> There was a design for one of these on slashdot.org about a year or two > ago - might be findable with a bit of searching - it's also probably > commercially available by now. The design they discussed there used > PoE, iirc, was weather-tight, and proved to be sufficiently temperature> > tolerant to work - I think it was an SBC with WiFi devices connected to > USB ports, but don't hold me to that... It was not (again, iirc) a > repackaaged commercial router (due to cost, I believe).
Commercially availiable usually means money and also you don't get to design and build it from scratch. That's no fun.Temperature around here doesn't drop too low and with the wrt54g running in the box it should keep it'self warm. As for heat, I have no clue. > Actually, I would think a car battery would be just fine for running a > router - at least while the car is running. If you want to run it whle > the car is shut off, you might want to install some extra batteries and > jazz up the charging system with a switching regulator like those used > in RVs... He mentioned a few different devices so i figured he'd be throwing a pc or laptop in there. Leaving a small device on in my car for about 3 hours usually drops the battery voltage below 12v. I don't know too much about newer vehicle's battery life. I do know that de-charging and re-charging your battery pretty often can cause dead cells. I don't know what they are exactly, however. WRT54G runs off 12V 1 AMP. 12 watts. not bad. > Is that 'psone' a PlayStation I ? I'd be interested in the specs on > that, if you have them, since I'm betting it's way lower power than a > laptop VGA display - MUCH lower, considering it's only 5 inches. 7.5V 3 Amps. 22.5 watts. Requires a VGA mod (soldering) and you can find them for about 40 bucks on ebay. And if you're lucky, 30 bucks :) Power hog IS the processer and the video card I get it running after it sits or when i'm going about 55 on the highway. Underclocked 9800 and underclocked amd athlon 2600+ on a deluxe motherboard. WAY more power than I need, but I haven't gotten my hands on a mb old enough to fit the old old matrox g100 or g200 cards I have that work with the PSone LCD. > Yeah - I would bet the older cars have more robust charging systems, > generally - and you can usually get a "heavy duty" alternator - there's > a place that rebuilds alternators there in columbus, you might want to > talk to them about it. You should be able to get a few hundred watts > out of it pretty easily while the engine is running, I would think. I will not be spending any money on this shitbox :) I might give them a call and ask about how alternators perform after 16 years of use. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
