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[Saint]:
The reason(s) I suggest a cheap development board are as such:

1 - cost: A single board can run your entire project and is likely going to be appreciably cheaper than several digital audio players, even second hand ones. Even multiple boards (one per display) may well end up at the same price or less.
2 - reuse: a development board is going to see you through many projects, whereas a DAP is a DAP and its uses are understandably limited.
3 - limitations: a development board won't be bound by the limitations of the Rockbox playback engine (for example, you would be able to trivially play multiple tracks at once)
4 - hardware adaptation: you could quite literally just jam a couple of photocells directly on to the GPIO header.
5 - network stack: who doesn't like network stacks?
6 - scripting: reasonably self explanatory
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And so on.

The only obvious downside is getting ones feet wet in scripting and embedded development.


[Saint]

MoBe:
Hi [Saint],

Thanks again, I really appreciate the input. In the case of this project, most of the advantages are irrelevant (no network, not convenient running from one device, each will only run one file, and I won't be doing post-installation maintenance). The disadvantage of my current rustiness is important as I am pricing it also according to how long it should take to make.

Since it would be a funded project, I can't charge the commission for the equipment I'd need to even get started (decent soldering equipment, an arduino/other board etc.) and I can't afford good long-lasting of that at the moment.

Taking all those under consideration, I opted to avoid the development board option, unless nothing else works (if I even get the commission, who knows). Originally I didn't want to over-explain since I didn't think it would matter, but here, those were my (cowardly, insecure, but still mine) reasons.

I really do appreciate the time you took, and I totally see your point, it's just not the right opportunity for me to go there right now.

Thanks!

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