Though very cool, I do think this would have looked better being integrated to the radio rather than having a vintage system with some dorky LCD box sitting on it, as it makes the whole thing clash hardcore.

Cool hack none the less.

A shame there’s no alphanumeric nixie tubes, and soviet alphanumeric VFD tubes would be too new by a decade or two.

yes, some nixies would be good there

still an awesome hack, regardless.

Very cool hack. I’ve been wanting to do something with RDS for a while, just haven’t gotten around to it.

alright, time for a rant…

(This is where you modern things run off.
why the f do you rely on things that can die instantly from static electricity? Grow some high-voltage valves)

Stop using those ugly circuit boards. Too modern; try point-to-point with a chassis.
‘But it has an IC!’ your transistors squeal.
‘Get some valves’ my obsessed mind responds.
yeah – that IC just doesn’t look right next to that valve radio. With IC’s, they age, and you think:
‘Aged transistors and miniturised components? Not in my house!’, and you chuck it in the bin.
But with old valve radios, dimly glowing in the corner, with heavy metal chassis, radium-coated dials, leaky capacitors, I (not you) think:
An old radio? Yay! Time to get ripped off, shocked, stressed, time and spaced used up, and an extremely unefficient device that works well as a heater.

Yes – I do collect and fix valve radios. Its obsessive. I gave up on circuit boards years ago.

But just so this isn’t deleted for irrelivness, I’d just like to say how useless this is.
Who’s gonna squint at that midget, flickering LED to find out the name of a song? Seriously!

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It’s such a shame that this hack uses an obsolete part. TDS7330 is not even listed on ST’s own website anymore. Or am I missing something?

hmmm interesting post. Thanks

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