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Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge: We Have a Winner!

doctorcdf — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:43:21 GMT

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 and ...(read more)

BeagleBone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebeartoe - Project Recap and Final Demo

onebeartoe — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:04:25 GMT

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

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - 3: Portable ADS-B Receiver and Fails!

tayken — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:24:09 GMT

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...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Playback interface for recorded audio

Nitin_Bhaskar — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:51:23 GMT

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 ...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - The Graphical User Interface chapter

Nitin_Bhaskar — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:45:39 GMT

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...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 5: Project Finalisation

fvan — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:39:29 GMT

All entries in this blog series:Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Review Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 1: Project description Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to work Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - 2: Streaming Server Setup

tayken — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:51:36 GMT

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...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Internet Radio Challenge - onebeartoe - Installing FM Support

onebeartoe — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:56:20 GMT

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

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 4: The Build

fvan — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:11:25 GMT

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - 1: System Setup and FM Streaming

tayken — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:44:44 GMT

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...(read more)

BeagleBone Black Internet Radio Challenge - Part 2 - The Road To Discovery

Former Member — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:39:31 GMT

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...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 3: User interface (Work in progress)

fvan — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:41:17 GMT

Beaglebone Black Radio Challenge - Part 2: Getting the different components to work

fvan — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:28:12 GMT

Beaglebone Black Radio challenge - USB Audio and listening to fm radio

Nitin_Bhaskar — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 03:57:38 GMT

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...(read more)

Beaglebone Black Internet Radio Challenge - First Post - Introduction

Former Member — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:24:32 GMT

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...(read more)