Carputer

[limoncello]

Started work on my Carputer last week, or rather the software that will run on it, im nowhere near installing in the car yet, but the A8 does make it easy to do tests to see what it looks like.

Started it because i wanted Speed camera alerts that will POP up over the normal MMI (which i believe i can do, but will cost me to find out) plus i wanted it to look at least a bit audiish, but its escalating and i am adding more and more.

it will work from audi like controls which will be hidden in the cupholder ie rotary control centre with 4 buttons around it, at least thats the plan, now the software is done enough for testing its next on the list

Done so far
Video, Music, Speedcameras, pics, extra navigation (just for the hell of it), Google earth, Ndrive (which is basically forward InfraRed cam (poor mans Flir ) with bar for Speed in MPH or KPH and can record with imprint of gps speed etc, softwares done now depends on the hardware)

still to do
Skype, Email, phone, wifi, weather, google maps, live traffic camera view, and a bunch of other stuff, Blackberry mail(dont know if i can do this one).

also add voice commands etc. and it will eventually send Video to the rear headrests seperate to whatever the MMI is doing in the front.

looks pretty good so far, i used the new audi screens as a basis for it

i have only seen a couple of screens from the new audi so if anyone has some real shots it would help. particulaly of the Music screens, im not happy with my version of the music player at all.

Heres the Main Screen, naturally theres a long way to go and a lot of changes to be made, but this is the basis of it.



and here are some other menus