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    • June 10, 2005 at 7:17 pm #12636
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Some of you think that all Aaron must ever do is play with stuff for ausmicro. Well that s only partly true….

      Attached is a pic of my latest project coming to fruition.

      Essentially it s a custom cable and electroncis package that lets me hook any video source up to the colour screen that normally has radio/ventilation control settings shown on it in my Car….

      This pic shows Xbox Media Center running on the screen.

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    • June 10, 2005 at 7:20 pm #59581
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      And another pic

      This one shows the Track list when a CD is inserted., closeup too.

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    • June 10, 2005 at 8:05 pm #59582
      betty.k
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      nice one boss!xp1700.gif

      so i’m assuming there will be at least one rear view camera in the works!8ball.gif

    • June 10, 2005 at 8:16 pm #59583
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      Betty with over 200kw att he rear wheels everythigns behind you 🙂 Seriously though – this is the pointy end of about 6 months of work to get to the point where it’s a a reliable neat integration.

      A.

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    • June 11, 2005 at 2:24 am #59606
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      nice one there aaron, can you still access your heater controls? is that a touch screen? if so, youshould think about putting in a computer and use that for music, dvd’s, etc. thats what i’ve been working on in my car. checkout http://www.mp3car.com if ur interested.

    • June 11, 2005 at 3:47 am #59610
      z-beam
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      i like it! a bit to much fo just a stereo, and to centered to be of any use to the passengers for gaming though… but being in the center makes it look very tidy indeed. almost like it came like that! i can realize that a cd stack player wont be neccisary as the xbox has a harddrive as well.

      have you read up about the new systems microsoft and sony will be making next? sony s system will feature a lot of bluetooth use (7 wireless contrllers are planned) fo the added bonus of not needing to wire it up…

      i got a wireless mouse and keyboard, wheres the damned wireless monitor setup!tongue.gif

    • June 11, 2005 at 11:27 pm #59625
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      It’s actually the factory fitted screen. The display for climate controls and radio etc overlays the xbox/video input as well. It’s not a touchscreen but there is an IR eye aver the screen that is very easy to link to an IR repeater circuit.

      The xbox can have 200+Gb drives installed to play MP3 🙂

      A.

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    • June 22, 2005 at 8:30 pm #59662
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      Aaron wrote:

      Some of you think that all Aaron must ever do is play with stuff for ausmicro. Well that”s only partly true….

      Attached is a pic of my latest project coming to fruition.

      Essentially it”s a custom cable and electroncis package that lets me hook any video source up to the colour screen that normally has radio/ventilation control settings shown on it in my Car….

      This pic shows Xbox Media Center running on the screen.

      Nice!!

      Are you gunna market that soon?

    • June 22, 2005 at 8:40 pm #59663
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      Yup … very very soon….

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    • July 6, 2005 at 3:13 pm #59671
      bithed
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      …wow…all i have in my car is a GameBoy Advanced..lol…Hopefully next year Aaron i can run my car through a PSP? THAT would be fun 😉

    • August 29, 2005 at 5:02 pm #59716
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      Getting closer and closer to be production.

      Look what arrived on Friday! There’s also a sneak preview in that pic of something else we’re working on!

      A.

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    • September 4, 2005 at 3:36 am #59717
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      that little board cant have anything to do with bruce.

      very tidy Aaron, i cant wait to hear about the results!

    • September 4, 2005 at 3:46 pm #59718
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      You’re right…. The little board is for something else. It’s still in very early testing phases (assembled two versions yesterday) and have yet to run it yet………. 17mm x 18mm and 0.8mm thick, wonder what it will be used for 🙂 It’s ‘EnsyWeensy’

      As an aside, I’ll be doign some video of the ‘Spider’ in action this week, having finally got a few things organised so we’ll be able to see the benefits!

      A.

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