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Minimum hardware for streaming audio?

Jay KickliterJay Kickliter Posts: 446
edited 2010-08-12 05:37 in General Discussion
I haven't done much TCP/IP programming. What would me the minimum setup to stream audio from an internet radio station? Im looking for something small and naked, that I can add my own interface to. I figure Nano/Mini-ITX would work, but they tend to cost a bit more than I'd like to spend and use a lot of energy. Something drop it would be great, but I'll do it myself if it's possible with a MP3 decoder chip and some sort of WiFi module.

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  • schillschill Posts: 741
    edited 2010-08-10 06:24
    I would start by looking at this project:

    http://mightyohm.com/blog/2008/10/building-a-wifi-radio-part-1-introduction/

    I started working on this and then somehow bricked the router I was using. One of these days I'll get back to it.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-08-10 06:26
    I'd use one of these:

    https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xc-2-ethernet-kit

    I've got a couple of them, it's a nice kit.

    BTW, you seem to have aged a lot, according to your new avatar. Is it something to do with the new forum software? :)
  • Jay KickliterJay Kickliter Posts: 446
    edited 2010-08-11 16:57
    Thanks for the links. The one with the router seems interesting, and definitely the cheapest way to go.

    XMOS, I've been about to order a kit since they came out, but it doesn't seem very easy to use. Am I wrong?

    With all the microcontroller/electronics kits available these days, I'm surprised someone hasn't made a bare internet radio board yet. BYOI(nterface). I'd love to gut a dead bakelite radio and have frequency dial select pre-programmed URL's.
  • Harrison.Harrison. Posts: 484
    edited 2010-08-11 19:58
    You might be interested in Thumper, an Internet Radio using the Propeller: http://www.parallax.com/Thumper/tabid/848/Default.aspx.
  • Jay KickliterJay Kickliter Posts: 446
    edited 2010-08-12 04:45
    Harrison, it was right under my nose. Thanks. Are you selling any of the boards? I'd even buy a bare PCB if you had any.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-08-12 05:02
    The XMOS chips are quite easy to use, they are programmed in XC or C. XC is a superset of C with extensions for parallel processing.

    It took me about 10 minutes to get one of the XC-2 boards working as a simple web server, after I took it out of the box.
  • schillschill Posts: 741
    edited 2010-08-12 05:37
    Jay Kickliter wrote: »
    Harrison, it was right under my nose. Thanks. Are you selling any of the boards? I'd even buy a bare PCB if you had any.

    I'd also be interested if boards were available (including bare PCBs).
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