http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/ Engadget Comments for Shuttle's CarPC -- because you can't spell car without PC http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/
The product seems like a good idea, especially if they ship it pre-configured for car usage.]]>Mar 19th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/
Seems to me like ethernet would be pretty pointless. Maybe a serial connector could replace it; some engine monitoring equipment and touchscreens still use serial.]]>Mar 19th 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/
Disapointing they went with a DVI though as virtualy all monitors actualy used for capPC's have a 15 pin VGA connetor and with the tight fit usualy asosiated with capPC's the space a DVI-VGA adaptor takes up is not desirable.]]>Mar 19th 2007 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/
As for the USB plugs, he ran extensions for those wires up to a USB hub on his dashboard. Then on the PC he has his WiFi adaptor, and Bluetooth adaptor.]]>Mar 19th 2007 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/Mar 19th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/*boot up fast
*be stable
*do not cause any distraction to the driver
*be able to use with a few softkeys (no keyboard or mouse).
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What's more, I want to help design it myself. When Open source hardware hits the automotive industry, we'll see some interesting things...]]>Mar 19th 2007 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/19/shuttles-carpc-because-you-cant-spell-car-without-pc/
i park my car outside, and every time i turn on my car, my carPC starts right away without needing to "warm up"


i live in the northeast, and i have a second small 4x16 lcd screen that gives me the temperature of the cpu/inside the case/cpu usage/ram usage.

when my car booted up this morning, the cpu was 6*C, inside the case was 4*C and it booted perfectly fine. the only problem is that the touchscreen can be unresponsive when it first starts in the cold, but that goes away after 30 seconds ^^


in heat, i actually routed part of my AC vents to the computer case, and can switch it on/off with will JUST INCASE. but even when my car was +100* F, the computer ran fine (albeit a little louder).

all in all, temperature really is irrelevant, its more shock proofing which needs to be improved. and like engadget said, SSD will fix that too ^^

although people have been using CF card --> IDE for awhile now, so its not that new. ^^ also, the ethernet is for a router inside the car which can connect to the internet via the verizon wireless network or sprint or whatever through PCIMA cards. yeah... i think that was on here too]]>Mar 20th 2007 1:00AM