Tag Archives: wifiradio

Velimir’s WiFi Internet Radio Project

Velimir Cvetkovic submitted a video of his nicely executed WiFi radio project to the forums. His project is based on my wifi radio project from 2008.  At the heart of the radio is an Asus WL-520gU wireless router. Velimir wrote his own LCD display and channel selector firmware in BASCOM.

His wooden case design is very similar to the one Tony and I built for the 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire.

Nice work, Velimir!

Jan’s Wifi Radio has a modern look

Jan Wante made this gorgeous Wifi Radio with a modern look. It is based on my original Wifi Radio tutorials.

Not content to simply duplicate my work, he added a few creative twists of his own, including a custom handmade case made of alucobond, MDF, and real wood veneer that gives his finished radio a nice, modern look. Inside, a hacked WL-520gU wireless router running OpenWrt runs the show and an ATmega microcontroller programmed with BASCOM interfaces with a rotary encoder and graphical LCD display.

The very impressive result is shown in this video:

Nice work, Jan!

Wifi Radio mention on BBC’s Digital Planet

Welcome, BBC listeners!  You probably want to start here.

Last Friday, I was interviewed by Gareth Mitchell of BBC’s Digital Planet at the incredibly successful Dorkbot/Ignite SXSW show.

The Digital Planet SXSW episode (and a <short!> clip from my interview) is now online.

You can also subscribe to a podcast of the show, available for most media players.

I also uploaded some pictures of the Dorkbot/Ignite event. They only capture a small fraction of the exhibits, there just wasn’t enough time for me to see them all!

Dorkbot/Ignite SXSW