[aprssig] APRS in-dash display

Greg D ko6th.greg at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 15:13:10 EST 2016


Fred Hillhouse Jr wrote:
> "The Pi will boot itself when the car turns on, but I need a way to
> automatically safely power down the Pi when I turn the car off. Any ideas on
> this?"
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Check out the "UPS PIco" from modmypi.com. It is a UPS for the PI. When the
> power shuts down in the vehicle, the PI can go into a shutdown sequence.
> This should protect the SD card from corruption.
>
> I picked up two of these but have not yet used them but they look promising.
>
> Best regards,
> Fred N7FMH
>

PERFECT!  That's exactly what I need.  I like the idea of the fan 
control too.  It can get rather warm inside a car.

Thanks,

Greg.




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