Car PC Progress

[Luke M]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

luke you fitting a car PC?

is there no way of controlling them from the PC? ive known people use the parallel port to switch on devices using relays, couldnt you do that?

 

[Luke]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

luke you fitting a car PC?

is there no way of controlling them from the PC? ive known people use the parallel port to switch on devices using relays, couldnt you do that?

Well in essence i can control anything i want with the PC via my USB control interface, but i dont want to tie into that as i dont necessarily plan on having the PC on everytime the car runs - plus i have to wait for it to boot up before opening the windows and still have to work in the controls to the interface.

Think i may look around the scrapyards or something for much smaller switches so they will fit in the console where i would prefer them. Or extend teh console behind the hanbrake and have an armrest with the switches built into the front of that

 

[Luke M]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

what about trying to get a remote system? like adapting a remote central locking kit?

 

[CinquePunto]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Just had a thought... and yeah it hurt

The bravo/a/marea switches look quite cool and come in moulded bits of plastic... you could attach them somehow to the corners of the dash between the speaker grilles and the heater vents...

 

[CinquePunto]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

oh and on the original subject... this is what you really want...

http://www.hustla.one.pl/z%20trasy/audio200405/CarAudio%20Poznan%202004-05-15_16%20-%20Fiat%20Cinquecento%2001.html

 

[Luke]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Always wanted to do a woofer wall! Not in the cinq though

Will have a look into the marea switches

 

[CinquePunto]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Always wanted to do a woofer wall! Not in the cinq though

Will have a look into the marea switches

ah just had another thought - what about making some mini guage pods and fitting them on the A pillars... 2 on drivers side and 1 on passenger side?

EDIT: you said you'd have some practice with fiberglass

 

[chaos]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Always wanted to do a woofer wall! Not in the cinq though

Why not? There's a walled Classic Panda that hit something like 158.x dB

 

[Luke]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

ah just had another thought - what about making some mini guage pods and fitting them on the A pillars... 2 on drivers side and 1 on passenger side?

EDIT: you said you'd have some practice with fiberglass

Now that i like Ive gotta put in a voltmeter and oil pressure guage anyway so would make sense

 

[Luke]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Why not? There's a walled Classic Panda that hit something like 158.x dB

Would make it waaaay too slow - plus i have to leave my car in some nasty areas and a high vis wooferwall would be asking for trouble Bad enough with the computer screen!

I wanna build a woofer floor anyway, somethin a lil different

 

[chaos]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Would make it waaaay too slow - plus i have to leave my car in some nasty areas and a high vis wooferwall would be asking for trouble Bad enough with the computer screen!

I wanna build a woofer floor anyway, somethin a lil different

Fair enough

 

[Luke]

Re: Once a Bassjunkie, Always a Bassjunkie

Finally got my arse in gear today and modded the punto GT console to fit the cinq, and mounted it all. Took alot of cutting and filing to allow the handbrake and gearlever to work without fouling it, and 5 rivnuts in the floor so it can all be bolted down.

Tomorrow i need to measure up the room i have and start planning the case for the PC and screen to sit in, and wire in the relay so i have a nice clean switched live power source. May wire in the car smart PSU too.

Hopefully by the end of the week i may have fully fitted and functional PC

 

[steve1219]

Good work

I cannot be arsed with mine at the mo

Steve

 

[gowdyjames]

So how bigs the generator going to be that your installing in to your car?

That is if you actually want to move anywhere with all the audio equipment fired up

 

[gex18]

So how bigs the generator going to be that your installing in to your car?

Generator? Dont you mean alternator!

Anthony

 

[CinqyAbarth]

surely generator to convert and supply the higher currency that it needs?

 

[Luke]

The PC uses Mini-ITX mainboard and all laptop components. It uses a car smart PSU so gives a constant 90w - so really quite good on power As for the extra weight, again quite minimal as its all tiny stuff