If you buy a USB sound dongle from Hong Kong, this is the dodgy-looking package it'll turn up in
The USB sound dongle - it's a C-Media part inside
Close up of the sound dongle
The contents of my highly-anticipated Embedded ARM package
The contents unwrapped
The contents, with my hand in the for scale. Och, isn't it wee?
Emergency serial port! I had to attach the board to the PC in the lounge as it was the only one with a serial port. Note the board is resting on a curry menu - this is a vital part of the design!
First bootup!
DIY enclosure making
The finished enclosure
Check out the connectivity!
The Weebox finally installed into its proper development position
Success! The LCD display is showing a scrolling message 'If She Wants Me / Belle & Sebastian' and the time and song/playlist numbers
Our cat Monkey decides she's more important than the Weebox
Close up of the infra red detector circuit
An old ribbon cable plugs neatly onto the board
The circuit in its place, ready to decode remote control keypresses
The infra-red detector is finally working!
Check out my soldering skills!
The shiny new 320x64 LCD screen
The negative voltage generator shortly before I blew it up
The new negative voltage generator in place
First images of the new screen working!
First actual picture image being shown on the Weebox's shiny new screen
Another shot of the final prototype
The soldered breadboard version
Closeup of my soldering skills (or lack of)
TrueType rendering on the Weebox
