DIY: CARPC or CARPUTER Do it Yourself Guide
I like this write up, im looking into building a car pc for my own car. I got most of it down the only problem i have is the electrical stuff. If you could provide some information of what kind of cable and fuse box you used for the psu to connect to the battery (also where you ran it?) and also how and where did you hook up the car speakers to the pc. Another question i have is i live in houston and it tends to get to 100 degrees F so i dont think the pc might survive in the trunk. Any ideas?
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UPDATE:
1. I tried grounding everything that is mobo and psu at different places on my chasis but nothing helped. The strange thing is that in the process i accidentally ran my computer without a wire attached to m2-atx psu and the computer was working okay? How can psu run without grounding this is really strange for me.
2. I connected my speakers with my ipod and there was no distortion.
3. I connected my mobo with a headphones and again there was no distortion.
I will try to find a good ground loop isolator here and see where things go from there.
1. I tried grounding everything that is mobo and psu at different places on my chasis but nothing helped. The strange thing is that in the process i accidentally ran my computer without a wire attached to m2-atx psu and the computer was working okay? How can psu run without grounding this is really strange for me.
2. I connected my speakers with my ipod and there was no distortion.
3. I connected my mobo with a headphones and again there was no distortion.
I will try to find a good ground loop isolator here and see where things go from there.
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CARPC or CARPUTER Do it Yourself Guide
Building a carputer the most difficult, expensive and rewarding do-it-yourself (DIY) projects I have ever completed. If you own a car manufactured in the last 20 years, the chances are it has a specialized computer inside - the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is a computer which originally only controlled fuel injection. In today’s cars, the ECU is responsible for more than just controlling the powertrain. Many standard features of cars produced today are monitored by the ECU, including emissions control, fuel saving, airbags, ABS braking systems, climate control, and many more. In a few short weeks I’ve found it to be the best investment I have made in my car. On the surface, the idea is simple, just take a computer put it in the car. In reality, it is several times more difficult than installing a car alarm or replacing a factory head unit with an aftermarket radio. Before you start, you need to ask yourself six quest
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Does anyone know if it is possible to connect the stock GPS receiver to a Car Computer? I've got everything now and am almost ready to install. Bench tests are complete, now I just have to take it all apart... yeah... lol
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Another cheasy question, is there a PIE module for hooking up to TAPE\MD button on head unit? I search and all I find is info on how to mod and solder a tape deck mod and I'd prefer not to go that route. Was hoping for a simple PIE type connector that I can just link into the back of the head unit and then run the audio from the CarPC to. I start the install this weekend.
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As nowadays we mostly use my wife's car for our commute to and from office (as i don't let her drive my beloved rx8) so I am going for a second carpc yayyy!!!!. The car is called toyota yaris, it is a hatchback and here is a photo of the car
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So can somebody suggest a good speaker set which i can install in this car. I cannot install a subwoffer (as obviously this is my wife's car) so i am looking for excellent speaker set that is under 200 dollars and can deliver the whole low, mid and high range sound.
Thanks
So can somebody suggest a good speaker set which i can install in this car. I cannot install a subwoffer (as obviously this is my wife's car) so i am looking for excellent speaker set that is under 200 dollars and can deliver the whole low, mid and high range sound.
Thanks
Some of you guys were looking for thse. Hussain finally bugged me enough to get these off the CarPC I bought from alz.
Sorry it took so long...super busy and haven't had any time to screw with the CarPC lately.
If there should be another one that's not here, let me know and I'll go digging for it.
Thanks,
Derek
Sorry it took so long...super busy and haven't had any time to screw with the CarPC lately.
If there should be another one that's not here, let me know and I'll go digging for it.
Thanks,
Derek
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rotary skills you are incredibly unselfish guy...Thankyou so very very much...After 6 months of bugging alzorz and many empty promises by him to post it here, I am glad that you bought the carpc from him and were able to post it here.
THANKYOU SO VERY VERY MUCH.
THANKYOU SO VERY VERY MUCH.
Okay. So I am getting FM interference when my carPC is on. and only when it is on. I ordered a Ground loop isolator, played with grounding spots. Hopefully the GLI fixes it, maybe going to get some ferrite beads, but has anyone else had the issue of the factory HU getting awful radio reception when the PC is on?
The skins get loaded thru a DC utility.