Digital Jetta Project - Personal CarPuter install

Hey guys, I've been getting pretty far on my newest mod: Digital Jetta

More info & pics at my mp3car thread: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32035

Here are pics of stage I:

http://nweb.pct.edu/homepage/student/CALCAR96/images/dashmain.jpg
http://nweb.pct.edu/homepage/student/CALCAR96/images/tn_winampdark2.jpg
http://nweb.pct.edu/homepage/student/CALCAR96/images/tn_solltare.jpg

The computer, hance the name "carPUTER" is mounted in the trunk.

I'm not finished but here are the current specs:

Hardware:
*266Mhz Pentuim II
*192MB SDRAM
*10GB 7200rpm Maxtor HD
*6x DVD-ROM drive
*Turtlebeach Santacruz soundcard
*ATI TV-Wonder video capture card
*Holux GM-200 GPS Receiver
*Connectix quickcam
*Wireless mini keyboard/mouse combo
*IRman Infared Reciever
*Sherwood A50x4 Amplifier

Display
*6.4" SVGA LCD
(mounted in place of the cupholder,stereo, and dumb cubbyhole)

Software:
*Windows 95 (OS)
*Winamp 2.78 (for MP3)
*Vidamp Pluging (for Video)
*ATI video-in (for back-up cam)
*Q3, UT, and other games
*Assortment of other progs...

I'm working on some custom frontend software to easily interface all those programs. There

are some currently out there available, but I just don't like them. They usually have an

undesirable GUI, or don't use the programs I like.

Please check the site for more info!
http://nweb.pct.edu/homepage/student/CALCAR96/
Tell me what you think...

Whoa...nothing??? :bloated: No comments, suggestions, "It sucks'"? This place is dead lol.

I just took a look at it, and WOW! .............Pretty damn cool. :)

The idea of having a GPS nav system in there is awesome as well. How many hours have you put into it so far?


Anyways, mad props to you, digitaljetta. Its definitly gonna be a one of a kind when its done.

Good job! I've been wanting to do something like this for quite some time.

I have big obstacles, though. I want too much! Finding a touchscreen monitor that can be seen in daylight, a way to watch a 3 hour DVD (engine off), and to replace my instrumentation with the PC... that way I can get a video card that inverts the picture, place the screen in the top of my dash & have a "heads-up" display (normally instruments - but with a tap of the screen I can access the PC apps).

I'd like to know how you get your system to autoboot when the invertor comes on, and how many amps does the thing draw?

Originally posted by HuMMerMan
I just took a look at it, and WOW! .............Pretty damn cool. :)

The idea of having a GPS nav system in there is awesome as well. How many hours have you put into it so far?


Anyways, mad props to you, digitaljetta. Its definitly gonna be a one of a kind when its done.

Everything you mentioned I could easily impliment...IF I had the money. That's my only problem. I could build the crazzziest setup the world has seen if I only had the funds. I'm going to try and get some sponsorship. Auto power up is done by a relay switch connected to the cars ACC line. It draws about 1amp/hour

That is pretty dayum sweet. I only wish I had the fundz to hook up my car like that. I'd go crazy with that idea, if i had the money, good job, MAD PROPS to you.

Originally posted by guysohigh
That is pretty dayum sweet. I only wish I had the fundz to hook up my car like that. I'd go crazy with that idea, if i had the money, good job, MAD PROPS to you.

Thanks. People think it cost a fortune. Cost me next to nothing the computer parts are "obsolete" and can be bought for like $300.

thats hot man

PLease, tell me more about the display

don't all pc parts, fans, motherboards and all that run on 12 volts? hehe just take out the 120V to 12v power supply from the computer and hokk up everything to positive and ground in the car, that way you woudn't need a 12v to 120v power inverter just to knock the voltage down again