Computer?

[Qtip1318]

Hi my friend is building a car and he wants to put a computer in it. what we want to do is make the computer start his car with a program i just wanted to know if there is something out there that could do something like that

 

[CoolaxGaming]

Why would you want a computer to start a car? Shouldnt it be the otherside around

[-CLASSIFIED-]

the only thing i can think of is a remote starter LOL newbz 

[nj4ck]

you could probably wire the ignition to some kind of custom-made adapter, but I don't see the point in this. The only reason to have a computer in your car is for infotainment and navigation, for which a tablet integrated into the dash is probably your best option. 

[amintha1992]

Probably a raspberry pi hooked up to an arduino controller with a lot of custom software running in it. But not impossible. You need to know a lot about your car wiring and electronics as well to pull this off. Can't say I have not thought about this before. Neat idea. I would like to to see where this will go.

[Qtip1318]

no this is a race car so it is going to have a race pack in it and almost no wiring so what we would do is flip a switch to trun on the power to the car then computer would start up and password would be the key to get to the start button on the desk top.

[Qtip1318]

Probably a raspberry pi hooked up to an arduino controller with a lot of custom software running in it. But not impossible. You need to know a lot about your car wiring and electronics as well to pull this off. Can't say I have not thought about this before. Neat idea. I would like to to see where this will go.

we have rewired this car more then once the car has a AEM engine mangigment in it and that needs to be attached to the a computer and using something like a gigabyte brix is and a touch screen is better then the laptop for him

[Aniallation]

we have rewired this car more then once the car has a AEM engine mangigment in it and that needs to be attached to the a computer and using something like a gigabyte brix is and a touch screen is better then the laptop for him

If you're just using it for monitoring and ECU control then get a cheap Windows tablet and find a way to mount it in there.

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nextbook-10.1-Intel-Quad-Core-2-In-1-Detachable-Windows-8.1-Tablet/39092206

[Qtip1318]

If you're just using it for monitoring and ECU control then get a cheap Windows tablet and find a way to mount it in there.

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nextbook-10.1-Intel-Quad-Core-2-In-1-Detachable-Windows-8.1-Tablet/39092206

it needs to fit in a double din deck space and it will be used as a deck/gages 

[Aniallation]

it needs to fit in a double din deck space

Why not just have it on a mount somewhere? 

 

 

If it has to be within a double-din space, you could probably do with one of these http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-Stream-7-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.308781500

[Qtip1318]

Why not just have it on a mount somewhere? 

 

 

If it has to be within a double-din space, you could probably do with one of these http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-Stream-7-Signature-Edition-Tablet/productID.308781500

This is a older small car and it needs to look clean/OEM when it is done so having it out in the open wont work

[DigitalHermit]

Post pictures of dash to help advise...

 

I'll go with suggesting a dash mounted tablet...