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it will not handle the continuous load of the carputer so it is better to get a good power supply..............
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The 120W inverter should be able to handle the load of a Coppermine or a C7..the only peripherals that'll be running are a 2.5" HDD (1-2W), a USB Bluetooth (>1W) (For the Keyboard and GPS receiver) and a wireless Card (1-2W)
A coppermine at peakload won't hit more than 20W ( a C7 even lower) so the total power draw should stay lower than 30W...even disounting the inefficiency of the inverter and SMPS (Let me overestimate the losses as 50% to be on the safe side), it is still 30/0.5 =60W
Having said that, the dedicated DC-DC SMPS helps save on space and inefficiencies..Anyway, this Setup would be an ongoing effort so the Inverter solution should get me off the ground....the DC-DC SMPS can be hooked later
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abhi, i am very interested in doing the same thing too, i'd love to hook up with you, if you don't mind. Are you basing your setup on the laptop ?
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No, The laptop is serving as the testbed to prepare the stripped XP installation and a direct boot into Roadrunner or Centrafuse...
Once the setup is ready in the car, I can get it up & running in no time without spending much time on the software installation
And hey, i of course don't mind if you want to reach out
