Make your own Altoids mp3 player

[intogamer]

here for the learning part
here to get the board

This is so awesome. Basically you need a Altoids box, soldering iron, that pcb board(8.83), battery, and compact flash.
This is a pimped out mp3 player.

Also you have to program stuff.
Can anybody translate this into more simplier stuff?
This is so sweet.

 

[Nikamichi]

 

[Looney]

Nifty i guess... but for $80, i could probably pick up a similar capable mp3 player, and it would be smaller.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Nice.

 

[hevnsnt]

Honestly, if you call the IC "the board" it is probably a little out of you skill level

 

[BW86]

cool

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Nifty i guess... but for $80, i could probably pick up a similar capable mp3 player, and it would be smaller.

It cost 80 dollars to make? whoa

 

[darkswordsman17]

Neat, but the one they made only had 16MB, is fairly close to the size of an iPod, and if it costs $80 then thats not a very good deal. Doesn't mean its any less cool, its just don't think you'd be saving yourself any money by doing this.

 

[intogamer]

I am sure that it doesn't cost 80 dollars. It accepts compact flash so you can get your own size. But it is uniqe. Only if it wasn't that complicated.

 

[Looney]

Well i only said $80 because for that amount of money, you could buy one... if it's more, then it's definitely absurd. But its's proably only 20-30.

 

[0roo0roo]

99 dollars and u get ipod shuffle 512mb at the size of a pack of gum, far far smaller..plus software and such. i guess its geeky interesting, but at this point its a waste of time.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Hardcore
Well i only said $80 because for that amount of money, you could buy one... if it's more, then it's definitely absurd. But its's proably only 20-30.

I posted that the board costed 8.83.
Other acessories will probably bring it to 15 without battery.

 

[villageidiot111]

Looks cool, but not worth it.