Re: Where can I find an Embedded Developer?

You came to the right place, but in all honesty, a canned FM chip is
probably the lowest cost option for you, that would also do a decent
job. You need a high amount of gain and a discriminator (usu coil based
for low cost, but can be PLL based for tight space requirements, albeit
for a higher price). Filtering in general is hard to do in tight
spaces, but it's needed if you want to receive a weaker station -
having almost no filtering would possibly work for very strong local
stations).
Do you want a speaker in that device, or do you play it through the
soundcard? I'm guessing the soundcard, to keep it cheap.
You also compete with radio stations that have web feeds in a
streaming media format. This kind of thing is commonly used among your
target audience (young adults, techno-savy). But your device has value
in workplaces that might filter out streaming media.
Your idea is very cool! But I think you want it to be cheap enough
that a station can buy thousands of them and give them out for free.
This is going to be difficult. You also have to factor in the cost of a
USB interface chip. You might also need to have software loaded on the
PC, or else you might make a live self-running program on the USB
device - this is very new technology.
Some companies don't allow "regular" employees to access their USB
ports due to security concerns. This is another gotcha.

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