Ralph S Bacon

I've been wanting to buy an Internet Radio for some time and then thought "Ouch! Expensive! Why not make one?"

I was going to use a Raspberry Pi but found instead that many makers use an ESP32 with an I2S DAC and an amplifier. Which would mean I could tune into my favourite Stuttgart-based Antenne1.de from a portable device, something my DAB radio can't do (obviously, as I'm based in the UK). Definitely on my radar. Anyone already done this? Or got any tips?

I've watched the video by Andreas Spiess (who rightly said he was standing on the shoulders of giants by using an existing GitHub library) and I still need to watch the educ8te.tv video which Andreas referred to. The biggest issue is finding a nice wooden case (sounds warmer) to put all the stuff in. Those Roberts R20 cases are quite expensive!

My plan is to use a Rotary Encoder for tuning, but preset station buttons would be a must (probably about 10) so a keypad matrix for that maybe. Or just a touch screen like I showed everyone before...

4 years ago | [YT] | 64