Diy Mp3 Player
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Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">get those solders out</div> <a href='http://www.techdesign.be/projects/020/020.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.techdesign.be/projects/020/020.htm</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->TechDesign proves that they have entirely too much time on their hands, producing their own MP3 player in classic Radio Shack style. The MMC MP3 player was built to read an MMC (obviously), is powered by a single AAA battery and can display ID3 tags while playing songs encoded at up to 256Kbps. Complete schematics and assembly software is available if you’re bold enough to undertake such a project on your own, but this is no simple hack, to be sure. Voice recording will be added later, as well.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
BUT before you go out and start getting the components, here is one major barrier
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The PIC code was made with the PCWH CCS compiler ($500,-); you can install Microchip's MPLAB IDE with it to get things running smoothly.
Programming of the PIC was done with the excellent Tiny PIC bootloader, through the RC6 & RC7 pins. However you will need a regular PIC programmer to write the PIC the first time with..<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So I think our average Radioshack shopper aint gonna make this. Gonna need a comp sci student who actually knows his hardware courses
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->TechDesign proves that they have entirely too much time on their hands, producing their own MP3 player in classic Radio Shack style. The MMC MP3 player was built to read an MMC (obviously), is powered by a single AAA battery and can display ID3 tags while playing songs encoded at up to 256Kbps. Complete schematics and assembly software is available if you’re bold enough to undertake such a project on your own, but this is no simple hack, to be sure. Voice recording will be added later, as well.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
BUT before you go out and start getting the components, here is one major barrier
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The PIC code was made with the PCWH CCS compiler ($500,-); you can install Microchip's MPLAB IDE with it to get things running smoothly.
Programming of the PIC was done with the excellent Tiny PIC bootloader, through the RC6 & RC7 pins. However you will need a regular PIC programmer to write the PIC the first time with..<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So I think our average Radioshack shopper aint gonna make this. Gonna need a comp sci student who actually knows his hardware courses
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