No, not the computer that runs the car,....a standard ol windows pc.
If........if I put a computer in my car for the sole purpose of having a full time time tuning/ secondary monitoring interface in the car, I have a few questions with regard to pc operation.
Right now the thing is broken. The hinge has broken. While it still works, the simple process of opening the thing up requires some additional support with a thumb and forefinger to keep it from just breaking off.
Rather than building/ programming a raspberry ( which I know less than zero about), I have this step-child win 8 pc needing something to do. If there was ever a better purpose for a dying computer, I’d have to say this is it.
I think I’d mount the thing permanently, Somewhere back where the LJK sits. Maybe even hide the thing altogether. I only need a VGA to composite adapter to allow the thing to display to a separate monitor. So, I’d run a single long rca cable from where the PC would be mounted to the new touchscreen monitor that is in the new pioneer head unit.
That is the easy part.
The first issue is keeping it awake, and keeping it charged, all without draining my car battery. I want to keep the thing closed, and I think all I’ll need to do to keep it running in a closed state would be to disable the little thingy that tells the computer that the lid is closed ( some little prong like thing I’d imagine) And since I intend to keep it closed and running, I need to be sure the built in display isn’t running too. I’m guessing that when I tell the thing to display it’s picture through the VGA port, as long as I don’t turn the pc off, that’ll stay that way.
It draws 90watts, and like 5 amps when it’s running, according to the power supply, but that is probably due in part to it powering the internal display.
That won’t be happening anymore.
If I get one of those 12v to 120v inverter things, and tie it to a switched relay, the inverter would only be drawing current when the car is running. But..
The computer would be running on its battery in the mean time....that is if I keep it awake all the time. And even in its most minimal computing mode, I don’t think it’ll be long before that battery is dead. If I let the pc go to sleep for the sake of battery conservation, and the thing is buried behind me, how do I wake it back up w/o touching it someway? If I keep it powered up all the time and allow it to pull from my car’s battery, how long before that battery is dead?
I intend to get a foldable Bluetooth keyboard/mouse thingy...I guess that will wake the computer if I let it go to sleep...
It’s the stupid sht like this that keeps me from going to sleep.
If........if I put a computer in my car for the sole purpose of having a full time time tuning/ secondary monitoring interface in the car, I have a few questions with regard to pc operation.
Right now the thing is broken. The hinge has broken. While it still works, the simple process of opening the thing up requires some additional support with a thumb and forefinger to keep it from just breaking off.
Rather than building/ programming a raspberry ( which I know less than zero about), I have this step-child win 8 pc needing something to do. If there was ever a better purpose for a dying computer, I’d have to say this is it.
I think I’d mount the thing permanently, Somewhere back where the LJK sits. Maybe even hide the thing altogether. I only need a VGA to composite adapter to allow the thing to display to a separate monitor. So, I’d run a single long rca cable from where the PC would be mounted to the new touchscreen monitor that is in the new pioneer head unit.
That is the easy part.
The first issue is keeping it awake, and keeping it charged, all without draining my car battery. I want to keep the thing closed, and I think all I’ll need to do to keep it running in a closed state would be to disable the little thingy that tells the computer that the lid is closed ( some little prong like thing I’d imagine) And since I intend to keep it closed and running, I need to be sure the built in display isn’t running too. I’m guessing that when I tell the thing to display it’s picture through the VGA port, as long as I don’t turn the pc off, that’ll stay that way.
It draws 90watts, and like 5 amps when it’s running, according to the power supply, but that is probably due in part to it powering the internal display.
That won’t be happening anymore.
If I get one of those 12v to 120v inverter things, and tie it to a switched relay, the inverter would only be drawing current when the car is running. But..
The computer would be running on its battery in the mean time....that is if I keep it awake all the time. And even in its most minimal computing mode, I don’t think it’ll be long before that battery is dead. If I let the pc go to sleep for the sake of battery conservation, and the thing is buried behind me, how do I wake it back up w/o touching it someway? If I keep it powered up all the time and allow it to pull from my car’s battery, how long before that battery is dead?
I intend to get a foldable Bluetooth keyboard/mouse thingy...I guess that will wake the computer if I let it go to sleep...
It’s the stupid sht like this that keeps me from going to sleep.
