Programmable Effects Box

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My friend and I were planning to create a cost-effective programmable guitar effects box. We thought this could be something big knowing that you can actually have an array of guitar effects at your disposal for a price not more than 300 dollars. No, probably not even 250 or 200 depending on the design. It just seems like either the distributors or the manufacturers are overpricing their stuff. Imagine, a simple and decent distortion pedal, nothing else, for more than 200 dollars? That's just madness, especially for upstart guitarists. But what else can they do? Instead of saving for more tools, they're saving for expensive effects.

This project would provide a different option for them. As long as they know how programming works, once they have the device, their only limit is their imagination.

This development kit would greatly help our plans, because we're actually trying to find out which is more cost-effective: using a low-profile x86 or using an ARM?

We're going to use Linux for the actual operating system. Then we'll create/modify a scripting engine. It's like Jesusonic, the one created by Cockos. But we're going to make it better, like we're going to license the system under GPL if in case it becomes a success, then open it to all platforms if possible, things like that. Plus, we'll release the schematics to the public.

I would like to use this board to program a voice emulator terminal so that I can finally help my niece (she is already 8 years old by the way) and is suffering classical autism. She can't speak but she understands what your going to say to her.

The coding would be to simply translate her keystrokes (like a dumb terminal with a keyboard) and it would activate every keystrokes she has to a digitally voice activated speaker.

It would be a sigh and a welcome relief on my sister's part to finally have her autistic daughter speak the word 'Mom" (even though it might just be a robotic voice) to her... I'm sure she would be crying when she finds out that that my niece(her daughter) can finally communicate to us (her family) and to the outside world....

Im planing to learn how to develop something with it and make awesome stuff with it

First, I'm going to learn about how the ARM architecture works and try to write/port a RTOS onto this device (it has very small RAM, so Linux won't fit). Then, I'll try to figure out if I could use it to enhance a computer/smartphone. Next, I'll add a monochromatic screen and some input (hardware keys). After collecting the experience I'm going to make use of acquired skills (by add useful mods for kernels and ROMs) and help to improve the XDA community which helped me so much .

At first I will try to understand the development with it and later i would use it for gaining bachelor of Computer engineering degree

I'll make an automatic thanks machine that'll automatically thank this post.

Android + school?

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Hey guys,

My parents are always mad that I'm not busy with school, but with my Android phone. Now I can turn it around:
I am going to use it as my project for school;
As IT project I'm gonna programm it as a robot (Maybe a bit hard...), maybe build a kind of mobile or something other awesome, make a workpiece by it and blow away my teacher!
Finally I can combine ''Android'' with school

And after the project I can even expand my programming skills with this amazing board and I hope I can get my friends to make an even more amazing thing with it!

Please hit the thanks button, if you support me, and don't forget to check out my Twitter, Youtube and Facebook

Thanks guys,
Best regards,
Thatgrass

http://www.facebook.com/thazel.dagrass --> My Facebook
https://twitter.com/#!/Thatgrass --> My Twitter
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http://www.youtube.com/user/ThatgrassXDA --> My Youtube (Check out development board video! )

Please hit thanks! Thank you

Skype Central Android Assistance

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A group of my friends and I, all with different android phone models are setting up a Skype support forum. Anyone with a problem flashing a rom, phone overheating, bricked device, newbie flasher etc, can contact us on a device specific Skype Call line.

The individual can simply hold his device up to his camera while on Skype from a pc or web cam, and as we can directly view his/her device, we can troubleshoot and give direct solutions to their issues.

This has been in the works for a while now and funding is almost secure. So yeh, if you all at XDA would like to jump on board, the more the merrier. And our services will cost absolutely nothing but we will receive the back-end revenue from Skype and various Telecommunication providers here in S.A. Please note, the Telecommunication providers in S.A are still in a process of deciding if they would take our proposal. Everything however looks promising so far. I will upload all the necessary documents and legal strata as soon as our financial adviser has completed the essential requirements. This service however, if offered by XDA would be more beneficial to the community as the specific device knowledge on this Forum far surpasses anything else in the known world. Thank you for all your knowledge, skill and devotion to Technology.

i already bought a book about android, programmed a bit on my first device, the samsung galaxy spica, and now i have my galaxy s. so i would really appreciate this little board, because i want to educate myself and i want to programm android stuff. just finished with school, so i have much time for development

so please let me win and push tha thanks button!!!! thank u in advance

I will put it together with Raspberry Pi and make an opensource tablet