brycebba
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I installed a backup camera last week and used a monitor that is built into a rear view mirror and quickly realized that the screen was too small for my liking and when the screen was off the mirror made cars look like they were riding me and there was no perspective. I started looking into a monitor to possibly mount in some kind of pod on top of the dash which then seemed like a waste of a screen when I wasnt in reverse or activating the backup camera manually via the switch. This only left me with one option, to build a carputer and mount a touchscreen to control it in my stereo hole.
I have a few options for configuration.
Option 1: Mount the 7 inch touchscreen in the current stock sized stereo hole which will make me lose a little real estate of the 7 inch screen behind the hole but it wouldnt be much. This would allow me to keep my hvac controls in their same place and I dont have to get rid of my recent brake controller setup in my cd pocket that I spent a lot of time on.
Option 2: Move the HVAC controls down to where the cd pocket is which will get rid of that brake controller and then I will have all the space I need but will require a lot of body working the dash and painting that whole dark grey insert.
Option 3: Move the HVAC controls out of that area to somewhere else and keep my alpine head unit but move it to the bottom and put the touchscreen above it so that I just run the audio from the computer through my stereo vs. buying an amp for the output from the computer to drive the speakers and send signal to the amp for my subs.
I am leaning towards option 1 mainly due to time which I have little of. Im going to use all of the setup this guy uses except I would also add a bluetooth module so that I can connect my phone as well as a mini keyboard remote for passengers to use http://engineering-diy.blogspot.com/2014/04/raspberry-pi-carpc-april-2014-updates.html?m=1
It would be pretty slick but maybe Im sold on the novelty and it isnt worth the work haha. Maybe I could find someone who has written code for voice control because I really wouldnt want to have to learn python to do that myself... The more I type all of this out, the more I think ummmmm......maybe there are better things to spend money on.......
I have a few options for configuration.
Option 1: Mount the 7 inch touchscreen in the current stock sized stereo hole which will make me lose a little real estate of the 7 inch screen behind the hole but it wouldnt be much. This would allow me to keep my hvac controls in their same place and I dont have to get rid of my recent brake controller setup in my cd pocket that I spent a lot of time on.
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Option 2: Move the HVAC controls down to where the cd pocket is which will get rid of that brake controller and then I will have all the space I need but will require a lot of body working the dash and painting that whole dark grey insert.
Option 3: Move the HVAC controls out of that area to somewhere else and keep my alpine head unit but move it to the bottom and put the touchscreen above it so that I just run the audio from the computer through my stereo vs. buying an amp for the output from the computer to drive the speakers and send signal to the amp for my subs.
I am leaning towards option 1 mainly due to time which I have little of. Im going to use all of the setup this guy uses except I would also add a bluetooth module so that I can connect my phone as well as a mini keyboard remote for passengers to use http://engineering-diy.blogspot.com/2014/04/raspberry-pi-carpc-april-2014-updates.html?m=1
It would be pretty slick but maybe Im sold on the novelty and it isnt worth the work haha. Maybe I could find someone who has written code for voice control because I really wouldnt want to have to learn python to do that myself... The more I type all of this out, the more I think ummmmm......maybe there are better things to spend money on.......
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