that blogging bought).
Some exciting posts that you might want to watch out for in the future:
- Components of a Car PC
- Features and Function of a Car PC
- Car PC connectivity
- GPS Configuration of Car PC
- Advantages and Disadvantages of a Car PC
I will update the list above if something else pops to mind, but rest asured and everything, every information about building the carputer will be documented here for the sake of others who want to make their own little carputer project.
So, stay tuned and subscribe to my feeds, bookmarked it, save this page, how ever you want to do it, so that can be updated to this project.
Later.
Welcome to CarPC-101!. This is supposedly my first post but of course we know that this is Wordpress Hello World post
Anyway, this CarPC blog will pretty much be talking about Carpc or carputer or computer car or whatever you want to call a computer installed inside a car or any vehicle.
Thanks for dropping by and I hope this blog will inspire you to wreck modify your car too and install your own Car PC.. imagine a computer powered car! Imagine that.