--- Amol Hatwâr amol@hatwar.org wrote:
Better still, for the people that work with logic-levels and electronics, here's a neat project that uses the STA013 chip from ST Microelectronics...
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Thanks for the wonderful link dear. The cost of all the components turns out to be:
MP3_PCB_ASSEM MP3 Player Board, Fully Assembled and Tested $150 MP3_DISPLAY LCD Display For MP3 Player, 24x8, with Pushbuttons and Cables $42 CABLE_IDE_LAPTOP Cable for Laptop (2.5 inch) IDE Hard Drive, 1.4 Inch Length $9 STANDOFF Standoff Set For Mounting Laptop Hard Drive $3 PWR_12VDC 12 Volt DC Power Adaptor (US only) $8 SIMM_32M Standard 72 Pin SIMM, 32 Megs, Used $8 Totals :- 220$
That totals to about 220$ with i do not know how much for a Laptop HDD. Apart from this all we need to also account for a custom casing to have these plugged in. It will turn out to be about 15Grand over all.
For that price we can purchase an AppleIpod which is far more compact and robust and pretty portable out of the box. Since i know a close friend who has just obtained one for 14Grand with about 20Gb in storage.
Whatda say????.
Trevor
The project isn't much complex. Have a look at it. Regards,
ah
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