flying banana
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- ‘18 AMG GTS Premium - Selenite Grey, '99 Lotus Elise S1 111s - Mustard Pearl
Afternoon all. So I am in the process of sorting out a couple of Raspberry PIs to act as 1) Bluetooth audio receiver (my car doesn't have Bluetooth audio fitted) and 2) An in-car media centre - wifi based so the kids can stream movies from the PI to their iPads on long journeys.
I have a pathological hatred of exposed cabling and so the PIs will be mounted in the glovebox. I therefore need to sort out 2 x 5v (ideally) power supplies terminated in micro USB connectors to go direct into the PIs.
The obvious way to do it would be to add a 12v standard power socket in the glovebox and use a 2a dual USB charging adapter - nice and neat internally provided I can find some ultra short USB-Micro USB cables (15cm or less.
The reason this post is in "interior" rather than "electronics" is that I need to figure out where it's safe to mount the power adapter from a clearance perspective. I will take the feed from the cigar lighter in the dash cubby, but have no idea (without taking the whole glovebox unit out) where critical wiring/ducting/dash structures or vents go. I do know the Pax airbag is mounted above it so don't want to be hacking away blindly at this.
Does anyone have prior experience of routing a power source into the glovebox of a post facelift 211 E class, and if so is there any pointers/pictures/advice I can take advantage of.
Many thanks in advance
I have a pathological hatred of exposed cabling and so the PIs will be mounted in the glovebox. I therefore need to sort out 2 x 5v (ideally) power supplies terminated in micro USB connectors to go direct into the PIs.
The obvious way to do it would be to add a 12v standard power socket in the glovebox and use a 2a dual USB charging adapter - nice and neat internally provided I can find some ultra short USB-Micro USB cables (15cm or less.
The reason this post is in "interior" rather than "electronics" is that I need to figure out where it's safe to mount the power adapter from a clearance perspective. I will take the feed from the cigar lighter in the dash cubby, but have no idea (without taking the whole glovebox unit out) where critical wiring/ducting/dash structures or vents go. I do know the Pax airbag is mounted above it so don't want to be hacking away blindly at this.
Does anyone have prior experience of routing a power source into the glovebox of a post facelift 211 E class, and if so is there any pointers/pictures/advice I can take advantage of.
Many thanks in advance