"Patrick Nichols" (pnichols)
09/08/2015 at 14:00 • Filed to: None
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Calling any programmers on Oppo, can you create a touch screen focused OS for this to be put into a car?
Things it would need: Bluetooth connectivity for calls, music, and pandora; google maps mirroring capability or stand alone in combination with a usb modem; OBDII connectivity and diagnostics; track time splits.
Things it should not have: tinder/facebook/twitter/insta functionality. Any hvac or ride height controls.
Wacko
> Patrick Nichols
09/08/2015 at 14:01 |
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ah the carputer
Nibby
> Patrick Nichols
09/08/2015 at 14:07 |
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Let’s see how long it takes for some moron to get in a car crash for watching movies/TV/porn while driving with this thing installed.
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Patrick Nichols
> Nibby
09/08/2015 at 14:15 |
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That’s what’s appealing to me in this. It could be designed and implemented relatively cheaply to have a simple UI with intuitive controls and not all the gimmicky crap that are on most head units.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Patrick Nichols
09/08/2015 at 14:32 |
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Calling any programmers on Oppo, can you create a touch screen focused OS for this to be put into a car?
Yeah, it’s called “Install Android on Raspberry Pi”. Assuming you can get accelerated graphics on the Raspberry Pi Touch, and have a working hardware accelerated driver for it.
If I didn’t have a day job, and a stipend, and could get a Ph.D for doing it, I would.
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KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Patrick Nichols
09/08/2015 at 14:40 |
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Also, as I cannot edit the previous reply...
Why not an Intel NUC? You are more likely to get decent compute power, can still likely be driven off a DC-DC converter, and still can use a touchscreen.
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Patrick Nichols
> KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
09/08/2015 at 14:45 |
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Because they’re more expensive with less forum support and OS images around.
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KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Patrick Nichols
09/08/2015 at 15:03 |
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Still less expensive than a 2DIN Nav system. Also, driver support is much improved with the Intel boards than the early Raspberry Pi without some of the daugherboards (If you are using Android, you have to have HW acceleration for graphics).
If you are willing to roll your own Android build, then that’s the way to go, especially if you want to find a way to support Android Auto or similar.
For other types of work, I’d use a NUC. Say, in a motorhome...
Übel
> Nibby
09/08/2015 at 15:22 |
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There are already a pretty big crop of aftermarket stereos that allow this. Like, a lot.
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Übel
> Patrick Nichols
09/08/2015 at 15:23 |
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Well aren’t I glad I didn’t buy the PiTFT. Plus, this is the perfect excuse to upgrade to an RPi II from my 2nd-Gen Model B.