RE: Other "Slim-" devices?

I recently bought a RioCar because they were clearing them out. That
display is awesome, but it's a couple hundred bucks. I figured it was
worth it for the display and the hard drives, even if I'm going to put a
SliMP3 in my car instead...

We could make an interface to that display, but we'd have a tough time
doing high speed animations because of the amount of data.

I don't think the 4-level display is done by the display itself. More
likely they're doing it externally, by refreshing those pixels at
different duty cycles. It seems like there's quite a bit of flicker on
the pixels that are less than 100% brightness, and I don't think you'd
have that if it were the chips in the display doing it.

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Sam Saffron wrote:

> Sean,
>
> Have you thought of using a graphical vfd (like the empeg has)?
> "128 x 32 dot matrix vacuum fluorescent display, 2 bits per pixel" it really
> looks quite cool ...
>
> How much would it add to the cost of the slim?
>
> Regards
>
> Sam
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Adams [mailto:sadams-C+JAmueIyFXt/WbtSZLAmwC/[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:34 AM
> To: slimp3-users
> Subject: Re: [slimp3-users] Other "Slim-" devices?
>
>
>
> Our next product will be the SlimDimm (I'm trying to think of a less silly
> but equally catchy name). We're going to have prototypes in about 2 weeks,
> and a complete development kit in 4-6 weeks or so.
>
> The SlimDimm has the same mechanical dimensions as a standard SODIMM
> laptop memory card. It incorporates all the main guts of the SliMP3
> player, minus MPEG decoder, DAC, and display.
>
> We'll have a development kit which includes a power supply, SODIMM socket,
> wire-wrapping area, and some connectors, buttons, and LEDs for a sample
> application. (probably the sample application will be a data acquisition
> system like you're suggesting). This is a big part of the motivation for
> opening our firmware.
>
> The SlimDimm will be offered to hobbyists and OEMs at a considerably lower
> price (TBA) than any Linux-based Ethernet modules.
>
> I can't comment on a future SliMP3, except to say that changing the
> SliMP3's hardware is not likely any time soon.
>
>
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Jacob Potter wrote:
>
> > Hi, all -
> >
> > 	Sean, are you planning on making any other "Slim-" devices? Here are
> a
> > few ideas I have:
> >
> > 	"SliMP3-2-part" - this would be an Ethernet MP3 player, like the
> > SliMP3, but the display and remote receiver would be in a separate unit
> > from the Ethernet and audio ports. They would be connected by a
> > short-range RF (not 802.11 or Bluetooth, just character-at-a-time) to
> > relay display and IR information. This would be good for people who's
> > speakers aren't in the same room as their equipment - think "media
> > room". It would be annoying to have to go to another room to change what
> > song you're playing, or to run a long cable from your SliMP3 to your
> > stereo.
> >
> > 	"SlimData" - a unit that would relay data from external sensors
> > (temperature, motion, etc) to a server program. Similar to a SliMP3, but
> > with a bunch of ADCs instead of audio circuitry.
> >
> > 	Do these sound good? Any other ideas? Sean, I know you probably have
> > your hands full enough with the SliMP3 alone, but...
> >
> > - Jacob
> >
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