HTPC in my truck! (Pics Inside)

[Sexual Chocolate]

My home HTPC has been running smoothly for over a year now, so rather than monkey with it, I put a system in my truck..

We removed the stock radio and fiberglassed in a 7" Touchscreen VGA LCD

The PC is located in the armrest between the seats. Mini ITX Case with intergrated sound/video.

Custom fiberglass console was created for the radio since I didnt want to give up my new Alpine HU.

IR sensor was mounted above the rear view mirror.

 

[nuclearfly]

Damn... that is quality work you are doing there. I like how you fiber'd in everything, but what if the touchscreen goes out?

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

Honestly, I always use the remote and RARELY the touchscreen.. granted the CD pics are big, when youre driving down the road its easier to use the remote than touch the screen.

 

[hound]

Really nice work, very smooth.

 

[Canon]

Wow, that looks amazing man. Congrats on a very nice system.

 

[IDversusEGO]

nice work.

I wanted to do something like that for a while, but it is more $$ than I can manage to get from the wife at one time.

 

[1c3d0g]

Woah! That's awesome!

 

[undeadsac]

where are the pics? Sounds neat

 

[kleptophobiac]

How do you go about making those custom moldings? What exactly is this amazing fiberglassing?

 

[valve1138]

Holy crap dude! Thats !

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

where are the pics? Sounds neat

They seem to be showing up ok for me, try visiting www.domainofpain.net/Truck2 or HERE

For a picture of what the dash looked like before the LCD was fiberglassed in, it looked like this.

 

[CrimandEvil]

Thats freak'n awesome man. Whats the specs?

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

Via Epia M10000 (1ghz) , 1gb ram, 60gb 5400 laptop HD, slim DVD+RW. I use the onboard video and sound. I have a USB hub in the glovebox that has a USB wireless g network adapter, and a USB GPS adapter.

 

[HereticX]

How are you powering the pc?

 

[kleptophobiac]

I would assume an inverter... possibly a solid state DC-DC converter

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

DC-DC power supply

http://www.opussolutions.com/

The beauty of these power supplies is that the can detect when the truck is being cranked and regulate the power so that the PC doesnt turn off. Also when you turn the truck off it starts pulling power directly from the battery in order to do a safe shut down.

The power supplies are configurable.. the way mine is set is to wait 15 seconds for the car to be cranked back up, if it isnt, then it proceeds to do a safe shut down. If the PC isnt shutdown within 45 seconds it will turn off all power.

You can even configure them to run your PC from battery power until the voltage of the battery drops to a certain level.

 

[kleptophobiac]

That's one slick power supply, may I ask where you purchased one?

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

http://www.mp3car.com/store/index.php?cPath=21&osCsid=92cb9d70fed000f6793266a3a94c026c


I have the M1-ATX (90w) , not bad for $75

 

[mutazx]

Another big KUDOS on the fiberglass job.

 

[SJetski71]

Always nice to see a job well done

Thanks for posting

 

[compslckr]

wow, that is awesome work, i like how you actully put the time into making it look nice insted of ghetto modding it together. very nice work on that system!

A+ for a job well done!