smallest pc for the car?

[LegoHead]

What is the smallest pc you can fit in a car?

 

[BenWall]

a mini one. Rob did it off this site, cant remember his exact name but its rob_(something) i think, have a seach hes got loadsa photos etc.

 

[LegoHead]

Saw that, but want something smaller. just to run a single program for data measurement and video output.

 

[Has]

Daz had one in his mk1 clio.

Was the smallest ive seen to date.

 

[BenWall]

Saw that, but want something smaller. just to run a single program for data measurement and video output.

Could a PDA do it? Just a thought.

 

[furry_cup]

my friends got an acer, pretty small and flat, dual core jobby, looks nice smaller than a dvd player, quite cheap too

 

[LegoHead]

Saw that, but want something smaller. just to run a single program for data measurement and video output.

Could a PDA do it? Just a thought.

maybe, but not sure I can run the software on a pda. Plan on programming using Labview.

It needs video output whatever i use.

 

[jjoe90]

pc in your car,
errr, go to a corner and have a word with your self

 

[LegoHead]

pc in your car,
errr, go to a corner and have a word with your self

err pc off. Most cars have computers....

 

[jjoe90]

ye not ones that require a 17" monitor.

 

[Mells]

pc in your car,
errr, go to a corner and have a word with your self

lol, I was thinking the same thing.

You could build your own. I remember years ago some uber geeks managed to get a PC into a pizza box.

If you specced your own PC and used a flash hdd, onboard everything the pc needs to be no bigger than the mboard.

 

[Mells]

pc in your car,
errr, go to a corner and have a word with your self

lol, I was thinking the same thing.

You could build your own. I remember years ago some uber geeks managed to get a PC into a pizza box.

If you specced your own PC and used a flash hdd, onboard everything the pc needs to be no bigger than the mboard.

Even better idea. What about a Mac mini. £399 and pretty decent. Use an emulator to run your windoze software on it or get rid of mac os and put ubuntu on it with wine to emulate windows.

 

[jjoe90]

or just get a gf haha

 

[David]

don't listen to them losers mate. Look into a shuttle or something like that, you can gte very small form factors these days. look at kustompcs.co.uk or google it, can't remember the web addy.

 

[jjoe90]

losers haha, in the words of peter kay, "Have you ever kissed a girl."

 

[David]

of course not! i'm too busy enjoying a media centre inside my car with all my music, games, movies and tv shows on hand at the touch of a button, who has time for girls....except for the p**n i also keep on there...

 

[jjoe90]

haha cracking, can't argue with that,

 

[KDF]

If it were me.

Mac Mini + startup circut + Linux + www.dashpc.com

 

[sargey]

What about this one?

http://www.plasticbamboo.com/2007/05/09/gameboy-xp-pc/

 

[BrianR]

Toshiba Libretto,

I have one I use when I'm travelling, it's a full PC about the size of a paperback book.

 

[b3nje]

lmao 21" CRT monitor plugged into dash!

 

[BenWall]

this looks puka

 

[Rich_M]

thats cool as out ...

 

[Tom]

Toshiba Libretto,

I have one I use when I'm travelling, it's a full PC about the size of a paperback book.

View attachment 19330

I have a VAIO C1XD

I win.

 

[BrianR]

Toshiba Libretto,

I have one I use when I'm travelling, it's a full PC about the size of a paperback book.

View attachment 19330

I have a VAIO C1XD

I win.

But mine cost £60.......:rasp:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOSHIBA-LIBRE...goryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[sn00p]

My car stereo runs linux. Boots from cold to playback in about 5 seconds. Got 2 laptop harddrives in it and is standard DIN mounting (but no onboard amps)

Embedded systems rule.

 

[spirez]

My mate is using a mini mac with a seperate touch screen unit.

 

[spirez]

My car stereo runs linux. Boots from cold to playback in about 5 seconds. Got 2 laptop harddrives in it and is standard DIN mounting (but no onboard amps)

Embedded systems rule.

Got any pics? Sounds interesting!

 

[Munson]

pc in your car,
errr, go to a corner and have a word with your self

Replying to threads that don't ineterest you,
err, go to a corner and have a word with yourself



I've got a tiny Sony Vaio TX3. Would that not be a good platform to start from?

 

[TheCake]

Samsung Q1 is very small and runs Windows XP Tablet Edition making it full touch screen etc

 

[sn00p]

My car stereo runs linux. Boots from cold to playback in about 5 seconds. Got 2 laptop harddrives in it and is standard DIN mounting (but no onboard amps)

Embedded systems rule.

Got any pics? Sounds interesting!

www.riocar.org

They're not made anymore, but I've not seen anything that matches it ever.

 

[KDF]

My car stereo runs linux. Boots from cold to playback in about 5 seconds. Got 2 laptop harddrives in it and is standard DIN mounting (but no onboard amps)

Embedded systems rule.

*Jelous*

 

[lanky]

this looks puka

LHD i'm guessing? Oh didn't see the trunk bit aswell. I was bassing my theory on the side of the window controls.

My car stereo runs linux. Boots from cold to playback in about 5 seconds. Got 2 laptop harddrives in it and is standard DIN mounting (but no onboard amps)

Embedded systems rule.

Sounds like the mutts nuts.

 

[Mike_182]

NanoITX.

http://linitx.com/product_info.php?cPath=12_129&products_id=923

 

[Harry_manback]

someone from here had a pc built in thier spare wheel well, with a small wide screen monitor on the dash.

looked nice.
all the SCADA screens looks nice but its getting the pc to activate the outputs to do what u want thats gonna be hard.
if you just want tunes it will be easy.

i can do those sorts of screens at work bt we use them to control plant and get temps/flow/level feedback for the operators etc.

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Another one that is quite neat but also quite expensive is Karputer.

 

[Daz]

The screen I used was a Widescreen 7" Touchscreen VGA. Crystal clear. If you want to buy it, make me an offer It's not being used any more.

I had a Mini ITX box in the back with an Opus PSU. The Opus PSU was awesome cus' it turned off and on properly with the ignition (as in, hibernated when I turned ignition off, and booted when I turned ignition on). It also didn't drop power on engine start like an inverter does.

Was pretty cool. Just ran XP on mine.. used it for sat nav and DVD's. No keyboard or mouse as it had a touchscreen, so just used the onscreen keyboard if I needed to type anything.

August 2003 mine was running.. long time ago! Had to import it all (Screen and PSU) as nothing like that was over here at the time.. damn expensive too!.