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But how is what Im asking??
And as OP said, Ill also be powering an AppleTV, Router, EXTHDD, LCD Screen..
And as OP said, Ill also be powering an AppleTV, Router, EXTHDD, LCD Screen..
Car Computer - AppleTv, Wireless, Laptop
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This seems like a lot of components to achieve an in-car pc.
What is your perceived use as an in car entertainment solution?
Extra battery plus all that kit is going to add some weight and a few of the components are quite bulky too, what car are you fitting this too?
What is your perceived use as an in car entertainment solution?
Extra battery plus all that kit is going to add some weight and a few of the components are quite bulky too, what car are you fitting this too?
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get a car plug inverter and wire it in behind your dash, use the standard netbook power supply?
Run a new live from your battery with an inline fuse, or take a feed from the fuse box - then have the screen etc running from the existing stereo power (obviously you'll have to check the loading of the components for that)
Run a new live from your battery with an inline fuse, or take a feed from the fuse box - then have the screen etc running from the existing stereo power (obviously you'll have to check the loading of the components for that)
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Going into my bmw e36..
Id build all the components into the boot (except the lcd which would be in the dash obviously)
Apple tv would be in there for the majority of the use.. music, movies etc.. Also, to mirror iphones/ipads straight onto the screen which would be amazing to do on road trips and bits.
Laptop I want in there to have access to the internet via 3g, satnav, webcams etc.. basically just everything else and ill setup some car pc software on there too.. just to do anything and everything I cant with the apple tv.. or just better.
Router to make an internal wireless network which I would get the NAS Drive to hook up to so accessible from laptop, appletv, iphones etc.
But I just don't know the best way to power it all, and how to get it all to turn on with ignition??
Id build all the components into the boot (except the lcd which would be in the dash obviously)
Apple tv would be in there for the majority of the use.. music, movies etc.. Also, to mirror iphones/ipads straight onto the screen which would be amazing to do on road trips and bits.
Laptop I want in there to have access to the internet via 3g, satnav, webcams etc.. basically just everything else and ill setup some car pc software on there too.. just to do anything and everything I cant with the apple tv.. or just better.
Router to make an internal wireless network which I would get the NAS Drive to hook up to so accessible from laptop, appletv, iphones etc.
But I just don't know the best way to power it all, and how to get it all to turn on with ignition??
You are over engineering this. WiFi, NAS, in a car? WHY?
Use a large USB Flash Drive for storage and SSD for boot if you MUST go with s built system. You do not want a SINGLE HDD platter in a car.
Buy something suitable. Smart phones, Tablets etc are MORE than powerful enough these days to do 100% of the tasks you would need while in a car. Buy an Android tablet and customise it or an x86 one with a Windows/Mac build on it.
Chances are 99% of the time you will not use half of the stuff you put into the car and really, is over-engineering everything worth it for the tiny benefit it brings over a decent 10 inch tablet? Doubt it.
Use a large USB Flash Drive for storage and SSD for boot if you MUST go with s built system. You do not want a SINGLE HDD platter in a car.
Buy something suitable. Smart phones, Tablets etc are MORE than powerful enough these days to do 100% of the tasks you would need while in a car. Buy an Android tablet and customise it or an x86 one with a Windows/Mac build on it.
Chances are 99% of the time you will not use half of the stuff you put into the car and really, is over-engineering everything worth it for the tiny benefit it brings over a decent 10 inch tablet? Doubt it.
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Use a USB dongle for 3g, share the connection via the wifi built into the netbook.
As above, solid state all the way, I also don't see the need for half this kit when you consider tablets etc.
As above, solid state all the way, I also don't see the need for half this kit when you consider tablets etc.
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Wifi = Wireless network in car. I want to be able to stream things from iphones/ipad to the screen, including video.
Nas = So everything can access it. Linked up to wifi and outside the house, I can then wirelessly sync things to it.
Large usb stick? no. Not enough storage space for hundreds gb worth of music and movies.
Platters on HDD - Yes i can understand this.. but, Im not short of large spare harddrives, and ill build it pretty well to absorb most force going through it.
Ill be building in a touchscreen lcd to the dash. I do not want a tablet.
Nas = So everything can access it. Linked up to wifi and outside the house, I can then wirelessly sync things to it.
Large usb stick? no. Not enough storage space for hundreds gb worth of music and movies.
Platters on HDD - Yes i can understand this.. but, Im not short of large spare harddrives, and ill build it pretty well to absorb most force going through it.
Ill be building in a touchscreen lcd to the dash. I do not want a tablet.
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Yeah I've got something similar, as soon as I park up on the drive my home network detects the car's wireless NIC. The router automatically does an rexec to sync up the home and car NASs together.
However large gigabyte files are not synced up due to the lack of bandwidth over wireless so what happens is that null pointers are left on the car and appear as a warning message on the dash to connect up gigabit. Once connected a full sync happens and usually takes around 15 minutes
System is full of win
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Yeah I've got something similar, as soon as I park up on the drive my home network detects the car's wireless NIC. The router automatically does an rexec to sync up the home and car NASs together.
However large gigabyte files are not synced up due to the lack of bandwidth over wireless so what happens is that null pointers are left on the car and appear as a warning message on the dash to connect up gigabit. Once connected a full sync happens and usually takes around 15 minutes
System is full of win
Exactly! - Once it be working.. it would be amazing!..
How do you power yours???
Yeah thanks Bitslice, posted on there other night aswell.. just need asmuch info as possible!
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Lots and lots of extension cables.
Or maybe a DC-DC psu.
Or maybe a DC-DC psu.
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I'm using an Adroid tablet for much the same, but without the need for terrabytes of data.
I'm finding 32Gb is fine as it is easy enough to rotate the videos.
I'm finding 32Gb is fine as it is easy enough to rotate the videos.
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When I've got this all built and running.. You will all be in awe.