Hi all!! I'm new to this list, so please be patient :-)). My problem is as follows:
I want to build a stand-alone mp3-player. First of all, I planned to use an Atmel ATMega 103 in combination with a MAS3507 mp3-decoder. This would be an unflexible system and I have to write all the code (IDE, USB, FAT32 driver) by myself, so I thought about using a 486DX100 PC/104 or a StrongARM solution running DOS or Linux. But which hardware is best suited for this purpose? I read something about the LART, which looks really good, but is impossible to build. The hardware must not be too expensive (max. 400$ ) and it should have ethernet and IDE connectors (or more free port pins), min. 20 unused port pins (for display, IR, buttons etc.), a bootable Flash-ROM, possibly also an AudioDAC AND a ready-written mp3 software decoder!!!. Is this kind of hardware available yet? I don't want to have a ready built mp3-player, that would make no fun. Linux support would be appreciated, but DOS would be OK, too! I found a nice company in Germany, which produces for around 360$ a StrongARM module incl. 10/100 ethernet, 16MB Flash-ROM, 32MByte SDRAM, Embedded Linux, Evaluation Board, compiler etc. BUT no IDE connector and no AudioDAC. If you are interested, visit their webpage under http://www.dilnetpc.com/dnp0013.htm. Is it possible to write an IDE and AudioDAC-driver for this board or could I even modify a driver, which is written for the LART? Is every mp3 software decoder, that is written for the StrongARM processor, compatible with this module? Do I have to change the Linux kernel for this mp3-player? Is this processor fast enough to decode MP3s in realtime? Thanks for your help! Best regards, Sven L�bke _______________________________________________ http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php Please visit the above addresses for information on this list.
