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Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Sunday, April 30, 2006

New and Improved Parts List...

Okay, here's the new parts list, as things have changed a bit. This list will include hardware, software, and misc. other things that will make this thing work.

Hardware:

VIA Mini-itx board
DC-DC Power Supply
512 MB RAM
40GB Notebook Hard Drive
7" Lilliput Touchscreen VGA
Delorme GPS Unit (usb)
Mini Touchpad
Mini Key USB Keyboard (made for Playstation 2)
Packard Bell Fast Access IR Reciever

Software:

Win XP Pro (lite)
Road Runner Front End
Triton Skin
Alpine Skin
CFX Skin
Winamp 2.95
Media Player Classic
Mapmonkey
Mobile Emulator

Misc.

SNES Controller
Mad Catz Double-Sided PS2 Remote
FM Modulator


This list is still in progress, and when finished, it will have screenshots and progress included.

Saturday, April 29, 2006 at Saturday, April 29, 2006

New case in the works...


Here's the new case thats on the way. It's pretty much made for the mini-ITX motherboards in a car environment. It's also set up for a DC to DC power supply and has a ruggedized outter shell. Just what I'm looking for! Except for the $75 price tag (guh) it's a pretty nice little box. Hopefully it'll be everything I'm expecting... if not I'll have to sell it back on eBay! =]

Monday, August 15, 2005 at Monday, August 15, 2005

Front End is Coming Along

Well, Here is the skin I'll be using for Road Runner (the front end I'll be using). This was originally made for another front end called MediaCar. Never used it, but it was supposed to be pretty good. All development for it came to an end, so Road Runner was born in its place. It started as a MediaCar clone, but has become a front end all its own. This skin is called “Alpine” made by MoreMods. Very nice. I had to use the blue skin that was made for MediaCar to replace some files to make it blue. Both front ends are similar enough to one another to allow something like this. Crazy, but it works… so whatever. =]

Sunday, August 07, 2005 at Sunday, August 07, 2005

Almost ready for installation...

Gettin pretty close to that point. I'm having a little trouble with the USB hub.... I think it's a power issue, so I may have to get another hub. Dammit. I'll have to buy a new one and supply power to that as well as the screen, the computer, and the FM modulator. Hope my battery and alternator can handle all this. If not, I'll have to get new ones. As for finishing touches, I've almost got the remote control function working the way it should. Just gotta map all the remote buttons to their correct functions. I'll have to go into detail on each part soon so it's all documented.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Parts List

Hardware

Software

This is it as far as I can remember...

Monday, July 18, 2005 at Monday, July 18, 2005

My Car MP3 Player

Okay, let me start with saying that this is by far the longest project I have been working on. Due to lack of funds for quite a while, this was nothing more than a thought for a long long time. Now, however, it is finally comming to an end. I am about 75% done on every part. Hardware, software, installation... okay maybe not that last part, but most of this thing is done. New ideas and new technology has changed this thing over the years (about 5 years) but it's been for the better. I'll have everything posted here from parts I used, to software setups, to tried and failed ideas. Kepp checking back for updates!