[talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)

Eraina and Richard jenkins richardvk1rj at gmail.com
Thu Jun 3 08:36:09 BST 2010


On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:12:50 +1000
John Henderson <snowgum at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 03/06/10 13:31, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote:
> 
> > 2.	At least two people suggested that an eeepc 701 would
> > make a great GPS using Navit.  I'd love to find a howto for this
> > because I have one sitting on my desk ... and I could do a simple
> > PS to run it off the car electrics.  Mine is the 4 meg model ...
> > currently running easy-peasy.
> 
> I'll just sound a note of caution about running an EeePC from 12
> volts DC.

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John

Your email promted me to look on the back of my #701.  It says, inter
alia ... +9.5V DC 2.315A 22W.  Certainly NOT a good idea to just
connect it to a 12 volt battery.  Power needs to be regulated , capable
of at least 2.5A ... and protected against the auto environment ... with
some kind of anti-splat circuit!!!  

Maybe your idea of an inverter plus the usual 240V power supply ids a
good one!!


Thanks again

Richard


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Eraina and Richard Jenkins
Canberra,  AU
'linux on a Mac: delightful'
Skype:  richardirena
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