Jordi Bracke has gone about playing a CD the hard way. Instead of buying a $20 portable player he decided to interface a GameBoy system to play a CD using a computer ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
Here is what you need to build your own:
-A GameBoy to show track information and control the playing.
-A GameBoy cartridge: we will need it to interface the GameBoy to a board.
-An ATAPI drive to play the CD.
-A 12v-5v power supply.
March 19th, 2006
The hardware schematics are quite good:
http://personales.ya.com/proyecto_gb/hardware.html
But there needs to be a bit more instructions in English before I would tackle something like this…
Great job Jordi!
March 19th, 2006
Hi Steve, I put instructions in english at http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/41087420031E102985CB001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS . I’m sorry I can’t speak better english, if you are interested we can chat to solve your doubts. My MSN Messenger email address is a80×86@hotmail.com.
Greetings,
Jordi
March 20th, 2006
Thanks Jordi