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Winamp Controller

Winamp control unit with motorised potentiometer and USB interface

Published in issue 398, February 2010

Winamp Controller
This project implements a physical progress bar for Winamp. Here a small ATmega microcontroller uses the USB interface to provide a bidirectional link between the Winamp software and a hardware studio fader, which acts as a combined indicator and entry device.

Physical progress bar for Winamp
Fast forward and reverse using a physical slider
Power supply via USB port
Data transfer via USB port
Song title display on LCD module (2 x16 characters)
Four buttons for Play, Stop, Next, and Previous
Runs with Winamp 5.5 (tested with Winamp 5.541)

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Please note. In view of the complexity of international markets, Elektor cannot guarantee the availability of components for this project.

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