Well let me preface this thread by saying that I am currently a student now pursuing my masters in electrical & computer engineering at the University of Florida. I'm 23 and I've been making my own little projects based off of microcontrollers for over three years now but my "claim to fame" is my work on intelligent[sic] autonomous robots since I specialize in distributed & intelligent systems and controls.

With my credentials out of the way, in my spare time I've created what I call an Alpine Dash Interface (ADI) since, as a student, my budget is low and I look at projects like this a learning experience. To actually see a project through to fruition is rare in academia since everything is just research or theory. No matter how much you know, there is always something you learn doing this. If I wanted to use a Motorola HC12, all the code I needed could have been brought together from the labs I had during my first microprocessors course my junior year of undergrad. Basically, I am saying that I made this for my personal enrichment and don't plan to market a product. I've got way to much going on with my graduate studies and research to worry about this, so don't ask. I just wanted to put out there what I've done and allow others to reproduce it if they are comfortable with basic electronics.

Check out a preliminary writeup on the project at:
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~mknapp/s2000/

Note that I will try to help out anyone trying to make who already has an understanding of electronics, but will not make these... even for money. No means no

Mike

 

interesting....nice write-up!

John

 

I am seriously impressed. I do not have nearly the same qualifications as you, but I think I am following what you did. My father was a EE and he shared some of his wisdom before he passed away a few years ago.

The thing that impresses me most is the sheer thought that you put into your project. So sad that you do not have the time or resources to put it into production. It sounds like you could give the SWI-X a run for its money!

 

ABSOLUTELY GENIUS!

 

hmmmm...

so what is the bandwidth of a typical IR interface?? asking the quesiton in relation of its ability to sustain hi quality audio, say spdif or at least 2ch stero in a car.

walk in to a office or car and you pda would play into the local sound system w/o wires


spdif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spdif

 

What does that have to do with this project?

 

[QUOTE=jah,Feb 8 2006, 01:18 PM] hmmmm...

so what is the bandwidth of a typical IR interface??

 

Very nice!

Well done

 

a bit agressive today?



thanks for the information:
"The IrDA-D standard provides for data rates of 115kb/s to 4 Mb/s at distances up to 1 meter"

4sure we can do our own projects if needed, yours looked very good tho.

 

No, not really. I was just a little confused as I didn't quite pick up on the connection between your question and the project (hence the little confused looking guy ). After a bit I saw that it was merely a tangential thought.