iPod on Ford Focus 6000CD - home made electronics project

[sorban]

Hello,

I managed to integrate my iPod on my Ford car radio (6000CD, the one with volume button on the left side, without AUX-input).

You can check my blog at ipod-remote . blogspot . com (as a new user I cannot post URL's). There you'll find all the info and schematics on how to build it.

[partyd]

wow
that look like a lot of work and building the display i was looking at your FFT/display
that is incredible how long did it take you to build this ?
and did you spend a lot of money ?

[sorban]

Hello,

once the PCB is made, and you've got your components, it will take you about one weekend to properly build it in your car.
The LCD is one that I still had laying on my shelf; I think the other components cost about 50 euro. You will need an Atmel programmer to program the uC.

In the meanwhile, I'm working on some improvements for the software, but basically, everything is working very stable, with good sound quality!