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| TTL header to adapter to serial com port |
The hardest part was to compile the image and flash it after we got he OpenWrt Source.( basically over writing the custom firmware OpenWRT to a ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router
) Which in Leiman's terms becomes a Linux box. 
After the OpenWRT is installed, we can add programs to the router like a music player client and server; to play music via a usb sound card connected to some cheap pc speakers that i had laying around. The sound card is listed in the website as well. It is a pretty awesome project, like i said. 
The last part of the project which is not required since you can use your computer terminal to view the song information. For this we used an Arduino UNO board
with a lcd screen. there are plenty of sample sketches to run on the Arduino uno with lcd, but you have to take in account that some are for 4 line lcd and there are some fancy sketches out there that can scroll the text if it is bigger than the screen size. we didn't connect any potentiometers (knobs) to the arduino to control volume or change stations, since we got a little lazy at the end.
These are pictures and video of our attempt to make this project. It was an amazing experience, one always wonder what can be done with this little router, and usb port... and my son and i had fun making it and this it is a cool project.
, its a radian heat type, so the heating elements are under the glass, and they do get pretty hot i must say. it does have a temperature warning light that tells you when its "save" to handle. The knobs are dishwasher save, and the glass is easy to clean.
, and we had a chance to look at it. its fast, pretty responsive and light, at only 7 inch. There are two speakers in the side. The tablet runs android operating system, but has a custom skin from amazon. 
