FM radio transmitter project
Recently I have purchased one these wonderful pieces of (antiquated) technology.
I have selected this specific model for a e s t e t h i c s obviously, but device is hardly useful in 2023. This is antiquated piece of technology, made from 1977 until ’79, and as such it can’t do Spotify, can’t do any kind of streaming. Nor can it connect to your smart TV or your home network. Beside the good looks and ability to tune into (dying) FM stations, it is hardly useful for music enthusiast in ’23. So I have decided to have a local FM station which reads from my music collection on the network disk and transmits low-power FM signal that it can be picked up by G-3000.
For this project, I’ve picked Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (v1.2) as I had one laying around. Raspberry Pi 3 is perfectly suitable for this project as it is a ‘Pi with both WIFI and LAN connectivity. I do not need performance for this specific task, however multicore CPU is welcome and 1GB of RAM is ample.
Raspberry Pi 3 B specs:
- Quad Core 1.2GHz Broadcom BCM2837 64bit CPU
- 1GB RAM
- Wireless LAN
- 10/100 Ethernet Port
Installing the OS
I have used Raspberry Pi Imager software from https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/. In the software I…
