Blog | Dana Ramler : Thoughtful Design » MP3 player http://www.danaramler.com/blog Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= en hourly 1 two firsts: hacking and soldering http://www.danaramler.com/blog/2009/04/02/two-firsts-hacking-and-soldering/ http://www.danaramler.com/blog/2009/04/02/two-firsts-hacking-and-soldering/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:56:43 +0000 Dana Ramler http://designdana.wordpress.com/?p=195 img_3475I have to admit, I’ve never hacked into anything before. And, although I have been fascinated with soldering and the mercury-like appearance of it when heated, I have never ventured into that worldd either. But alas, here I am: one grand idea, two more weeks, and a whole lot of learning to do!

Over the last two weeks, Holly and I have been attempting to hack into an inexpensive MP3 player so that we can hook it up to our heart rate module.

img_3489The first attempt was to no avail – the MP3 components were too tiny to solder wire to. So, we tried another one. This one has bigger, chunkier components that were easier to solder to, so thats a start. We also had to hack into our headphones, breaking the plastic and reconnecting wires.

We have been trying to manipulate the ‘forward,’ ‘back’ and’play’ buttons so that the wearer of the garment does not need to set up the player before hand. We’ll see how that goes…

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