Thread: 99 Civic 4DR Sedan, 7" touchscreen D945GCLF2 console carputer (FOR SALE)

Unit is for sale, please check post #38 on 4th page

Hello guys, it is my second Carputer
Actually I have done my first Carputer in 5 and half years ago, but I never post it in here, you can check it from my blog (forget the texts, picture tells all)
It was installed on my Civic 4DR Sedan.

Section 1, monitor
Section 2, console
Section 3, assembly

Five years ago, ITX board and 7" VGA touchscreen were way too expensive, so I used large LCD and put motherboard in trunk.
Now, D945GCLF2 is dam so cheap, so, it is the time for my second Carputer.

The project is mainly on building the case. It took me a month to complete the whole thing.


My first 5 years old Carputer console v.s. D945GCLF2.


D945GCLF2, Atom N330 dual core, 945GC Chipset, 2 SATA, Gigabyte LAN, Realtek ALC662 Audio chipset, VGA/S-Video out.


Remove all heatsinks


Replace chipset's heatsink with larger one


7" Lilliput 629GL-70NP touchscreen


Aparting for screen and controller board.


Wi-Fi wireless card PCI version


iPhone silicone case, $0.10 from ebay.....


Working on the case, using 1/16 (.063) thinness aluminum sheet


L shape aluminum for pieces joint


It can just fit a ITX board (18cm width, or 7")


Backplate of the case. For further motherboard upgrade, the backplate can use a standard motherboard I/O shield.


Sample power controller. relay for the power and IGN signal, spike filter, and standby signal for COM port.


Components placement


Working on central isolation


Air flows from top of the case to the motherboard then flows from the bottom layer to the upper layer, through the hard drive then out.


Top view, air blows on all major heatsinks.


Rear view of the case


Wi-Fi Wireless card just fits


Connector fits well


Rework cables for the power supply. The unit in the picture is picoPSU-120, but actually replaced by picoPSU M3-ATX.


Right length cable saves space


Trying to mount the LCD panel


Boot up test


Front panel


Infrared for Lilliput 629GL-70NP remote on the top, power and other buttons, USB ports.


Rework SATA cables


Same thing, Right length cable saves space. Patriot 32GB SSD on bottom, and Seagate 160GB 7200.2 SATA Hard Drive on top.


Mount the platter hard drive in floating with silicone (cut from iPhone silicon case)


Assemble everything


Performance test


SSD benchmark on the left, 160GB SATA HDD benchmark on the right.


Put on top cover, all done


12V 3A input, total 36W max.


Rear of the case, alternate input for video on top left, master power switch and harness in the middle


Using RoadRunner + LSX VOID 3.0 + iGuidance 4


Installing into my Civic console


Same old car.....


Closer view


dam squirrel is watching me all the time when I was working on my Carputer

I also have a bluetooth stick installed inside the Carputer, so it is phone headset free capable.

If you want to look larget photos, you may want to look them in my blog (click on photos for larger one)
http://cknetstudio.com/Main.php?id=85

Thanks for viewing!