Since my iPod has a broken display since a while and the Cradle of my IceLink (that's an adaptor to connect the iPod to a Sony CD/MD-Changer Car Radio) is also broken, I thought it's time to build something new to be able to listen to some music again 
Sooo I built the following:
Cute, isn't it?
Works the following way:
First, a small piece of metal on the battery cover of the gp2x:
Because that metal is part of that universal mobile phone car mount kit:
(Here is that pic in big)
One problem I had:
The gp2x needs stabilized 3 Volts.
A car battery voltage output ranges from 8 Volt (ignition) up until 14 Volts (when the battery is charging).
So I built a small circuit:
Nothing big, parts did cost 5 - 6 Euro. It stabilizes the current to exactly 3 Volts, works up until 1,5A (which is more than enough for the gp2x)
It works pretty well - in fact, it works THAT well, that I can start my car while the gp2x is running - and the gp2x doesn't crash nor even flicker.
Sound output for goes back into the IceLink, since I don't have a car radio with AUX Input (and the IceLink simulates a CD / MD - Changer)
Since IceLink also offers a serial protocol using the Apple Accessory Protocol, I could use my car radio to change the tracks on the gp2x if anybody codes that protocol into the gp2x
That's it
Here's another, last picture:
(Also available in big here
Heh, now I've got a car radio that can play movies, MP3s, SIDs, SPCs, MODs, etc
Cute
Sooo I built the following:
Cute, isn't it?
Works the following way:
First, a small piece of metal on the battery cover of the gp2x:
Because that metal is part of that universal mobile phone car mount kit:
(Here is that pic in big)
One problem I had:
The gp2x needs stabilized 3 Volts.
A car battery voltage output ranges from 8 Volt (ignition) up until 14 Volts (when the battery is charging).
So I built a small circuit:
Nothing big, parts did cost 5 - 6 Euro. It stabilizes the current to exactly 3 Volts, works up until 1,5A (which is more than enough for the gp2x)
It works pretty well - in fact, it works THAT well, that I can start my car while the gp2x is running - and the gp2x doesn't crash nor even flicker.
Sound output for goes back into the IceLink, since I don't have a car radio with AUX Input (and the IceLink simulates a CD / MD - Changer)
Since IceLink also offers a serial protocol using the Apple Accessory Protocol, I could use my car radio to change the tracks on the gp2x if anybody codes that protocol into the gp2x
That's it
Here's another, last picture:
(Also available in big here
Heh, now I've got a car radio that can play movies, MP3s, SIDs, SPCs, MODs, etc
Cute
