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24 alternatives to CarDongle
USB Car PC Computer Dongle for Vehicles
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. CarDongle launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Transform your PC into a Raspberry Pi. Contribute to gbin/DonglePi development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EMV & chip-compatible dongle from Square, pre-launch
2014 · squareup.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · dongledaddy.com · its alternatives →
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MetroMile▲72Car Analytics Gadget w/ Built-in Cell Modem and GPS
2014 · metromile.com · its alternatives →
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Turing Pi is a compact ARM cluster that provides a secure and scalable compute in the edge. It is designed to make web-scale edge computing easier for developers.
2020 · turingpi.com · its alternatives →
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Car Thing▲256The smart player from Spotify that fills your car with music
2021 · support.spotify.com · its alternatives →
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Sign, authenticate and encrypt with a USB dongle at the cost of a soda. The goal here was to easily program around ~20 Gnuk devices at the budget of a single dongle of the commercial solution. Contains every step and fixes to get it running on current and next Ubuntu and Debian versions.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dongle Daddy▲88An app that helps you find the right cables.
2017 · dongledaddy.com · its alternatives →
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Open-Source eInk Bike Computerfree▲421OpenTrailPaper is open-source bike computer firmware for the LilyGO T5S3 4.7" E-Paper PRO. It supports offline maps, GPX routes, FIT recording and Bluetooth sensors.
Sep 2026 · opentrailpaper.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to Mega4alik/ollm development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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nRF52840 MDK USB Dongle is a small, low-cost USB Dongle that supports Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols. It's shipped with the UF2 Bootloader, supports Bluetooth LE/802.15.4 packet sniffer with Wireshark, and has PCBA and w/Case options.
2019 · store.makerdiary.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · sc4.us · its alternatives →
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NuDock▲99A dock that turns your smartphone into a computer
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Atom XL▲76The smallest DMR walkie-talkie rugged smartphone
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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3D printed mouse replacement with Raspberry Pi Pico and PMW3360
2023 · xythobuz.de · its alternatives →
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I am not sure if this is fits the HN community, but I am posting it here if people are interested. This is the current iteration of the car: http://i.imgur.com/ko8YBh.jpg Details: I wrote a simple android app that streams the accelerometer data from the phone to the pi over a simple socket. The pi then uses this data to drive the DC motor and the servo motor. Tilting the phone to control the car feels very natural. In this[0] pic you can see the wifi dongle I've used. I am using Adafruit Occidental v0.2[1] as my OS because it has support for my wifi dongle. It also makes some hardware…
2012 · i.imgur.com · its alternatives →
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A free mobile application to diagnose your vehicle
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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MultiDock▲74USB Charging Station for Multiple Devices.
2014 · griffintechnology.com · its alternatives →
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