At 14:56 11/12/2001, Kevin Saenz sent this up the stick: >Hi all, > >I think I have a little too much time on my hands. :) >I am considering the idea of building my own Linux >in car Mp3 player. Before I do this I would like to >find out if I can get some of the parts in Oz. >Also I would appreciate it if anyone could point me in >the right direction for the following >A touch screen that is big enuf to fit into the dash, >and runs X nicely. >Power Transformer from 12 volts to computer voltage >me thinks it's 5.5 volts or 3.5 ( I think that is only >CPU.)
Transformer is not the best way due to the -ve rails that computers need, you would be best off with some sort of switchmode PSU. To tell you the truth, you would almost be better off buying a empeg unit (now made by S3, I think) due to the costs of small components ... check www.empeg.com for details Rob -- Chaste makes waste. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 286 of a collection of 1192 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
