I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
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Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#2I like the concept. Seems like a fun weekend project. I might have to try it someday. Thanks.
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#3I realize that the fun of hacking is the point here.
However if all you want is a working device, here's one for $60: http://www.amazon.com/iHome-AirPlay-Rechargeable-Wireless-Sy... And there are much cheaper choices if you stick to bluetooth.
For hacking things together, there is a $30 dongle that takes power and delivers 3.5mm audio: http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Receiver-Supports-Portable-WF-...
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#4I'm about to do something similar except I'm using an old AM Test Transmitter from the 50's as the chassis http://imgur.com/a/FtamZ (thing has valves and still works!).
It has enough space to put in a pi,dac,amp into the middle box in the second picture (which is perfectly centred) then I'm going to build some mdf cabinets and put the speakers either side (with lots of dampening).
Going to keep (and make work) all the front switches, power output (top right rectangle) is going to be replaced with a backlit LCD display and the tuning dial (main face) is going to be kept but backlit with LED's that change color to indicate station/volume.
On the back, audio output (in case I want to use external speakers) plus HDMI and USB connections (so I can plug a monitor and keyboard in to do config without disassembly).
Case had so much internal space I was tempted to put a media PC in it but I have one already and a radio seems fitting somehow.
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#5Mine's a Doctor Who's Tardis + Pi running Mopidy (raspbian + some packages for playing music from multiple services, airplay support and remote control with a webapp). Making the thing was totally worth the cost :)
Some photos on FB: https://facebook.com/hervalfreire/albums/10152327503600754/?... (planned on doing a blog post but got sidetracked building other things)
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#6Mine's a Doctor Who's Tardis + Pi running Mopidy (raspbian + some packages for playing music from multiple services, airplay support and remote control with a webapp). Making the thing was totally worth the cost :) Some photos on FB: https://facebook.com/hervalfreire/albums/10152327503600754/?... (planned on doing a blog post but got sidetracked building other things)
If & when you get time, I for one would be very interested to read the blog post! Even just a list of the packages you used (with the airplay support + associated webapps) would be handy!
I've just set mine up for timelapses at the moment. Nothing fancy, but it does make for pretty videos every day :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxBJN5Pd_E (since this one, have worked out how to turn the LED off, and I don't take it through the night any more).
Good times, love the pi.
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#7Mine's a Doctor Who's Tardis + Pi running Mopidy (raspbian + some packages for playing music from multiple services, airplay support and remote control with a webapp). Making the thing was totally worth the cost :) Some photos on FB: https://facebook.com/hervalfreire/albums/10152327503600754/?... (planned on doing a blog post but got sidetracked building other things)
If & when you get time, I for one would be very interested to read the blog post! Even just a list of the packages you used (with the airplay support + associated webapps) would be handy! I've just set mine up for timelapses at the moment. Nothing fancy, but it does make for pretty videos every day :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxBJN5Pd_E (since this one, have worked out how to turn the LED off, and I don't tak…
This looks cool! So you take a picture with a web cam every couple of minutes or something?
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#8I love this, it's a great hack. It seems like the real sweet spot for a project like this though would be to capture the AirPlay audio at a line level and patch it into existing speakers and power amplification circuit. That way you could capture the existing audio quality of a device that had good sound reproduction but is otherwise obsolete. Was such an approach considered?
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
If & when you get time, I for one would be very interested to read the blog post! Even just a list of the packages you used (with the airplay support + associated webapps) would be handy! I've just set mine up for timelapses at the moment. Nothing fancy, but it does make for pretty videos every day :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxBJN5Pd_E (since this one, have worked out how to turn the LED off, and I don't tak…
This looks cool! So you take a picture with a web cam every couple of minutes or something?
Yip, once a minute between sunrise and sunset (now) and then run a little script to turn it into a video, and then use a nice little cli (googlecl) to upload it to youtube (though that has been slightly tempermental). It's really really straightforward.
Basic instructions here: http://wiki.psdavey.com/my-setup-for-timelapse.html
Re: I put a Raspberry Pi into a radio from the 80's to get a portable AirPlay device
#10Does it play audio perfectly in sync between the two devices and if so can u easily add/create additional speakers? Fill your house with audio on the cheap?