[mythtv-users] Homebrew PVR Multi-Circuit

[Shawn]

Just wanted to say "Hell yeah!"

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 23:57 -0400, Steven White wrote:
> I read some posts on toggling an LED to show system status and came up 
> with something to dress up my MythTV box.  I'm designing a small circuit 
> that integrates an IR receiver, IR transmitter, status LEDs, and a 2 
> line LCD into one small pc board.  LCD messages would be sent via a 
> serial message protocol (hopefully using the same COM port as the one 
> used for LIRC..can this be done since I'd only need the TX and RX 
> lines???).  Any message could be sent to the display, such as "Now 
> Playing: The Simpsons" or "Recording: The Sopranos".  The status LEDs 
> could be turned on and off via a serial message also.  The IR 
> transmitter LED(s) and status LED(s) could be remotely mounted from the 
> board.  Power would be drawn from a hard drive power supply connector.  
> The LCD would be optional and autodetected by the onboard 
> microcontroller.  The goal of all of this is to combine all of the 
> hardware needed for a homebrew PVR into one pcb board to make things 
> neat and easy for people who don't have any soldering or electronics 
> experience.  If there is enough interest, I can have a batch made after 
> the prototypes are tested (I own an electrical engineering business).  
> MythTV developers would get free sample boards if these things get 
> popular enough to be supported in the project.  Does this sound like 
> something useful?  Does anyone else have a wishlist for their MythTV box?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve