You should check out Sandy’s Pi radio.

http://blog.pimoroni.com/the-pimoroni-arrr600-radio/

Awesome! I’ve been thinking of doing this with my 2004 Toyota’s tape deck!

Take a look at my carputer project using the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen! Completely open source so be sure to try it out :)

http://joelzeller.wixsite.com/copilot
https://github.com/Joelzeller/CoPilot

The biggest problem is the lack of accessible low power states and the time it takes to start. Leaving the Pi running at full power could drain the battery and shutting down, then starting back up will take too long. I had an OmniFi (anybody remember those?), and the startup time was much shorter, but still too long. Maybe a hybrid solution that leaves the Pi on over short periods when the car is off (an hour or two?), but shuts it down after that could be workable. We really need to find a way to actually make the Pi sleep though.

I built a Raspberry Pi based entertainment system for my 80 series Landcruiser:

Original blog post on its construction:

https://www.development-cycle.com/2016/02/building-a-raspberry-pi-car-computer/

UI Codebase on Github:

https://github.com/anthony-mills/raspberrypi-carputer

I currently have a software setup for the latest Raspbian Jessie version, with very simple installation directions. You can view the readme to see what is included. It works well with car installations as it creates an Access Point to allow for the use of AirPlay via shairport-sync.

The completed project is located here:

https://github.com/BaReinhard/Raspberry-Pi-Audio-Receiver-Install-Car-Install

I have used it in my car and it works fabulously with use of an external sound card. If you are not an audiophile, the BCM sound card may work to your liking as well.

Enjoy! Please let me know if there are any ideas you would like to see added, or if there are any issues please let me know and create an issue there or comment here.

I have not yet made a carputer, but I use an old TV decoder to make a nice box for my Pi and its RetroPie setup.

I even use the original buttons and the display of the front panel.

Have a look:
https://github.com/FloGom/Troubadour

Is there a more detailed write up of this project anywhere? This is a great looking idea.

The car company changed the operating temperature of the radio from -50 ° C to -40 ° C and gained several billion yen of profit. Conversely, the CPU of the car navigator is required to operate at 125 ° C.
It is not only in adventure stories that the morning will come in the midwinter of the Siberian land or the cars will be stalled in the Sahara desert in the middle of the summer.
Nonetheless, I love hifiberry that I have in my kitchen.

A colleague and I have toyed with the idea of fitting a Zero into the guts of an old “8-track” tape housing – which would pick up power using the same wireless technology used to recharge toothbrushes, etc. The power would then keep a small Li-Po battery topped up, perhaps even enough to let the Pi Zero run ‘idle’ between engine starts.
Audio out would be via a 3.5mm stereo socket on the tape housing, mating with a plug within the housing of the player itself. Control I/P to the Zero would be via IR leds from the head unit, into the housing.
Discreet Micro USB connectors would allw the housing to be connected to a ‘mother ship’ for overall control, maintenance and setup.
But – it is (was) only a pipe-dream, and will probably remain as such (we are actually busy enough repairing ‘real’ 8-track players, of which there seems to be a never-ending supply!!!)

Cheers,
Niall

What I really want to know about this system though, is how the owner manages proper shutdown and current draw while in the shutdown state.

ICYMI this is a huge and very significant announcement – https://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/02/20/introducing-qt-3d-studio/ – and this video shows the system in action. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuuDtEMjpk&feature=youtu.be

I worked with this toolchain for many years to bring Audi’s virtual cockpit technology to market – all the proofs of concept were done on this, and the system could have gone to production based on this software. This is a game changer, relaly, and once the Qt integration is complete it will be available for the Pi. In-car Pi systems are about to get even more amazing.

I revamped a 50+ years old radio using Pi and HiFiBerry AMP+ :D
https://youtu.be/7NESVK89Rho

I’ve had a CarPi for a while now.

This is a PiZero with a wifi adapter.
It’s set up as a wireless access point running a Samba server for a directory that contains a sync of my iTunes music folder.
I connect to the CarPi with my iPhone, and use the MusicStreamer app to access the music offered by the share.
(Any app that’ll play from a Samba share will do — I just happen to have an iPhone and like MusicStreamer’s UI.)
This is then played via Bluetooth to a bluetooth to FM adapter, and I listen to the music on the radio.

Works in any car.

Looking for a detailed explanation of this project. I’d love to do this for my partner’s ’82 Ferrari Mondial as a gift.

specifically power management and pin outs for leveraging the tape deck’s buttons.