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This AM radio looks a bit like it did coming out of the factory. But there are a lot of changes under the hood and that faceplate is a completely new addition. The project really is a restoration with some augmentation and [Michael Ross] did a great job of documenting the project. The Kenyon radio was built in 1946 and uses vacuum tubes for the amplifier. Considering its age this was in … [Read more...]
[Craig] did a great job of restoring the case of his antique console radio. But he wanted to bring the guts up to modern standards. The fix ended up being rather easy when it comes to hardware. He based his internet radio retrofit around a wireless router. We laughed when we heard that he removed about eighty pounds of original electronics from this beast. He then cut a piece of MDF to serve as … [Read more...]
[Dominic Buchstaller] found this German Greatz tube radio at a flea market. It only cost him about €35 and was in a bit more rough condition than the finished product you see above. He also found that a portion of the original circuitry was missing, making it completely non-function. He cleaned up the case to improve the wife-acceptance-factor, and outfitted it with hardware to make it a web … [Read more...]
We like the look which [Emmanuel] achieved with his Raspberry Pi based Squeezebox client. It's got that minimalist slant that makes it seem like a commercial product at first glance. But one more look at the speakers without grates, the character LCD, and the utilitarian buttons, knobs, and switches tips us off that it's filled with the hardware we know and love. Since Logitech announced that … [Read more...]
[Ivan] made something special with this car stereo hack. He altered the head unit to play MP3 files from USB and added an auxiliary line-in. But looking at it you'd never know. That's thanks to the work he did to create a false button hiding the audio jack, and a false cassette hiding the USB port and MP3 player display. Possibly the best part is that the radio itself still works like it always … [Read more...]
Here's a really quick video which takes a different approach to understanding the Fourier Series than we're used to. If you're a regular reader we're sure you've heard of the Fourier Series (often discussed as FFT or Fast Fourier Transform), but there's a good chance you know little about it. The series allows you to break down complex signals (think audio waves) into combinations of simple sine … [Read more...]
Here's a build that just exudes nerd cred. It's an SNES controller modified into a pair of headphones, straight from the workshop of [lyberty5]. The build began by stealing a controller from a PAL SNES and carefully dremeling the buttons and d-pad loose from their plastic frame. The PCB was cut in half, and the remaining plastic was carefully crafted into round speaker enclosures with the help … [Read more...]
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