So, after about a year of planning/delaying/collecting parts, I finally bit the bullet and decided to complete this project I dubbed "Driver". Why driver you may ask...its just stupid...my friends just bum of me for a ride here and there and they gave me the nick name driver...any who.
I started to research this project since last year. After considering the many options I wanted for a carPC set up, i tried for the simplest one of all.
I'm using the following:
for the pc, its a VIA Artigo kit. 1GHZ processor and 1 GB ram with an 80GB HD
for power I'm using a M2-ATX. I was going to get an M3 but I heard numerous problems with it so I went with the M2. Only problem is that it wont fit in a artigo kit case..more on that later.
as for the LCD..the usual the 2009 version of the Lilliput 629 GL
Software/Frontend is centrafuse 2.0
Im using an amplified set up..no head unit. My car pc will be my only music source.
there is a radio..Visteon HD unit...not going to connect it for now
and a usb slim cd rom....
The car is a 2006 Nissan Maxima. I had it since 2007. The stock unit is ok, non-bose.
Anyways thats being yanked out.
I had Brian from Nexion creations make me a custom bezel..I didnt feel like I had the talent to make the damn thing. Again, I wanted this as simple looking as possible and close to stock looking as possible...
on the the pictures.
Starting things out...construction time.
Well the M2-ATX compared to an artigo kit...well just look...I had to make my own case for everything. I tried different casings..like an old radio shell and a shell for a very small home amplifier...didnt work..so I had to make my own custom box..out of plexi-glass:
another shot
another:
here is one for size reference:
front:
side:
here is most of the stuff assembled:
(in the back you see an ATX PSU that I was using to test every thing out)
Here is one of the amps I'm putting in MTX 4004:
working on it for a flush looking fit
Here is the screen mounted on the bezel:
here it is mounted on the dash:
another angle:
Linear Mode
