Via and Mini-box announce $300 car PC - [Computer Hardware]
Submitted by Buzzons on 10/2/2005 10:32:51 AM Add Comment
Via and Mini-box.com announced the "VoomPC," a series of compact x86 car PC kits. The barebone platform, based on Via's Epia Mini-ITX mainboards and C3 processors will be available in versions priced between $300 and $400.
According to the firms, the VoomPC is aimed at automotive enthusiasts and vehicle manufacturers alike to integrate a wide range of GPS navigation, communication, entertainment and information functionality into private cars or vehicle-dependent professional service vehicles. The systems integrate a Mini-box M1-ATX 12V power supply unit to prevent system damage from power surges and eliminate car battery drain by monitoring car battery levels, even when the car is turned off. The C3 processor consumes between 15-30 watts, less than the dimmest car parking lights, Via claims.
The chassis of the device measures 21 cm x 25 cm x 6.7 cm and offers "rich peripheral connectivity, multimedia and telematics options, including USB 2.0, Firewire, Ethernet, PCMCIA types I and II card bus interface for GPRS/Wifi, S-Video, VGA and six-channel audio," Via said.
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Nice, but in your post the manufacturer doesn't say anything about engine management. It sounds like a entertainment computer, "integrate a wide range of GPS navigation, communication, entertainment and information functionality "
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It's just a computer designed to work in a car, nothing super-fancy really...it's all upto the stand-alone system you have in the car if it'll interface with a computer or not...honnestly tho, if they though it through enough, it better have a serial port...
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