http://www.soldermonkey.com PHP-Nuke Powered Site en-us http://www.soldermonkey.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4 I've been running a little behind schedule this summer.  School and work obligations are taking their tolls.  I have began developing the IDE drivers for the PIC microcontroller, but found that the newer drives will not function in 8-bit mode (that's what you get for following older specs), so I am going to need to get a bigger PIC and increase the data bus width to 16 bits.  The rest of the code looks like it is working fine, but I need to wire up a new test circuit to finish debugging and round out the feature set.  I hope to finish these drivers by the end of the year, school and work permitting. http://www.soldermonkey.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2 The hardware requirements and components for the simple portable MP3 player have been defined. The player will include a PIC microcontroller, Compact Flash memory, and a VS1011B MP3 decoder. All parts, except for the MP3 decoder, will be through-hole packages for ease of prototyping and experimentation.  Click "Read More" below for details. http://www.soldermonkey.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1 I am thinking of possibly designing a very simple MP3 player project this summer, and create a tutorial on how to complete each step of the design.  It will hopefully be general enough to help in a broad range of designs.  I have added a new poll to see what types of priorities I should consider going into the design.  What type of player would you like to see?