I have been emotionally attached to this particular piece of radio since I was a kid. It was always playing behind my back every morning while having breakfast in our kitchen. Now it’s one the fewest things left from my childhood making it something special to me. The radio was kept in a box for …
Introduction We live in uncertain times. The list of environmental problems seems to grow, while the solutions feel increasingly out of reach. But daunting as it may be, it is imperative that we address these issues. The earth is, in the words of Carl Sagan, “the only home we’ve ever known.” To not focus our …
Creating a mesh sensor network using Raspberry Pi and XBee radio modules Continue Reading
Project Replaced by: https://www.hackster.io/Granpino/raspiplayer-internet-radio-and-mp3-folder-player-rev2-4-3ddfdf This internet radio and MP3 player uses a 3.5 HDMI LCD touchscreen for operation. The original project was published by Adafruit. https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-radio-player-with-touchscreen/overview The project uses MPC, MPD and Pygame. The project has been evolving over time. I am still trying to incorporate automatic album images on the sreen. Installation: Download the raspbian stretch image …
Raspberry Pi Internet Radio and MP3 Player with Bluetooth Continue Reading
Radio emissions from sky sources like Sun and Jupiter can be received and converted to digital domain for processing. UPDATE 3 – May 7, 2018 Please note that starting from version 9 the software makes usage of latest Skyfield version (1.3). You can install Skyfield using pip install skyfield It is no longer necessary to install using pip install …
Radio-Astronomy with RTL-SDR, RPi and Amazon AWS IoT Continue Reading
Internet radio with MP3 player over Bluetooth. This revision includes internet connection indicator and Folder Player. Story RaspiPlayer Rev 2.4 Raspberry Pi internet radio player with MP3 over Bluetooth. The latest revision includes internet connection indicator, and Folder Player feature. Installation Download the full raspbian Stretch orBuster image and burn to a 8GB or bigger SD card. To …
RaspiPlayer – Internet Radio and MP3 Folder Player Rev2.4 Continue Reading
Adapting Adafruit’s CircuitPython to use the RFM69HCW Radio FeatherWing on the Zynq-7000 series FPGAs. One of my most commonly used Raspberry Pi shields I discovered a few years ago is the 433 MHz RadioFruit RFM69HCW Transceiver Radio Bonnet from Adafruit. The RFM69HCW is a transceiver module with a wide operating frequency range, and all of …
Pi OS for Zynqberry: Adafruit RFM69 Radio with CircuitPython Continue Reading
Like the look and feel of vintage radio, but want Pandora, internet radio and your own music? This project is for you! Story Inspiration I used to love playing around with my Dad’s big 1940’s Zenith radio, tuning in to stations across America and around the world. The charm of that old Zenith stuck …
MiniZ: Tiny Streaming Radio Based on Classic Zenith “Cube” Continue Reading
Build a 12/24 hr UTC digital clock using low-cost TM1637 4-digit displays and a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Story Overview Amateur Radio Operators (aka HAM Radio) use 24 hour UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) for much of their operation. I decided to build a digital clock using the low-cost TM1637 4-digit displays and a Raspberry Pi …
Be it a boring afternoon, a monotonous job or a lonely long drive FM radio stations have always kept us entertained. While on the contradictory it should also be agreed that sometimes these FM stations get very boring with the RJ blabbering irrelevant stuff or some bugging advertisements and that might have kept you guessing …
How to Build a Raspberry Pi FM Transmitter Continue Reading
Objective There is a wide range of applications for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that have been made possible through recent advancements in technology. One application uses a quadcopter for surveillance of a region. In this project, we attempted to automate a quadcopter for tracking targets. The goal was to have the quadcopter continuously follow and hover …
