I think for now I am just going to stick with wifi, but AutoNet might be in my future.

 

If you need any help let me know. I have mine custom-molded into my dash, but this looks like a great option to keep it all modular.

 

do you think a mac mini's internals would fit into that case?

 

Thanks! I will definitely hit you up if I have any questions!

It depends on the generation of the Mac Minis. If the main board is 6.9" x 6.9" or less, I am sure it could be custom mounted into the enclosure. I believe the original Mac Minis were about 6.5" x 6.5", so one of those would probably work, but the newer ones are around 7.7" x 7.7". Also, the Mac Mini main boards do not use a standard ATX power connector, but instead have integrated power supplies. You would have to come up with some other "smart power supply" solution instead of the M2-ATX.

 

I would be very interested in this seeing that i'm not happy with any double din units that are out. What are you using for navigation?

 

For the time being, I am not going to be doing navigation. I just don't use it enough to justify spending the money for the receiver and maps. Although, Centrafuse Auto (which I will be using as the front-end) has built in support for navigation and also many plugins from other GPS manufacturers, so I may add this in the future.

 

Is there more required for navigation other than centrafuse and a usb antenna?

 

I don't believe so.. you need the GPS version of Centrafuse though, or some other company's GPS plugin for Centrafuse.

 

this is awesome! I've been looking into carputer setups for a while and this is exactly what I want to do.

Very curious about how you will switch between centrafuse for entertainment and evoscan for the gauges as well as details about the navigation and other functions.

Is there bluetooth, would be sweet you could tether to iPhone for internet connection and integrate some other things like harry's lap timer.

If you made these as a complete plug n play with connection to the stock speakers I'd be all over it.

 

sweeeet.

Standing By.

(How much total $$ required? I need to socialize and put a appropriation bill before the Purchasing Committee to get authorization from COMNAVWIFELANT )



(beg for money )

 

^^ I came up wiht $714, not including miscellaneous wiring. This includes everything the OP has listed for the dash unit itself, the GPS antenna, the navi version of centrafuse, and a 100GB SSD instead of 60GB.

 

Yea, somewhere around $700 for just the PC parts without the upgraded audio sounds about right.

 

How do you get the audio signal from the carputer to the amp(s)?

 

1/8 inch to RCA cables. I got them from Crutchfield. The audio outputs on the motherboard are low-level, so perfect to output to an amp.

 

so there is no running a mid-high amp off this? Is there anything I could add to make the sound quality better than average?