CAR PC FOR FORD PUMA?

[puma89]

Been thinking of a car pc for the ford puma has any one added one?
The 6000CD is a 1,5DIN right?

I am thinking of adding a 1 din car pc.

I found a old tread by googling http://forums.fluxmedia.net/project-forums/921-ford-puma-carpc.html


I am thinking of this one for 680dollar
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-g...h-GPS-WIN-XP-UNIVERSAL-MODEL-wholesalers.html

 

[luke]

build one and stick it in the boot/under your seat and hook it up to a pop out screen.
youll get a far more powerful computer for your money + i think the hole is something daft like 1.8din or something.

 

[Neil]

I'd invest in a bloody good alarm after installing that lot!

 

[pumadad2010]

good idea and would be very usefull to fit a pc but it would be easier to buy a notebook approx £200 and mount it to your dash with velcro

with normal satnav/dvd sytems is it possible to connect iphone and view stuff via satnav/dvd screen?

 

[puma89]

build one and stick it in the boot/under your seat and hook it up to a pop out screen.
youll get a far more powerful computer for your money + i think the hole is something daft like 1.8din or something.

Yeap good point there

 

[mort666]

if you are building your own just be careful with component choice. you can get stuff which is more hard wearing against vibrations and some specific components for car PCs too

Good place to start would be here:

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/CarPC_Shop.html

 

[puma89]

Thanks I will check them out.
Yeap the components must be special designed for cars.

Heat/cold
Vibration
shock
voltage dropping
small
fast booting time.

I will try to get a list of parts.

 

[warrenpenalver]

Id like a nice automonous hidden car pc which i can put several cameras and datalogging to as a recording system. I remember we used to have some really cool micro PC's onboard ship for machinery control. About half DIN sized. No screen or nothing as you just plug one in when needed.

 

[mort666]

you should be able to build a very small one if you use a miniITX or picoITX format although it won't be mega fast

 

[puma89]

Two pictures found on the internet its taken from another ford puma.

 

[puma89]

you should be able to build a very small one if you use a miniITX or picoITX format although it won't be mega fast

Very small I like it, see they sell some carpc kits too.

 

[puma89]

good idea and would be very usefull to fit a pc but it would be easier to buy a notebook approx £200 and mount it to your dash with velcro

with normal satnav/dvd sytems is it possible to connect iphone and view stuff via satnav/dvd screen?

Yeap.
but having a pc with XP gives you so many cool extra updates.
Like add a cool driving computer software. Mic voice commands. and so on.
But you get a lot for the money by just adding a DVD,sat system.

 

[puma89]

OFF TOIPIC

http://www.onvon.com/visor-with-inch-with-p-6259.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; kind of cool for 60dollar +35dollar ship UK

 

[Scotty1.7]

Thats actually good value i think- it works out at about £65 quid delivber for one from the states.

Good find there, for people who jus want a dvd player

 

[puma89]

Here is my list of parts:

Lilliput 629GL-70NP/C/T 7 inch Touchscreen monitor
[629GL-70NPCT]
http://www.onvon.com/lilliput-629gl70npct-inch-touchscreen-monitor-p-7842.html

Price 150 dollar




D945GSEJT Intel Mini-ITX board -Fanless , 2gb Max, 1.6Ghz Atom, sata, 12v

Major Brand 2GB DDR2 SODIMM PC2-5300

Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN - Network adapter - PCI Express Mini Card - 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n

214dollar


M2-ATX 160W Intelligent DC-DC PSU

64 dollar


Kingston V-Series 64GB SATA2 SSD 2.5" Hard Drive

139 dollar

BU-353 Weather-proof GPS Receiver

35 dollar

DC-Powered 4-Port USB Hub CNX-P5USB (12v and 24v systems)

85dollar

ElmScan Compact 5 USB OBD-II by ScanTool

http://store.mp3car.com/v/vspfiles/photos/COM-101-2T.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

45dollar

Joycon EX Steering Wheel Control PC Interface

39dollar

Silver Double Din ABS Frame For Lilliput 629-GL or EYB-701

28dollar

M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure by Mini-Box

40dollar

 

[mort666]

although it would be a fair bit more money a SSD (solid state drive) would handle the vibrations from the car much better. All depends on your budget though as they aint cheap if you want a lot of storage

 

[puma89]

Good point mort666,
I edit my list and updated with a SSD as you recommended.
I chose Kingston 64GB its up for 139dollar on ebay.

 

[clarkie]

thats over 500 quid im sure you can just buy one for less or the same price with a working guarantee.

 

[puma89]

A car pc with the same speck cost 700-800 build by the fabric, 200-300 its alot I think, most parts comes with 2 years warranty anyway. But I will be looking for alternative cuts if possible. Gonna update my list. Hope to go under 500 thats a great price since I dont have a gps before.

Here is a similar one but here they have used a normal hardriver not SSD.
http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1456.html