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If anybody is thinking of putting a PC and a LCD in the instrument
panel to run off the shelf moving map software ( I am)
I just recieved a catalog for a key item.
A power supply that takes in 12 volts DC and puts out 5 volts
DC at 5 amps for the PC mother board.

$69 at AstroDyne 

1 800 823 8082  http://www.astrodyne.com

This is a break through price as I have paid as much as
$300 for such an item. Avidyne and others are charging
up to $10,000 for PC based cockpit LCD moving maps.
Using this power supply you can build one for under $500
using off-the-shelf mother boards and other
plug in cards not counting the LCD itself.
 
Paul Lamar
 
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