On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Martin Farrell wrote:
> Can anyone give me a few clues to driving a CD ROM player for use as a
> standalone audio CD player?
>
I remember seeing a uC project that did just that. I've been digging
through my bookmarks to try and find it for you, but I think I've lost it
:( .. I know it involved interfacing to the IDE bus, but I don't remember
anything else as it was before I discovered PICs.


> I'm sure I can drive the bus easily enough with a PIC or similar but I
> can't find details of the control codes to select tracks, play, pause
> etc. I don't want the data - just the audio from the onboard DAC.
>
I've just found this one and started reading "how to connect an IDE device
to a microcontroller" and while it's a huge document, it seems to be
pretty detailed.

http://www.mp3projects.com/data.htm


> Any other suggestions for a front loading audio CD player with remote
> control would be most welcome.
>
You could just dig out that old 486 in your cupboard and stick an IR
receiver on it's COM port, then install one of those single-floppy linux
distro's :)

Good luck,

Tim

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