CarPC

React App designed to run on a raspberry pi and make driving my car more fun.

running on the raspberry pi:

Features

• odometer (Speed and Rpm)
• Music player and controlls
• File explorerer

Problem this solves

Driving my car with only a radio got quite boring. I decided to build my own car infotainment system. I mainly wanted a solution to play the music and audio books I like.

Prerequisites

-Node (latest version 9+)

-Yarn (or npm but install tutorial uses yarn)

-Python 3 (latest version)

Hardware

-raspberry pi 3

-touchscreen

-odb2 to serial adapter

Installing demo

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/Arthie/CarPC.git 

Run yarn in the directory to download dependencies

yarn

Open the server.js file located in server folder and change the rootfolder variable to a folder path with music files /server/server.js :

const ROOTFOLDER = "Your folder path"

Run yarn build to build the project for production

yarn build

Run yarn server to start the production server

yarn server

Open your browser an go to http://localhost:3005/ (this app was build for the latest version of chrome if u encounter any issues make sure to check your version)

To run the development server run yarn start

yarn start

Installing and connecting to obd port of your car

-tutorial coming soon

Built With

• React - Front end web framework
• Create react app - React build tool
• Styled-components - CSS in JS framework
• Express - Web server
• Redux - State management

To Do

• Spotify support
• Soundcloud support
• In depth car diagnostic dashbord
• 0-100 km/h timer
• ...

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to anyone who's code was used