interesting, but it would be a lot sweeter if he used the AVR to handle a wifi module and once a stream is established feed that into a mp3 decoder chip. (i wonder if that propeller chip might be better suited, though)

Posted at 9:10 pm on Feb 3rd, 2009 by zigzagjoe

great idea, never realized a router could be so flexible, even with dd-wrt on it. looks like a great alternative to an arm sbc.

@zigzagjoe: i dont think that would be feasible. there would be too much overhead and probably not enough throughput for the music, even if you could find a wifi module that interfaced to the avr at reasonable speed (ie. over spi).

Posted at 11:54 pm on Feb 3rd, 2009 by ut20xx

It could probably be done with a dedicated MP3 decoder chip. I’m not sure if the Propeller is powerful enough for high fidelity stereo mp3 decode, but I could be wrong. What you are proposing would be perfect for making a thumbdrive sized wifi radio like some of the commercial pocket players out there, and it would be totally awesome!

The reason I went with the router is that it was cheap and the full Linux distro available for it made development considerably easier than a custom solution. For the price of the router I could get a programmer for the Propeller chip and that’s about it. :-)

Posted at 8:43 am on Feb 4th, 2009 by mightyohm

this is pretty sweet, a complete step by step detailed write-up anyone trying to attempt this has a very good chance at succeeding.. It seems as though you can put openwrt on a wide variety of wifi devices.. provided there is enough flash ram and mem etc.. I just received a fairly new wireless printer pretty much straight from the trash find a serial port and we’re in business.

Posted at 9:36 am on Feb 4th, 2009 by kyle007

Whats the name of the last song playing?

Posted at 10:42 pm on Feb 7th, 2009 by crimsondreams

Read the LCD!

Matt Zo – Faint of Heart (original mix)

Posted at 8:45 am on Feb 9th, 2009 by mightyohm