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12 December 2007

ITX Roadrunner Skin for Nissan s14a

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Published on December 12th, 2007 @ 11:02:53 pm, using 639 words, 5318 views

I designed this version of the ITX skin for Roadrunner touch screens for a fellow car computer enthusiast from Sweden, who contacted me via this site, requesting a custom-designed ITX skin based on the original skin for the Acura ITX carPC project. He intends to display his vehicle, a Nissan 200sx s14a (240sx), in Sweden’s largest car show…

We discussed his needs and requirements over the course of a couple days, settled on a price based on the amount of work required, and I set about designing a series of screens and RoadRunner scripts customized to his vehicle and the color-scheme he requested.

Here is a sampling of the screens which I designed for his car computer system:

1. The Loading screen
This is the screen which is presented after the car computer system has booted up and while the RoadRunner touch screen application is first loading. Here we see the Nissan s14a prior to the overlaying of any of the ITX Skin’s menus.

Custom ITX RoadRunner skin for Nissan s14a, loading screen

2. The Main Menu
Once RoadRunner has loaded, the main menu, shown here, is presented to the user. This screen gives access, via the lozenge buttons across the top, to the Audio Player, Audio Browser, Video Players, and embedded GPS navigation.

Custom ITX RoadRunner skin for Nissan s14a, main menu screen

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  • 2001 Acura CL dashboard removal and stock stereo replacement
  • Initial stages of installation of the Acura-ITX mini-ITX carputer system
  • Custom touch screen front-end design for RoadRunner
  • On-the-fly music playlist builder for RoadRunner
  • Custom mini-itx car computer mounted in Acura CL dashboard
  • Acura mini-ITX touch screen interface design
  • Fabricating a dashboard chassis for a mini-itx carPC
  • iGuidance embedded for carputer navigation
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