Guys, This sounds like an exciting project!
I actually created my own little replacement, using off-the shelf parts, and it grew larger than originally anticipated. What started as a network player is now much more. My little box provides the following features as of now - Runs logitech media server v7.7.2 - Provides multi-zone support (3 simultaneous tested so far) when using USB dacs - Uses SqueezeLite as software player, which supports switching to different servers - Built-in Wifi & DHCP Server for when there is no ethernet network around - Plug it on a network using an external ethernet adapter ($6), and enjoy built-in server or connect to other server on the network - Built-in Network file server with share to fill up the SD card with tunes from a computer - Auto-update script that syncs new music files from a network location every day - Appears as an Airplay audio sink - Native Analog out - Crappy but works - Digital out through HDMI - Now playing screen when HDMI connected - Very compact Here is the current BOM - Allwinner A10 based Android box (~$40), running linaro linux distribution at its core. - USB Dac ($2 for cheap analog, $17 for SPDIF, $$$ for better quality) - Micro-SD card (4gb for OS ~$4, or bigger to carry part of your collection, or Hard drive for lossless libraries) Next thing for me to try is a Bluetooth PAN. I find it annoying to be connected through Wifi on the road, since doing this actually grabs the network connection of the phone/tablet that is used for control and provides no defaut gateway. Perhaps a bluetooth network will allow me to control the squeezebox zones and keep on surfing on available networks/Data. Also, it would be great to have some GPIO support to control an LCD, leds, etc. A IOIO seems to be the easiest way to do it, although it adds significant costs to the BOM. I am posting progress/instructions on a regular basis 'here' (minixsqueeze.blogspot.ca), for the ones interested. These are more notes than formal instructions, though... '[image: http://i.imgur.com/Ehd0x8yl.jpg]' (http://imgur.com/Ehd0x8y) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sle118's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
