Electronics CD-ROM Control (part of a homebuildt sound system)

I was planning on making my own soundsystem as a little project.

And what is a sound system without a CD player?

I was thinking about using an old CD-ROM as the player unit and just add a control unit, radio and amplifier. (all in the same box).

However, i need help with controlling the CD-ROM. The ejet function is easy. I also need play, pause, stop, next, prev, forward and rewind. That's basicly all i need. The output will be the analog output on the cd rom. That part should be easy enough.

Anyone have an idea on how to do this? I do have a PIC programmer, but i can't program them. (just cant get a hang on this ASM stuff.)

I might be including a remote on this. but that has a lower priority at the moment.

 

Hmmm
I think besides play/pause and stop/eject, you cant do more with a cd-rom.

Good luck though
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well.. a computer does send signals to the cd rom to make it d thing... if i could "copy" those signals somehow. I have a feeling that i'm forgetting something important, though.

 

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=88252&page=2

 

Looks perfekt!

Does anyone have schematics/firmware for something like this?

An LCD could be cool aswell, but no need.

 

www.diyaudio.com/ cdrom Controllers, there are 1000's of schematics and everything you need.

 

Thanks!

i think i have what i need now, actually. Just need to get a PIC and a new display (4x20 is a bit overkill)...

Next up is getting some sort of remote, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

I'll keep you updated if i actually do this