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#227938 - 09/11/2004 10:09 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
Nobbie
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Registered: 12/02/2002
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Not wanting to sound pushy but has anyone had any joy with this yet, or not.
It should really be in the wish list for hi-Jack i know.
Just wishing.
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#227939 - 09/11/2004 10:38 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: Nobbie]
andym
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I'm not really in the mood to work on it, come to think of it, I'm not really in the mood to do anything at the moment.
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#227940 - 28/12/2004 15:45 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
tman
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I got given a Roberts Gemini 15 DAB radio for xmas and I had a look inside and it's got a little detachable DAB module as well. It's not made by Radioscape however so I still need to go find more info on it.

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#227941 - 28/12/2004 17:44 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: tman]
andym
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If I ever where to think about going into production I wondered wether cannibalising a suitable radio might be the way to get round the minimum order quantity problem with the DAB modules.
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#227942 - 28/12/2004 17:48 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
andy
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The Matsui tuner that I bought is down to £49.99 in Dixons now. Haven't opened it up far enough to identify the module yet though.
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#227943 - 29/12/2004 11:56 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andy]
andym
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The Matsui tuner that I bought is down to £49.99 in Dixons now. Haven't opened it up far enough to identify the module yet though.


I'd be very interested to see wether it was a Radioscape one or not.
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#227944 - 31/12/2004 15:21 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
andy
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It isn't a Radioscape module, it is a Frontier Silicon Chorus FS1010-A. To call it a module is a little grand, as it is a single small chip.

http://www.ensigma.com/News/Release/index.asp?ID=21

The Matsui tuner has three separate boards inside it. One with the power and amp, another with the display and a third with the dab module and everything else.

Here is the board with the DAB module on:



There are some more shots of the internals here http://www.norman.cx/photos/default.asp_Q_ST_E_1_A_F_E_20041231


Edited by andy (31/12/2004 15:47)
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#227945 - 04/01/2005 08:12 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andy]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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The Matsui tuner that I bought is down to £49.99 in Dixons now

£29.99, if you're also buying a music centre. The youth that I was speaking too scratched his spiky haircut and looked confused, when I asked if the offer stood if you were buying a music centre which already had DAB radio!
It's still £59.99 in Currys.
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#227946 - 27/04/2005 13:58 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
andy
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While the Matsui doesn't have a Radioscape module, I can confirm that the portal 1 DAB portable that ASDA are selling for £39 does contain a RS201. The module is even socketed to the main board, making it easily removable.
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#227947 - 27/04/2005 17:34 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andy]
andym
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That could possibly sort out supply of the module, problem is, there's three models of every module they make with differing control options. They are a parallel interface, an i2c interface (what I've got) and a simple interface whereby you connect 5 buttons, a rotary encoder and an LCD directly to the module. I'd imagine they're using the LCD one.

Looks like a trip to ASDA tonight methinks.
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#227948 - 27/04/2005 17:58 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
andy
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That sounds about right, there is very, very little on their own board apart from the LCD, rotary encoder, buttons and amps.
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#227949 - 27/04/2005 19:04 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andy]
andym
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Yeah, quick cheap and easy as there's almost no development required to get them to market. Of course, you could always build one of those modules in thicko LCD mode into a DIN-sized unit along with a small amp and use it in conjunction with the empeg. It'd be dead easy.
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#227950 - 27/04/2005 19:09 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
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The hacky method would be to make a PIC/AVR/whatever pretend to be a LCD. It is probably a HD44780 based interface using the standard charset which means you could grab the details fairly easily and then display them on the empeg VFD.

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#227951 - 27/04/2005 19:50 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: tman]
andym
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Interesting idea, like a low-level screen scrape.
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#227952 - 02/12/2005 14:47 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: andym]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
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Loc: London, UK
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Things should quieten down in December


boing!
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#227953 - 05/12/2005 22:11 Re: DAB radio on empeg a reality? [Re: furtive]
andym
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Funnily enough my Picaxe dev kit arrived a couple of weeks ago and I've already got an i2c RTC chip working with it. So really all I need now is an aerial and a bit of patience.

Fingers crossed for a quiet December!
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