Thread: Car-puter / GPS DIY Build-up

Could be but when I did mine nearly 3 years ago the tablet screens were very poor in sunlight and as I am not into the whole apple music thing, it was a lot easier to copy my cd's and not have to worry about what happened if I changed my base computer.

Don't think they had radio then and Ozi Explorer wasn't available for them.

Guess I will look into again when I change vehicles but I'll stay with what is working for now.

Originally Posted by Ranga

Just stumbled across this, and was wondering if the evolution of tablet computers have pretty much made a car-puter redundant. Thoughts?

About the only think I can think a tablet wouldn't do it reversing camera.

On DealExtreme they have Android GPS/tablets that have AV-in, so the reversing camera issue is a non-issue.

I've been working on getting a Raspberry Pi to integrate with the in-dash screen in the D3. Have trialled a number of different RPi distributions and found most are slow and unworkable for in car use.

I'm going for the car-puter purely to use the OE screen and it's functionality. If I didn't have that alternative, I'd go for a tablet. (Though if I can't get the RPi to do what I want, I may yet go that way).

Raspberry Pi? Rubbsih.

I like Strawberry jam donuts and Apple Turnovers through.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Raspberry Pi? Rubbsih.

I like Strawberry jam donuts and Apple Turnovers through.

How do they look on the dash of your Disco?

Originally Posted by Judo

How do they look on the dash of your Disco?

Probably alright for the first day, get a bit sticky and fly ridden after that.

And the GPS function is a bit lousy too.