Often times we get carried away with visioning completion, and neglect to address minor flaws. We deal with these blemishes as they do no impact any function. But every time you reach across to change the song or reroute your destination, that little irregularity stares right back at you. It might even haunt your dreams. There is no sense in losing sleep over this, it is just going to require a little extra sanding, filler or paint. You could have prevented it from the start with a little extra diligence. Crafting a bezel is an art and not everyone can be like Matisse (or TurboCad). It’s not always about perfection and achieving that “factory look” but having a vision and making it real.



Tips:

-Plan Ahead

-Measure twice, cut once

-Always have lots of sandpaper on hand

-Let it dry/cure

-Consider a backup plan

Here are my Fav 3 custom fab jobs, these guys really dedicated a lot of time an effort to acheive the perfect dash:

Monkeyracer - Great example of how time and dedication really pays off when it is all said and done. Also the author of a few RoadRunner skins.

TurboCad - I consider TurboCad Mp3Car’s grandfather of fabrication. He has done some really amazing work, and been around for a while too.

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...all-built.html - This guy went a slightly different route, none the less, really took time plan everything out.



What are your top three fab jobs? Post them here! In the Mp3Car Blog Talk section

Check out the Fabrication forum for more tips and inspiration.

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Kev wanted a complete system that was free, did everything that you would want in the car, and did it well. Ideas were passed around in the Mp3Car Linux forum about starting a distro that was small, quick and included only the software and drivers you wanted to run in the car; thus, LinuxICE was born.

linice_desktop.pngEubey was the guy that really kick started it. He chose the name "LinuxICE" and currently does all the graphics for it. Kev quickly jumped on the bandwagon. Others then followed. The LinuxICE + nGhost projects combined, have almost 15 contributors including graphics artists, testers and developers.

LinuxICE is very young (still in its Beta stages) and cannot be compared directly to any Windows based solutions, though it is maturing quickly. LinuxICE is an attractive alternative for commercial system developers and others who are looking for an alternative to paying the “Microsoft Tax”. It has become the showpeice of the OpenICE platform (an initiative to standardize Car Entertainment/Infotainment and provide a framework for building your own system from the ground up... see http://openice.org for details).

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Moblin , LinuxICE’s closest kin, is an interesting beast. It is backed by Intel and stretches its reach from Internet tablets to the car. It has similar goals and is backed by commercial companies. Because Moblin is also open-source, components from each project benefit each other. Moblin is not considered so much as competition but more of a symbiosis; both contribute to car infotainment for the benefit of the user.

As with any open-source application, community support pushes quicker development and an overall better product. Kev informs me that they plan to release nGhost 2.0.2 on Friday. Here is a short clip of some new features in the next release of LinuxICE (Beta4) produced by kantlivelong. I strongly encourage anyone who has an interest in this project to give it a try. Provide some feedback or write or some code.

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Forum member AvWuff has come up with an interesting solution to adding phone support to a CarPC . Handsfree bluetooth is a touchy subject when it comes to car computers. There are so many complications. Software support only seems to work half the time (if at all). Limiting factors include: Phone manufacturer, Bluetooth stack, Bluetooth hardware, Microphone, Sound card, echo cancellation, frontend integration… the list really could go on for a while. Meanwhile AvWuff, dissatisfied with software based solution, went a slightly different route.

Using a Parrot Ck3000 evolution, an Adruino board and some other odds and ends, Av hacked together a new system to interface with his custom home-brew software. He took apart the Parrot device and soldered some wires on for relay control. Using the Parrot mute box, he used the speaker outputs to connect to the Adruino board to determine the state of the bluetooth and trigger commands on the computer. Though not as intuitive as the software, this rendition works. Read on to see the pros and cons.



The left three relays are controlled by the Arduino and are To get the full explanation, read up on it here . Or check out his project page. If you're interested in this, I highly recommend you drop by Av's website to see some other stuff he has worked on. www.avbrand.com

Thanks Av for contribution!



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