I bought a Raspberry Pi 2 and have it up and running. I purchased it to turn into an automatic trip logger for the car. I don't need nor care about having real time tracking, I just want to automate my current trip tracking (done with GPSKit on my iPhone currently). I am looking for some guidance on...

I use the Pi UPS out of Germany. When it detects a power loss, it acts like a UPS and sends a safe shutdown signal to your Pi. Given you're building a GPS for the car, check out Black Box Pi. I've built an open source black box for the car using a Pi that logs GPS, OBD2, and more. http://www.blackb...

The search wouldn't let me search for "power", so here is a post to ask my question. I am setting up a Raspberry Pi 2 for use in my car and I want it to power on when ignition power is applied. My thinking is to run a few LEDs to the dash that show power getting to the Pi, and then either another LE...