Build Your Own Car PC
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Everything you need to expertly install car PCs

This is a heavily-illustrated, step-by-step guide to installing and controlling a car PC — using commonly-available, off-the-shelf components. Numerous how-to photos and product shots allow you to easily navigate each step even if you have little "do it yourself" experience.

  • Includes parts and required tool lists, troubleshooting tips, and a list of manufacturers where you can purchase the parts best suited for your customized system
  • Companion website offers free software and demo versions of products to use with your car PC
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Build Your Own Car PC
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.




Everything you need to expertly install car PCs

This is a heavily-illustrated, step-by-step guide to installing and controlling a car PC — using commonly-available, off-the-shelf components. Numerous how-to photos and product shots allow you to easily navigate each step even if you have little "do it yourself" experience.

  • Includes parts and required tool lists, troubleshooting tips, and a list of manufacturers where you can purchase the parts best suited for your customized system
  • Companion website offers free software and demo versions of products to use with your car PC
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Build Your Own Car PC

Build Your Own Car PC

by Gavin D J Harper
Build Your Own Car PC

Build Your Own Car PC

by Gavin D J Harper

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.




Everything you need to expertly install car PCs

This is a heavily-illustrated, step-by-step guide to installing and controlling a car PC — using commonly-available, off-the-shelf components. Numerous how-to photos and product shots allow you to easily navigate each step even if you have little "do it yourself" experience.

  • Includes parts and required tool lists, troubleshooting tips, and a list of manufacturers where you can purchase the parts best suited for your customized system
  • Companion website offers free software and demo versions of products to use with your car PC

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780071468268
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 03/28/2006
Pages: 212
Product dimensions: 7.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Gavin Harper is a member of a number of car clubs and online automobile hobbyist/enthusiast groups. He writes regularly for VIAarena.com, and started their Car PC Forum. Author of 50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius (also from McGraw-Hill), as well as other forthcoming titles in the Evil Genius series, he has been building car computers and other automotive projects for years. He lives in Essex, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Why would I want to build a Car PC?

Chapter 2: Buying your components

Chapter 3: Building Your Car PC base unit

Chapter 4: Installing the operating system, motherboard drivers and front end

Chapter 5: Connecting your Car PC to the "Real World"

Chapter 6: On-board diagnostics

Chapter 7: In-car speech recognition

Chapter 8: Killer software applications for your Car PC

Chapter 9: Getting more out of your Car PC

Chapter 10: In-Car GPS
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Index
About the Author
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