The new universal 2DIN Android-based head unit for the car. Build your dream
Currently, there are a huge number of Android car head units. Most of which, of course, are produced in China. But anyway, many of them do not suit end users for one reason or another. In this regard, the idea arose to create a new device that can get away from the typical errors of existing devices and maximize the best properties. At the moment, there is a vision of the future device, the designers have almost worked out the interface, but there are no definite solutions for iron yet. This is how we see the new device. Someone will say: “They stuck the Nexus 7 into the dashboard,” and in part they will be right. On thematic resources, Nexus 7 is often used for assemblies of this type (I have N7 2013 myself). But we want to go beyond “just a tablet in the car” and create a decent product. Due to the fact that one of the central roles in our life is now played by a smartphone, it is supposed to integrate it as much as possible into the future system. In essence, make a smart server, and the best double din head unit (hereinafter referred to as the GU) a terminal. There are a whole set of technologies and protocols for implementing similar functionality: Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, MirrorLink, Miracast, MHL, etc. If you are interested in the fate of this device, if you want to participate in its creation, share experience, suggest interesting solutions to determine its final form - welcome to cat. To make the topic more informative, I’ll add a little information about existing devices: Almost all car devices on the market work on the 4.4 system. There are devices with 4.4.2 and 4.4.4, but such a minority. Of the more than 60 manufacturers of such devices surveyed, 5 are planning to master Android 5.0 within 3 months, another 5 is possible by the new year. The rest either do not gather or do not speak English at all. The only office that releases devices with 4.4.4 on board with an upgrade to 5.0 is NewsMy The reason for this is simple: this is the only office among those found that brought Android out of the main device. That is, the head unit is almost a full-time radio with a screen and a set of outputs + an Android box in the glove compartment with a set of additional outputs for USB modems, USB-OTG, HDMI, etc., which you can pull out of the car, take with you and connect to the tv. Therefore, the version of Android is fresher there. The vast majority of manufacturers use a bunch of MCU + SoM. That is, on the main board there are all the inputs / outputs for the main hardware, BT, DAC, Radio and TV tuners, etc. chips, on a separate board (SoM - System on Module) Android itself is spinning. Moreover, Android often does not have direct access to iron, which causes some problems and limitations. |