KarKomp: Car Computer

KarKomp v1 has been assimilated into KarKompV2

The first screen was installed at the base of the dash and the shifter. This was a good out of the way position, but it lacked real useability except for playing MP3s. That just wasn't good enough. After considering various button controls I determined that I really wanted a touchscreen.

This is the current iteration. I'm running dashpc as my initial frontend. It provides Music, Video Playback, Navigation and an interface to download and view the pictures I take with my digital camera. I hope to add some Ham Radio Functionality as well. The touchscreen is nice to have, and make's it much easier to interact with applications. It's dimmer than the old display tho, so sometimes that annoys me. Also, my polarized sun glasses block it out a bit, unless I cock my head. That's not neccesarily a bad thing, since then I can play a movie for a passenger and not have it distract me while driving. I moved the A/C controls down to the lower console area.

Goals and Status:

Hardware