[ale] distro for carputer

[Philip Polstra]

What I'm looking to do is a little different from what Chris is doing at
Dashwerx.

I'm really putting a computer in my car (actually a van), then integrating
it with the vehicle.  I'm putting this in a 1990 Mazda MPV, which doesn't
have much to integrate with.  This is mostly for fun, and to watch movies,
and to play some MP3's.  I might also use this as a mobile command center
for my flight school if I get the Internet access setup.  That way I could
handle flying out of airports other than the one where my school is located.

For input, I have a small keyboard with a glidepad I bought for $60 at
Microcenter.  I think it will do nicely.

The CPU will be between the two front seats, and I am going to mount the
display so I can either use it while not driving from the front, or have it
pointed toward the back for my daughter to watch movies and such.

On 2/5/06, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
>
> aaron wrote:
> > You might want to scope out the DashWerks site.
> > < http://www.dashwerks.com >
> > < http://www.dashwerks.com/wares.html >
> >
> > It is a car-puter project site of an ALE member in the Atlanta area and
> > may offer some advice or references. They sell a nice little startup /
> > shutdown hardware controller device there, too.
> >
> > They also advertise a couple of O'Reilly books on the subject,
> > and I especially like the title of "Geek My Ride" !
>
> I've been toying with this idea as well.  I'd like to have voice
> recognition via bluetooth headset.  I don't know how viable that is, but
> I'm slowly looking into it.
>
> I'm thinking of clustering a number of old laptops.  This is a
> distinctly different direction then dashwerks, as I recall, he used a
> low power motherboard.  The touch screen devices are pretty expensive,
> plus I don't have much space for one, 6x4, maybe 8x4.
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
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