This is an update to a previous news item, Toasting mp3's with Linux. Michael Palmer now reports that his Toaster does much more than mp3s — in fact, it has evolved into a full-fledged “Digital Convergence Device,” with support for viewing mpegs, digital photos, and (of course) playing/ripping entire collections of mp3s.

Check out Palmer's entire series of articles that detail his embedded Linux powered Toaster's continuing evolution . . .

• Part 1: Motivation and Concept — How disappointment with a Prismiq digital convergence device led me to build my own embedded convergence device with some specific goals for a “dual user interface” (TV-remote / Web-keyboard).
  

• Part 2: — Buying the Parts — Where to get the parts to build one yourself.
  

• Part 3: Building the Toaster — Step-by-step progression from box full of parts to groovy mp3 Toaster. Includes detailed pictures of the fabrication techniques used.
  

• Part 4: The Software (coming soon) — All the software used to implement the “dual user interface” of the mp3 Toaster is open source and pretty much off the shelf. This article will detail how to install and configure and the required packages (Freevo, Netjuke, Lirc, Rip, LAME etc). I am thinking about putting together a Gentoo install for the whole shebang.

[Editor: We can't help wondering what Palmer's Toaster will learn to do next . . .]

The above photos are reproduced with permission of Michael Palmer.

 
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