Raspberry Pi meets 1942 Crosley Radio #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi
Andy Felong posted his great project up on his blog. It came out really nice looking!
A while back, I saw a picture online of a restored antique radio that caught my attention. The accompanying post described the process of restoration. I’m not into radio restorations but I think the old wood radio cases are very “cool”. I also recently contributed to a Kickstarter project for HDMIPi, an “affordable 9 inch High-Def screen for the Raspberry Pi”. I though that I might place the screen and R-Pi inside an old radio case.
After looking on eBay and craigslist, I could not find a suitable enclosure for the HDMIPi and paper mockups showed the screen to be a bit small at a distance. I used my old original iPad as a test device for measurements and viewing. I liked the viewing and pixel size of this its screen.
Well, the HDMIPi was going to be slow in coming (still is) and I saw (fairly) inexpensive 1024 X 768 iPad displays and driver boards on eBay. I also found a old 1942 Crosley radio case that had a front cut-out that was very close to the iPad screen size. The radio portion was not fixable so the case was reasonably “priced”. I bid on it … and won. I then had yet another project demanding time 😉
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Thanks for the mention of my Radio-Pi project. If I had it to do over, I really believe I would be using more parts from Adafruit. I am already a fan and customer. I love the new Class D audio amplifier kits. I WILL be getting the 12V 5A power supply to eliminate my power brick cord tangle.
Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!
Thanks for the mention of my Radio-Pi project. If I had it to do over, I really believe I would be using more parts from Adafruit. I am already a fan and customer. I love the new Class D audio amplifier kits. I WILL be getting the 12V 5A power supply to eliminate my power brick cord tangle.
– Andy Felong