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