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Raspberry Pi Carputer

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Former Member over 9 years ago

Ben, I would love to see your take on a Raspberry Pi Carputer that completely replaces the car stereo. What do you think? Would be a great episode!

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 8 years ago in reply to plc-tek +2 suggested
    Perhaps take a look at the geocache episode of the Ben Heck Show. If I recall correctly, Ben uses a low power ATtiny45 microcontroller to control the power to a BeagleBone Black in order to power it up…
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    plc-tek over 8 years ago +1
    hi. i'm building a pi 3 system to put into my car. i've taken the internals from the dvd player out of the after market head unit and i have replaced them with a pi 3, a 120gb ssd, a 3800ah rechargable…
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    0 clem57 over 9 years ago

    Derrick Palmer

    Please remove duplicate The specified item was not found.

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    0 plc-tek over 8 years ago

    hi. i'm building a pi 3 system to put into my car. i've taken the internals from the dvd player out of the after market head unit and i have replaced them with a pi 3, a 120gb ssd, a 3800ah rechargable battery pack, and a pifi dac+ v2.0,

     

    the pi boots directly from the ssd already so no sd card in the sd card slot. i'm going to solder all connections inside the dvd chassis to save room but that's where i come to my limitations. powering the unit is no problem. i have 12v to 5v 3a power supply which will be ignition fed when the ignition key is turned but i need to find a way to shut the pi down correctly, i don't just want to cut the power when the key is turned off. i read your article on fitting a simple on off switch to a pi but again that doesn't allow for a soft power down.

     

    any help you can give would be great

     

     

     

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    0 beacon_dave over 8 years ago in reply to plc-tek

    Perhaps take a look at the geocache episode of the Ben Heck Show. If I recall correctly, Ben uses a low power ATtiny45 microcontroller to control the power to a BeagleBone Black in order to power it up and shut it down in a controlled manner.

    Episode 197: Ben Heck's BeagleBone Black Geocache Episode

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  • beacon_dave
    0 beacon_dave over 8 years ago in reply to plc-tek

    Another similar approach using an ATtiny44

    iSwitchPi

    https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/02/17/iswitchpi-adds-an-intelligent-power-switch-to-your-raspberry-pi/

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