Comment on Need a second opinion on a project idea (Pi5 car headunit)

tal@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I have a ~400 Wh powerbank in my car. It charges off the cigarette lighter when it needs charging and the engine is running. That greatly increases my ability to run higher loads on a short term basis, and gives me wall power. I can also haul it to a power plug and charge it if need be. It also lets me power a laptop if I’m parked.

I use my phone for navigation, and a mount for when I’m on longer trips.

I think that a Pi might make sense if you need something that a phone can’t do, more-intensive compute, but if a phone can handle it, it might be preferable, since you’re probably going to sporadically upgrade your phone anyway and probably have it with you.

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