HW info
Used HW:
- mainboard with passive cooling INTELD510MO
- hard disk SEAGATE 2.5" Momentus 5400.6 320GB, SATA II
- any memory 512M or 1G
- passive intelligent automotive power supply 8V-28V Mini-ITX M2 Car PC DC-DC ATX
(I bought it on ebay from this seller. Good and cheap and can handle ignition key for PC power up/down)
- canusb device from canusb.com
When I compare saablin price with original CD changer, saablin is still not so expensive.
And also I can't compare 6CD with hundreds album, on saablin hd.
And car-pc can be extended with more features and functions.
Complete cost:
=> Intel D410PT or D510MO -- 60/70Eur
=> Memory 800Mhz 1gig -- 20Eur
=> M2 itx power supply -- 30Eur
=> SEAGATE 2.5" Momentus 5400.6 250GB -- 45Eur
=> Plastics case (not original itx) --5 Eur
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=> Complete price -- 160-170Eur
SAABLIN connection to in-car audio
CD changer line-in => Balanced audio line drivers must be used.
SAABLIN connection to CAN bus
Can bus can be found in a lot of places for example head unit, cd_changer or sid. I decided to join CAN bus on radio connector. Which pins must be connected can be found here. Nice example is also here. More info about CAN bus connection and a lot of other useful info can be found on ecuproject forum and also on Trionic suites homepage. And all important info about CAN bus messages on Tomi Liljemark page.