First of all, many thanks to our competitors from across the globe who participated in this challenge; their projects were a clear demonstration of the versatility as well as power of the Beaglebone Black.  It hasn't been easy for element14 ...

Here are my previous posts for the BBB Radio Challenge: Beaglebone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebeartoe - Unboxing and Project Goalshttp://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1695Beaglebone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebear...

So as I mentioned, I was planning to make two projects. As the first one took a long time, I just had a couple of days to finish this one and publish it. Unfortunately, it didn't work due to couple of reasons:Initial plan was to write some sort o...

The playback interface was missing in my previous version of the BBBRadio. So I added it using wxMediaCtrl. Below is the updated screen for main GUI of BBBRadio. Click on WavPlayer to open the interface to the media control.  The ...

After progressing with setting up RTL_SDR software and USB audio, the next task was developing Graphical User Interface. It turned out to be a real pain. I couldn't bring up a simple window on the screen. The main culprit was GNOME!!!! It consume...

All entries in this blog series:Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - ReviewBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 1: Project descriptionBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to workBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge...

In this post I'll be talking about how to set another computer to act as a server between Beaglebone Black and Internet. Initially I was planning to use ffmpeg and ffserver but after a week of banging my head against the wall, I couldn't make...

Check out my previous posts for the BBB Radio Challenge: Beaglebone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebeartoe - Unboxing and Project Goalshttp://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1695 UPDATE: BeagleBone Black Internet Radio Chal...

All entries in this blog series:Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - ReviewBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 1: Project descriptionBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to workBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge...

In this post, I'll be talking about three things in general:Getting a new image, updating it and fixing things that are broken.Installing RTL-SDR which will be used for receiving FM transmissions and others.Testing the installation by streaming r...

As I expected, the BBB SDR road test would lead me down an exciting road to discovery.  I have not been disappointed.  The 1st step was of course to unpack all ofthe components of the road test package.  I was impressed by the small si...

All entries in this blog series:Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - ReviewBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 1: Project descriptionBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to workBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge...

All entries in this blog series:Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - ReviewBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 1: Project descriptionBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to work (this post)Beaglebone Black Rad...

After setting up the rtl-sdr software as defined here, next step to enable the USB sound card as planned. Unfortunately I don't have any USB sound card as of now, so i emulated one as described here. BBB has the audio output on HDMI port by defau...

Greetings everyone.  Welcome to my first blog post covering my road test of the BeagleBone Black single board computer, and the DVB-T Stick Software Defined Radio. I should probably start by introducing myself.  My name is William, and...

Hello everyone! This is the first post for my Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge entry. I own a Beaglebone, so I have some experience with it. I even wrote a blog post about it on my own blog about compiling a new Angstrom image and playing around...

Thanks element14 for selecting my design for Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge. I own a Beaglebone(first generation) so i have some prior experience in handling this new beauty(BBB). My project aims in designing a radio using SDR and internet. Th...

All entries in this blog series:Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - ReviewBeaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 1: Project description (this post)Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to workBeaglebone Black Rad...

UPDATE: Here are my other posts for the BBB Radio Challenge: http://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1695Beaglebone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebeartoe - Installing FM SupportBeagleBone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebear...