In Car Pc With Touch Screen

[Paranormal]

Check out this link first for the touch screen -

Lilliput touch screen

What do you guys think? small PC box under the seat 8" touch screen could be used for many applications, wired into aux input into car stereo.

Case http://www.eyo.com.au/details_G-3677BK.html $140

Mainboard and CPU http://www.eyo.com.au/details_B-EPIA-V10000.html uses PC133 ram $193.60

Memory PC133 256MB 168Pins, SDRAM, 8 Chip.http://www.eyo.com.au/details_C-256-H.html $88

Hard drive IDE 2.5" hard drive Fujitsu 20GB http://www.eyo.com.au/details_E-FJ-20-NB.html $118

*”Touch Screen Lilliput http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...bayphotohosting

Approx $450 aus

Total $989 retail prices

Plus probably an Invertor

[Miyagi]

if u indeed have the premium sound it can be wired directly into the AUX for lcd display... I'll be thinkin about this in the future... it would be awesome to have a PC in the car... then I can rig up MP3, DVD/VCD etc, GPS.... oooo

[Scruffman]

seems like a lot of extra money to not use a mouse.

Hasnt someone already hooked up there pc to the ICC

Scruffman

[Miyagi]

yer... there are plenty of basic but effective remote control programs available for the typical o/s... it's just a matter of running a receiver up to the front of the car and pointing a programmed remote at it to negotiate the pc...

[Cashie]

The biggest problem I have with doing this is finding somewhere suitable to mount the screen, where does everyone recommend for us guys without premium sound (bloody utes)?

Also, the case you linked to takes in 12V dc, could be easier to get power than we think.

[geea]

I think in the utes you could mount the screen where the passenger air bag would be.

Geea.

[Cashie]

I think in the utes you could mount the screen where the passenger air bag would be.

Geea.

I know a few have mounted their's where the passenger airbag normally goes, but I would like mine more central.

I saw a car a while back that had his screen where the tissue holder is, has anyone done this? Is it too low to use effectively? Would the Lilliput fit there?

[bkofoed]

I've looked into this a bit too- the lilliput screens aren't as great as you might first think:

High resolution display - up to 1024x768 (HxV) formatted

Supported computer display resolution up to 800 x 600

Dot Resolution: 640 x 3 x 480 dots (1 pixel= R+G+B dots)

Oops- real resolution is 640 x 480- anything higher will be 'blurred' to fit the screen. Tip for the unaware

Rise/Fall time is a tasty 30ms (one of the worst I've seen)

Read more on an Aus distributor site:

http://www.bitdistribution.com.au/

When you consider a Desktop 15" LCD can be had for under $300 (and it runs on 12V anyway with external powerpack) and gives real res of 1024x768 and response time of 16ms, doesn't look so good anymore...

BK

[Paranormal]

Well yeah but the lilliput is a touch screen, if you can find a 15" LCD touch screen for $300 please :-) the other thing is space, with a 15" screen you may as well just sit a laptop on the passengerseat.