I've finally started working on my first full-blown endeavor into my carpc.
The parts:
Lilliput 7" TFT Touchscreen (front)
2 Lilliput 7" non-VGA monitors (rear)
Old small PC case
Epia or some other low power pc
USB in the center console for whatever external sources (ipod, etc.)
6.1 surround sound
Alpine (or something else) head unit.
I'm an old fart, stuck on broadcast radio - for now. I like the local stations, but I'm just getting tired of continually having to recharge my mp3 player and never having the music on it that I want. Both my daughters have ipods, and they would like to be able to play stuff through the car radio. I know there are simpler ways of doing that, but I'm just looking for an excuse to put a carpc into my ride.
I know I'm a long way off from completing this, but I wanted to put something up to get me motivated to really get this project going. I've been planning this for about a year now, and I think I've finally gotten enough together to actually proceed. I don't want to hack up my headrests, so the rear screens will be mounted on brackets on the headrest rails so I can remove them if necessary. The car has an alarm, and I keep the car in a garage at home and work, and don't really drive it anywhere I'd leave it alone for too long.
So far, I've only actually gotten one thing started - the location for my 7" touchscreen:
I'll post more pics as I do the work, which will be a trickle until it gets a little nicer out.