CPCRadio module

[Neurox66]

Hi,
I found this item on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.it/itm/256484367992?itmmeta=01HWJTR9146THRGFS0Q3K074ER&hash=item3bb7a8de78:g:Y1YAAOSwodlmHrIm&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwB%2BcVgvEvyAS81wirEV3KuRgYHhMiUO06kPhksF2NM9eTs4YDz4g%2FEoXpbZqujazVgf--bO6XKnD0mE1DyAW0AH74ZCXoHWr0i9P9dcSreS10ciluEYhxEAeS0d3WOzJp%2BdnPTiL5WkrotU8%2FTGfPGfVlM5DFcW9RZqXh6YIZy2s7a1%2B9u94K1L2Smt0bfAD4JtTByYTGJOnkELbT4C9G%2FkmqLjaG8zUEUUTwjXz%2FW1EMTikmm3amNIWjlWd9BAKDQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9iQ4drkYw

Does anyone know this Radio module for the CPC?

[Gryzor]

Whaaaat? What's this?!

[dodogildo]

Seller seems to be the same one whom I recently encountered on Amibay forums:
(Similar gadget, but on Amiga)
https://www.amibay.com/threads/amigaradio-fm-am-radio-receiver-module.2445292/

[Gryzor]

Pretty awesome... Anyone going to try it?

[eto]

Whaaaat? What's this?!

nothing spectacular. It's a FM module that is controlled by the CPC. I would expect a simple address decoding logic activates the FM IC which gets the data from the data bus. The IC does all the radio logic including sound output. 

In short: your CPC controls a radio IC but you won't listen to a radio with your CPC. 

[Gryzor]

Yes, that much is clear, nobody said it's revolutionary in a technical way, but still .

[McArti0]

If the audio output is connected to the sound line on the expansion port, the radio would be heard in the CPC speaker.

[Bryce]

I suppose it's cool because it hasn't been done before. There are lots of single chip Radio IC's around with digital tuning etc to do this. Unfortunately he doesn't show the other side of the PCB to give it away. I think I would have made a DAB radio though. With an AM/FM antenna that close to a CPC and monitor, you are mainly going to receive the noise coming from the computer.

Bryce. 

[Gryzor]

Depending on the cost why not both?

[Prodatron]

I suppose it's cool because it hasn't been done before.

A radio for the CPC has been done already around 2017, it is called SE-One and produced by Hans/TMTLogic. There was both an MSX and a CPC version, I still have the latter one:

You cannot view this attachment.

Beside playing FM radio...

...it was fully compatible to the old MP3MSX hardware (like the SF3 etc.) and so was able to play MP3s as well.

Indeed TMTLogic produced a DAB radio later as well. Unfortunately his website is a little bit limited now, but there are links to a huge Google Docs repository.

There are players for both the FM and the DAB radio hardware in SymbOS, developed by EdoZ:
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00053
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00052





But I guess it's not compatible to this new hardware.

[HAL6128]

All the functions of the radio are also included in the RSF3 (analog & digital) which works easy and great.

[GUNHED]

Whaaaat? What's this?!

nothing spectacular. It's a FM module that is controlled by the CPC. I would expect a simple address decoding logic activates the FM IC which gets the data from the data bus. The IC does all the radio logic including sound output.

In short: your CPC controls a radio IC but you won't listen to a radio with your CPC.

No, I wouldn't do that either.

[Bryce]

I suppose it's cool because it hasn't been done before.

A radio for the CPC has been done already around 2017, it is called SE-One and produced by Hans/TMTLogic. There was both an MSX and a CPC version, I still have the latter one:

You cannot view this attachment.

Beside playing FM radio...

...it was fully compatible to the old MP3MSX hardware (like the SF3 etc.) and so was able to play MP3s as well.

Indeed TMTLogic produced a DAB radio later as well. Unfortunately his website is a little bit limited now, but there are links to a huge Google Docs repository.

There are players for both the FM and the DAB radio hardware in SymbOS, developed by EdoZ:
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00053
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00052





But I guess it's not compatible to this new hardware.

Wow, that's a massive amount of components just for a radio! Did it have a whole list of further features?

Bryce.

[GUNHED]

I suppose it's cool because it hasn't been done before.

A radio for the CPC has been done already around 2017, it is called SE-One and produced by Hans/TMTLogic. There was both an MSX and a CPC version, I still have the latter one:

You cannot view this attachment.

Beside playing FM radio...

...it was fully compatible to the old MP3MSX hardware (like the SF3 etc.) and so was able to play MP3s as well.

Indeed TMTLogic produced a DAB radio later as well. Unfortunately his website is a little bit limited now, but there are links to a huge Google Docs repository.

There are players for both the FM and the DAB radio hardware in SymbOS, developed by EdoZ:
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00053
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00052





But I guess it's not compatible to this new hardware.

Wow, that's a massive amount of components just for a radio! Did it have a whole list of further features?

Bryce.

Well, well, that's all needed for good music.
However, I still prefer a MP3 player over all radio stuff.
That way I listen to what I do actually like. 

BTW: I talked to the producer of the Radio module a while ago and he is going to produce Mother MX4 compatible boards in future.

[HAL6128]

I suppose it's cool because it hasn't been done before.

A radio for the CPC has been done already around 2017, it is called SE-One and produced by Hans/TMTLogic. There was both an MSX and a CPC version, I still have the latter one:

You cannot view this attachment.

Beside playing FM radio...

...it was fully compatible to the old MP3MSX hardware (like the SF3 etc.) and so was able to play MP3s as well.

Indeed TMTLogic produced a DAB radio later as well. Unfortunately his website is a little bit limited now, but there are links to a huge Google Docs repository.

There are players for both the FM and the DAB radio hardware in SymbOS, developed by EdoZ:
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00053
http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00052





But I guess it's not compatible to this new hardware.

Wow, that's a massive amount of components just for a radio! Did it have a whole list of further features?

Bryce.

The SE-ONE is not only a simple radio. You can control it via AT command set, there's a MP3 chip for decoding, a audio spectrum analyzer, a dsp hifi audio processor included, different led... .As said, the RSF3 has the same features (not the SF3)

[dodogildo]

Is a Spotify client doable on CPC? Maybe on RSF3 or M4?

[Gryzor]

Is a Spotify client doable on CPC? Maybe on RSF3 or M4?

I guess you would need some sbc to be able to launch a client and then sure, you could control it from the CPC side I expect?

[Prodatron]

Is a Spotify client doable on CPC? Maybe on RSF3 or M4?

Not Spotify, but there is a SymbOS webradio client, which works with the RSF3:

Here is a video by DoctorCPC (it was recorded very close to your city ):


Not sure, if this works with the SF3 as well.

As said, the RSF3 has the same features (not the SF3)

The MP3 part is included in the SF3 as well, but not the FM/DAB radio features.

[GUNHED]

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