Anyone know where I can find the plans to build my own MP3 player?

[Praetor]

I remember stumbling across the site by accident a while back and thought it was pretty cool, but I didn't bookmark it. I suddenly decided I wanted to build one.

From what I remember, most of the parts could be picked up at a Radio Shack with the exception of the Sony Memory Stick reader thing.

Suggestions or ideas? Thanks for any pointers!

 

[The Stigenator]

mp3car

see if this is the one.

 

[Praetor]

Not quite. The site contained documentation to build a portable MP3 player along the lines of the Diamond Rio or the Creative Nomad.

Ideas?

 

[Praetor]

Okay, well, I found out where I saw the site. And it seems it's a bit more complicated than I remember.

ZDNet actually had an article on it which eventually pointed to the designer's website.

I figured I'd link it here for anyone else that was interested. One line that I love from the story though: Akamatsu said his site is a valuable resource for MP3 builders because visitors only need "experience in designing embedded microcontroller systems to understand the instructions."

Oi!

 

[db]

this is easier --click--

 

[Praetor]

Yeah, I saw that on Slashdot yesterday. And I think I'll order myself a kit next month. I want to see how far they get in the firmware, since it doesn't look like any of the buttons work except for play and stop. And battery life isn't all that great.

But it works using a standard IDE harddrive, which is great!

 

[Praetor]

oops, got a bit click-happy.