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by Schwabinger
Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:39 am
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

Thanks for your fast reply! The display is working but without any backlight (so you cannot use it in the dark). Up to now I have tried the following - nothing worked: Apply 4.1 or 4.3 to A and K; I did that by building a voltage divider and I only had resistors that resulted in 4.1 and 4.3 volts. A...
by Schwabinger
Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:15 am
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

Thanks you very much for your fast reply :-) Here is a macro foto of the LCD: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rigasw/8544653517/in/photostream Yes, there is something like J1 or J2, but I have no idea on how to make use of those little dots ... At the moment I connected PIN 15 and 16 to 5V/GND, but acc...
by Schwabinger
Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:34 am
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

Here comes the box http://www.flickr.com/photos/rigasw/8543749969/in/photostream What is still missing is a way to make use of the back light. This is the LCD that I use: http://www.produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/175000-199999/181651-da-01-en-LCD_MOD_STN_BLAU_NEG_LED_WEISS_16X2.pdf This docume...
by Schwabinger
Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:39 pm
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

Hi Gerben,
that really looks cool!

I recently have connected a 16x2 LCD to the pi. (I want a solution without a screen, be it on a notebook or a smartphone).
Fotos will follow

Schwabinger
by Schwabinger
Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:49 pm
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

A nice new feature for my radio: Pressing a special button on my remote executes the following: mpc -f %title% | head -1 | mail -s Titel schwabinger@blabla.de This command sends the title of the song that is just playing to my email account ..... very useful when you listen to a song that you have k...
by Schwabinger
Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:30 am
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

This is what I call "Quick and dirty" ... but it works like a charme ....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rigasw/8383282397/
by Schwabinger
Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:10 am
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

The "in box version" will have LEDs in two different colors. I use an USB sound stick now; sound quality is better than with the built in one. What I am still looking for is a software / addon for mpd that can be used as an eqalizer and that can as well be controlled using the remote. (I s...
by Schwabinger
Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:47 am
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

At the moment the radio is moving into it's own box.

Here a photo when it still was running on a breadboard:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rigasw/8375777453/
by Schwabinger
Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:29 pm
Forum: Wifi Radio Project / Hacking the Asus WL-520gU
Topic: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio
Replies: 47
Views: 228022

Re: Very simple Raspberry Pi Radio

The number of albums I want to make available via my RaspRadio is limited (< 100). So for every album I built an extra playlist using something like mpc clear mpc search any "Rostropovich" | mpc add .. some playlist editing with mpc del or mpc add. And finally: mpc save Bach_Cello_Suiten_R...