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There are plenty of 100K/50K remote volume control solutions on Ebay. I think Russ mentione once that a 10-15K pot was as about as high as you could go to use with the Volumite. Anybody have any suggestions for a remote control for the Volumite?
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An Alps motorized pot 10K?
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A link to one of those? Thanks LeonvB
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Or any other motorized 10k pot. The pot in not in the audio path.
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The options I saw for a 10K motorized volume are buy the kit(remote, reciever, all except power)/add a pot, about 100 bucks
Ebay complete kits with 100k pots about 50 bucks.
I'm not normally so cheap with things I think I need, but as avr300 said the stupid thing isn't in the audio path.
I have a question in to one of the Eay sellers for a 10K version
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With a little creativity, one could replace the pot on the Volumite with an IR receiver, and reprogram the ATTiny85 accordingly...
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So maybe an IR-receiver with ATtiny85 firmware that will cause the input from the pot to go to sleep when an IR remote signal is sensed, hence the priority is switched to the IR input. But as soon as the pot value changes again the controled volume output to the ES9018 will slowly ramp to the new pot value switching the priority back to the new pot value. That way the volume could be controlled by both the pot knob and an IR remote. In other words, the input that was changed the most recently would have priority in sensing for the control of volume.
Is this too much programming for the ATtiny85? Just trying some ideas...
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If you need to control the volume from a local knob and a remote, you will need a rotary encoder so that a fixed position of the knob is not required. If you a bit software inclined, you can reuse the code from my diy remote controlled project. Edited by user Sunday, December 5, 2010 5:55:57 PM(UTC)
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glt - your remote project sounds interesting; can you provide a link?
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ronpod wrote:glt - your remote project sounds interesting; can you provide a link? Click the little "blog" icon
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I like your remote solution! Great use of resources (and quite resourceful, too). Are you currently using this remote system?
This is a great blog!
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Yes. Just added the remote a few days ago. The Apple remote is a real nice device. It is the only remote that can match the Buffalo II :-)
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All this sounds good but is over my head. If someone comes up with a step by step for the weak minded on this one I would appreciate it.
glt, maybe your site is showing the step by step, but again this stuff is beyond me.
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washout, it does indeed look challenging. This should be a fun DIY experience; I purchased an Arguino Uno today. Thanks, glt for showing the way! It looks as if the program includes the remote with the encoder as well as a display; is that true?
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Yes... it is fun and a lot of learning.
Washout: you may want to wait for TPA's solution as it is a complete kit.
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As much as I like the kits, the AC1 IS a very long wait. Next year I want to finish my DAC, with USB 2.0 connectivity and remote. If by then the AC1 + femto still isn't available I'll propably use something like an Arduino to build it.
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Hi,
i am trying to use the hifiduino project with a dual mono buffall dac. therefore i would have to rewrite the firmware. is there any source codefor the firmware the volumite use for dual mono versus single stereo i could use as starting point?
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Branko
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Not yet, but I hope so soon. I am awaiting word directly from ESS that it is ok to publish that source code.
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Greetings,
I have implemented the hifiduino project with the B2. The remote is very handsome (invites more programming)and the encoder works well as a knob volume control. The EA DIP204B4 LCD display that I used required some non-obvious programming to align the display characters but that was the only hitch (other than a remapped character palette).
All-in-all a very fun project that yielded a very nice display of sample rate, volume level, etc. I can now control volume from the kitchen. But now the new circuitry just be fit into the DAC enclosure. The sound quality is uneffected.
Thanks glt! and thanks to Russ and Brian for providing an excellent DAC DIY!
Merry Christmas to all...
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