Power to which? Laptop or compustick or thinkpad stick? For my laptop I just searched cigarette lighter adapters. The one I found uses buck/boost circuitry to create 19v@5amps out of 12v. I dissected the cigarette plug and hardwired 16 gauge marine wire to the circuit board. I terminated the wires with ring terminals and attached them to my terminal board.
Josh On Nov 20, 2016 10:27 AM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Josh, > > The one problem I ran into was getting power to it. The ThinkPad Stick > 300 is cheaper (Atom processor) and is USB powered. My current leading > candidate. > > Joel > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> I looked at the CS-325. Seems like a lot of horse power for such small >> tasks. Then again I'm cheap. I've never bought a new car, and my current >> one is a 1998. My boat is a 1989. I'm running $100 ebay laptops that are >> probably at least 10 years old throughout the house and boat. I'm using a >> 15 year old chartplotter attached to 20 year old sailing instruments. My >> phone is a Galaxy S4 and I only upgraded because my Galaxy S1 got wet. My >> directv tivo box is original to the 12 year old plan and my TV doesn't have >> HDMI. But you know what? They all work quite satisfactorily. >> >> So, yes the CS-325 looks like a nice piece of hardware. I would >> investigate the USB bandwidth since i appears to only have one port. >> Forcing wifi and hd could be a bottleneck. Other than that I can't see any >> reason why you won't be satisfied... It's just more than I would spend on >> something that depreciates so fast. >> >> What other questions or considerations? >> >> Josh >> >> On Nov 2, 2016 7:55 PM, "Josh Muckley" <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If you haven't played with a Raspberry Pi they are pretty incredible. >> Cheap and powerful. Multi boot but native linux. $35 and the run >> OpenCPN. You can find all manner of 12v HDMI screens that it will drive. >> >> Or just go get a laptop with 12v charger. >> >> I still need to look at the compustick. >> >> Josh >> >> On Nov 2, 2016 3:38 PM, "Joel Aronson via CnC-List" < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >>> I'd like to have a windows machine on board to run OpenCPN, surf the web >>> etc. >>> >>> I'm thinking of using a 12 volt TV that I can mount and an Intel >>> ComputeStick CS-325. Add a 12 volt to USB converter, BT keyboard/mouse and >>> external hard drive. >>> >>> Thoughts/recommendations? >>> >>> -- >>> Joel >>> 301 541 8551 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you >>> wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: >>> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> >>> All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you >> wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >> >> > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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