Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of CarPC/Hardware

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08/24/10 12:23:29 (14 years ago)

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art

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CarPC/Hardware

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+= CarPC Hardware =
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+One part of the project is of course the CarPC. CarPC is acting here as a multimedia system controlling MP3 and video playing. It does also support internet radio and all that nice stuff one can do with PCs :) So on this page I am presenting the used hardware and some statistics incl. pictures.
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+OpenBM's left button field do control the BMW radio without need of a CarPC. Yeah, it do this by emulating a MID device. The right button field is for the control of a CarPC. Whenever one push, release or hold a button, a message is sent over the IBus. The [wiki:Software/Gateway IBus/D-Bus Gateway] is receiving that messages over the wire and sent it as a key-code to the system. So it does emulate just a usual keyboard, so actually very few of those keys. 
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+== IBus Receiver ==
+For receiving IBus messages I built a device similar to the well known [http://www.reslers.de/IBUS/index_de.html Ressler-IBus] interface. It is based on the TH3122 and MAX232 chip to convert IBus messages into usual RS232 serial voltage. The ibus interface is connected to the internal COM-Header of PC's mainboard and is living completely inside of the CarPC housing. 
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+Pictures follows...
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+== Hardware ==
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+For the hardware of the CarPC, I am using an Mini-ITX board from Zotac, namely the [http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=185&category_id=97&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 Zotac ION-ITX Series F]. Here is a short hardware overview:
+ * '''CPU''': Intel Atom 330 1.6GHz dual-core
+ * '''RAM''': DDR2-800MHz CL5 2GB, I think it is from Buffalo
+ * '''HD 1''': 32GB SSD from OSZ, with really tested 400MB/s read and 90MB/s write :)
+ * '''HD 2''': 1TB Samsung Spinpoint-F2,  is currently not connected, but will act as external HD.
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