Raspberry Pi BLE and WiFi Internet Radio

RE: Raspberry Pi BLE and WiFi Internet Radio

dang74 — Thu, 11 May 2023 19:47:41 GMT

Awesome. I am interested in doing this kind of thing as well. I am a little torn as to whether or not I should take a modern approach to the electronics like you did or just go the route of conventional AM/FM receiver. I enjoyed this blog. Best of luck with the project.

RE: Raspberry Pi BLE and WiFi Internet Radio

DAB — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 18:41:53 GMT

Interesting project with lots of possibilities.

RE: Raspberry Pi BLE and WiFi Internet Radio

Andrew J — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:50:47 GMT

Great project.I suspect you could do loads with this but would your brother wait! Now’s the time to keep your eyes open for your own vintage box to use.

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genebren — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:36:16 GMT

Cool project. I like the idea of an updated take on a retro design.

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BigG — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:34:09 GMT

I was curious about your two choices, so I've been reading through the docs. I see Volumio is Javascript based while Moode is developed using PHP. According to Volumio docs it uses Websockets to receive commands. There is also a GitHub repository for the Volumio backend and the UI. Similarly for Moode, there's also a GitHUb repository. According to Moode GitHub page, the PHP based Moode Audio Player is a derivative of the WebUI audio player client for MPD.

Interestingly, if you search online you can find quite a few Python MPD options, like this client option: https://pypi.org/project/Mopidy-Simple-Webclient/

That is for https://mopidy.com/

Personally, I think Python or Javascript would give you better developer options than PHP on a Raspberry Pi, if you want to use Bluetooth.

RE: Raspberry Pi BLE and WiFi Internet Radio

robogary — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:53:38 GMT

For the mechanical dial display, I've seen other projects use a servo to drive the meter needle. The servo would be behind the dial, with an axle extending thru to mount the needle on. The dial backplate and needle can be 3D printed or scavenged from a junker. If the website doesnt have a frequency display, just make one up and have the RPi use that value on the dial anytime that web-station is selected.