{"id":2024,"date":"2009-06-23T07:22:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T14:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:06","slug":"microchip-internet-radio-demonstration-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/microchip-internet-radio-demonstration-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Microchip Internet Radio Demonstration Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microchip.com\/stellent\/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&amp;nodeId=1406&amp;dDocName=en536047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/microchip-internet-radio-demonstration-board\/95837-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/95837-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"336,227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Microchip Internet Radio Demonstration Board\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/95837-1.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2026\" title=\"Microchip Internet Radio Demonstration Board\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/95837-1.png\" alt=\"Microchip Internet Radio Demonstration Board\" width=\"336\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microchip.com\">Microchip Technology,<\/a> makers of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microchip.com\/stellent\/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&amp;nodeId=74\">PIC microcontroller<\/a>, have released a demo board for the 8-bit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microchip.com\/wwwproducts\/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en026445\">PIC18F67J60<\/a> that is pre-programmed to function as an internet radio receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone familiar with the blog knows that I have a special love for <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/building-a-wifi-radio-part-10-building-the-box\/\">internet streaming radio<\/a>, so it shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise that this demo board immediate caught my eye.<\/p>\n<p>The demo board&#8217;s features include ethernet, a dedicated MP3 decoder IC, pushbutton user interface, and a cool <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oled\">OLED<\/a> matrix display.\u00a0 The PIC18F67J60 includes an ethernet <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PHY\">PHY<\/a> on-chip,\u00a0 which makes for a very simple way to add network connectivity to the microcontroller.\u00a0 Sadly, unlike <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/detailed-specs-for-the-asus-wl-520gu-uber-hacking-platform\/\">my usual hacking platform<\/a>, there isn&#8217;t any wireless on-board, but given the extremely small size and downloadable source code, I am really tempted to get one of these to play with.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short video about the board by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MicrochipTechnology\">MicrochipTechnology<\/a> on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wwUViJNvRAI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wwUViJNvRAI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microchip.com\/stellent\/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&amp;nodeId=1406&amp;dDocName=en536047\">Internet Radio Demonstration Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microchip Technology, makers of the PIC microcontroller, have released a demo board for the 8-bit PIC18F67J60 that is pre-programmed to function as an internet radio receiver. Anyone familiar with the blog knows that I have a special love for internet streaming radio, so it shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise that this demo board immediate caught my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/microchip-internet-radio-demonstration-board\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microchip Internet Radio Demonstration Board<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[240,239,241,44,242,162],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-microcontrollers","tag-ethernet","tag-microchip","tag-microcontroller","tag-pic","tag-pic18f67j60","tag-wifiradio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-wE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2553,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/eevblog\/","url_meta":{"origin":2024,"position":0},"title":"EEVblog &#8211; The Electrical Engineering Video Blog Podcast","author":"Jeff","date":"November 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"David L. 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