Car PC

[Steve F]

Originally Posted by Gildo

Steve, thats more PC power and monitoring than some of the 80s NASA vehicles
Do you know if this work on an Android tablet?

Apparentley due out for Android this week, also have a look at Torque for Android, its only around $10 I think.

Cheers
Steve

[ZJ from WA]

i reckon you start installijng them as a job they look heaps good. whats the total cost fo the system now its up and running??

[Steve F]

Hard to say for sure, the laptop was $100 from work screens are on ebay pretty cheap now around $150 but get a 800x600 resolution screen (native mode) reader was $20ish, software $50ish for ODBII stuff, cant remember the centrafuse cost, around $150 I think. No doubt you'll add stuff like a USB hub or usb Camera etc. But you can do it pretty cheap

Cheers
Steve

[Gildo]

Cool, some of the Android tablets are damn cheap, no need to add a touch screen, something worth looking at....

[Bchan]

did you use a ssd hdd?
coz if you are using a normal disc hdd it may become damaged on off-road adventures.

[Steve F]

Originally Posted by Bchan

did you use a ssd hdd?
coz if you are using a normal disc hdd it may become damaged on off-road adventures.

Normal hard drive, its survived a couple of years with no issues at all and that includes some tough offroad.

Cheers
Steve

[Steve F]

So after 3 years it looks like the eeepc will be retired along with the touch screen etc. Nothing wrong with it but the prices of Android tablets have come down enough to make them a budget upgrade and the screens are so much better than any aftermarket touch screen option.

So here's the plan. Replace the screen with a tablet mount for a Motorola Xoom and remove the eeepc altogether, it might see new duty in the camper.

I got the Xoom as it is a 3.2 Android tablet, has 32GB built in with a slot for another 32GB (Read only but perfect for music and videos). The screen on this is 1280x800 so up from 800x600 and on top of that its a very nice screen. The other thing is the Xoom is on Motorolas list of tablets that will get 4.0 of Android

Because this is not a new tablet, 9 months old now, it was only $397 from JB Hifi. It doesn't have 3G (no provision for a SIM card at all) but is easy enough to Tether with my Galaxy SII for internet on the road if needed.

So far I have copied all my Oziexplorer maps across and am running Androzic for offroad mapping with them. I've also loaded Sygic for street mapping, which I like a lot so far and is a decent jump forward from Garmin Mobile PC that I run at the moment. I've also loaded Torque for bluetooth connection to the ODBII bluetooth dongle.

I'll give it all a test this weekend while the eeepc is still installed and then do the swap over Christmas.

Cheers
Steve