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Drive Small VGA screen from PDA
12 volt VGA flat screens technology exists to allow people to view DVDs in automobiles. Has anybody installed a small 12v VGA monitor in a glider to display the PDA Navigation info in a larger format ... Here is a link for a VGA cable for the dell x50v. You can also buy just the cable and create your own interfaces to the VGA, GPS, and power. http://www.boxwave.com/products/vgap...m-x50v_446.htm http://www.gomadic.com/dell-axim-x50...tor-plug.html# |
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Interesting idea which I had thought about for automotive use. Of
course there is increased power draw but it would be a poor man's ClearNav. Does only the Dell's provide you VGA out? How about IPAQs. Thanks. |
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On May 15, 8:02*pm, ContestID67 wrote:
Interesting idea which I had thought about for automotive use. *Of course there is increased power draw but it would be a poor man's ClearNav. *Does only the Dell's provide you VGA out? *How about IPAQs. *Thanks. A number of PDAs have VGA displays. I just happened to see the VGA cable advertisement and realized the Dell did not need any other components to drive a VGA display. I would think the other PDS could also do this, although I am not sure. I have found a document for the DELL pin outs, which would allow you to construct a cable with interfaces to the VGA, GPS and a power source. Yes, sticking together a bunch of off-the-shelf components does look like a poor-man solution, but more like the Craggy Aero design approach. I understand the ClearNav design focused on ergonomics and NK designed all new hardware and software components to achieve this goal The price of both systems is very close, however, and much higher then this poor- man approach would cost - if it worked. It's hard to believe someone has not experimented with this already. Here is the Dell pin out map. Look at the bottom of the page. http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.c...ximX50Hardware |
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Drive Small VGA screen from PDA
On May 15, 8:13*pm, wrote:
On May 15, 8:02*pm, ContestID67 wrote: Interesting idea which I had thought about for automotive use. *Of course there is increased power draw but it would be a poor man's ClearNav. *Does only the Dell's provide you VGA out? *How about IPAQs. *Thanks. A number of PDAs have VGA displays. I just happened to see the VGA cable advertisement and realized the Dell did not need any other components to drive a VGA display. I would think the other PDS could also do this, although I am not sure. I have found a document for the DELL pin outs, which would allow you to construct a cable with interfaces to the VGA, GPS and a power source. Yes, sticking together a bunch of off-the-shelf components does look like a poor-man solution, but more like the Craggy Aero design approach. I understand the ClearNav design focused on ergonomics and NK designed all new hardware and software components to achieve this goal The price of both systems is very close, however, and much higher then this poor- man approach would cost - if it worked. It's hard to believe someone has not experimented with this already. Here is the Dell pin out map. Look at the bottom of the page.http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.c...ximX50Hardware I'm waiting for someone to build one of these based on an OLED display. They appear to be much brighter and far lower in power consumption than LCDs, plus incredibly thin. The expectation is they will be cheaper to produce than LCDs in volume - eventually. |
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Drive Small VGA screen from PDA
On May 15, 8:13*pm, wrote:
On May 15, 8:02*pm, ContestID67 wrote: Interesting idea which I had thought about for automotive use. *Of course there is increased power draw but it would be a poor man's ClearNav. *Does only the Dell's provide you VGA out? *How about IPAQs. *Thanks. A number of PDAs have VGA displays. I just happened to see the VGA cable advertisement and realized the Dell did not need any other components to drive a VGA display. I would think the other PDS could also do this, although I am not sure. I have found a document for the DELL pin outs, which would allow you to construct a cable with interfaces to the VGA, GPS and a power source. Yes, sticking together a bunch of off-the-shelf components does look like a poor-man solution, but more like the Craggy Aero design approach. I understand the ClearNav design focused on ergonomics and NK designed all new hardware and software components to achieve this goal The price of both systems is very close, however, and much higher then this poor- man approach would cost - if it worked. It's hard to believe someone has not experimented with this already. Here is the Dell pin out map. Look at the bottom of the page.http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.c...ximX50Hardware Actuall the Craggy Aero Design focused on performance and value to the customer. It has 1" larger on the diagonal screen, 3 to 4 times the processor speed, 4 times more resolution 640X480 , State of the art Software SeeYou Mobile or WinPilot and a very erogonomic hand held ball track mouse. No messy boards on the back and $300 less than a Clear Nav. Richard www.craggyaero.com |
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Drive Small VGA screen from PDA
On May 16, 2:00*pm, wrote:
On May 15, 8:13*pm, wrote: On May 15, 8:02*pm, ContestID67 wrote: Interesting idea which I had thought about for automotive use. *Of course there is increased power draw but it would be a poor man's ClearNav. *Does only the Dell's provide you VGA out? *How about IPAQs. *Thanks. A number of PDAs have VGA displays. I just happened to see the VGA cable advertisement and realized the Dell did not need any other components to drive a VGA display. I would think the other PDS could also do this, although I am not sure. I have found a document for the DELL pin outs, which would allow you to construct a cable with interfaces to the VGA, GPS and a power source. Yes, sticking together a bunch of off-the-shelf components does look like a poor-man solution, but more like the Craggy Aero design approach. I understand the ClearNav design focused on ergonomics and NK designed all new hardware and software components to achieve this goal The price of both systems is very close, however, and much higher then this poor- man approach would cost - if it worked. It's hard to believe someone has not experimented with this already. Here is the Dell pin out map. Look at the bottom of the page.http://www..handhelds.org/moin/moin....ximX50Hardware Actuall the Craggy Aero Design focused on performance and value to the customer. *It has 1" larger on the diagonal screen, 3 to 4 times the processor speed, 4 times more resolution 640X480 , State of the art Software SeeYou Mobile or WinPilot and a very erogonomic hand held ball track mouse. No messy boards on the back and $300 less than a Clear Nav. Richardwww.craggyaero.com hmmm ... ok, so looking at the mix of off the shelf components, how come it is only 300 less ... shouldn't it be half the cost of a ClearNav? Or is the difference reflective of a higher mark-up? |
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has anyone tried Flyjacket? |
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has anyone tried Flyjacket? |
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Drive Small VGA screen from PDA
hmmm ... ok, so looking at the mix of off the shelf components, how
come it is only 300 less ... shouldn't it be half the cost of a ClearNav? Or is the difference reflective of a higher mark-up? From what I understand, they both use basically 'off shelf' components... ClearNav's are in custom molded plastic shells and Craggy Ultimate's are in custom anodized aluminum shells... ClearNav runs a hopped up version Glidenav II (GlideNav III?) where Craggy runs SeeYou Mobile or WinPilot, neither of which are exactly slouchy. ClearNav is soon to have a vario to go with it and is also expecting it's logger to receive IGC approval though, which will greatly improve it's cost effectiveness however. Not sure about Richard's plans in this dept, but I think SeeYou is working out a Craggy specific version for it... Richard? -Paul |
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