Blog Archive » Building a Wifi Radio - Part 3, Hacking the Asu. This is the third part of an ongoing series about building a low cost, open source streaming internet radio.
If you haven’t already, check out part one and part two for some background about the project. Hacking the Asus WL-520GU Wireless Router: In the last part of this series, I selected the Asus WL-520GU wireless router as a suitable embedded platform for my Wifi Radio project. I have since posted some detailed specs on this impressive low-cost router, revealing it’s powerful Broadcom BCM5354 core, 4MB flash, and 16MB SRAM. Granted, there are many more powerful routers out there that have USB support, will run Linux in various forms, and have built-in WiFi. ), which is very impressive indeed. To convert this router into a powerful embedded system, we need to make a couple modifications. Warning: Before we start hacking the router, there are a couple things I should mention: From this point onward, your warranty is toast. Accessing the internal serial port: You will need: -and- -or-
Chapter 10: Computers and Electronics. Building a computer controlled radio transmitter How would you like to send text messages to your friends without wires, and without an Internet connection, and without paying monthly fees?
In this project we will build a very simple radio transmitter that you attach to a serial port on your computer. The computer then runs a free program that converts words you type into radio signals that are decoded by another computer, using a cheap radio receiver, and a sound card. With a little study, you don't even need the second computer, since the radio signals are in Morse code, which anyone can learn to decode in their head with a little practice. It also comes in handy as a secret language, or as a way to send long distance messages with a pocket mirror. Click on photo for a larger picture The computer controlled transmitter needs these parts: (We carry most of the necessary parts in our catalog.)
For our first transmitter, we will connect the parts with alligator clips. How does it do that? One Minute Languages: learn a language in minutes with the Radio. Welcome to Streamripper. RSS. MiRoamer. F2FO. Iheard Radio Stations - Free Internet Radio Stations - Online Ra. Run a radio station off of your PC - Instructables. Screamer Radio. Social Music Overview. Keeping with the theme of Mike’s Online Photo Editing Overview, I wanted to cover some of the entrants into social music.
Music was probably the first type of rich media to really go “Web 2.0″ and it’s become a pretty popular place for startups. As a result, there are some great Rich Internet Applications built around social music. Anyone who makes music a part of their daily lives has no shortage of options when it comes to finding new music and sharing with friends. FineTune Finetune is a relatively new application written in Flash. Pandora Pandora is the granddaddy of the bunch and it’s one of the Web 2.0 applications that Mike can’t live without. Last.Fm last.fm is another Web 2.0 veteran and is more socially-slanted than the others.
MOG is all about a music community. RadioBlogClub radio.blog.club is another music service that builds playlists based on an artist or song you specify. MyStrands iLike iLike is an iTunes plug-in that makes your music library more social. iJigg. Player Window.