Re: ARM/Linux based car stereo?
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 02:27:56PM -0800, Bill Gatliff scribbled:
> Thinking out of the box, pardon the pun...
>
> What if you just put a bluetooth speaker system in your car, and drive
> it with your phone or other device?
Not as cool! ;)
Ideally I'd also like it to not require extra fiddling each time
I get in the car. I don't mind doing a reasonable amount of
fiddling up front, but then it should just work. I suppose I
could leave bluetooth on my phone on all the time and have it
start playing automatically when it sees the car, although I
don't expect that would be great for battery life... (It might
not be too bad though.)
Ivan
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Ivan Jager <aij+debian@mrph.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm in the market for a new car stereo, and was wondering if yinz
> > would know of an ARM based one that can run Debian. Something
> > similar to the empeg but about a decade newer would be nice.
> >
> > I've searched the internets and find a lot of x86 based
> > carpc's/carputers and even articles about running linux on them,
> > but they all seem to be too power-hungry to run off battery.
> >
> > I've considered using my Netgear WGT634u with a USB hub, USB
> > audio adapter, thumbdrive and bluetooth dongle, but my current
> > car stereo doesn't have an aux input, and it's dying, so I need a
> > new one anyway. (In case you're not familiar, the wgt634u is an
> > ARM based wireless router with a 200MHz CPU and USB 2.0. I
> > haven't actually tested whether it's fast enough to play MP3s,
> > but it seems like it should be able to. It comes with a 5V 1A
> > power supply, so it can't use more than 5W at most.)
> >
> > I now have a spare android phone, which would probably do a
> > better job, but I'd prefer something less stealable, and I'm
> > thinking of giving the phone to my brother anyway.
> >
> > So, anyone know of a good linux-based carputer? I'd like it to
> > have 802.11 and be able to run off battery for at least a week or
> > two. (I often leave my car parked for a week at a time, and I'd
> > like the ability to copy music from my house.)
> >
> > Please CC me as I'm not on this list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ivan
> >
> >
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