{"id":44522,"date":"2020-07-28T07:32:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44522"},"modified":"2020-07-28T07:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T11:32:03","slug":"radio-globe-a-handy-way-to-explore-the-world-of-internet-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/radio-globe-a-handy-way-to-explore-the-world-of-internet-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Globe: A handy way to explore the world of Internet radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares a link to this fascinating project on the excellent Hackday site:<\/a><\/p>\n

[…]RadioGlobe lets the user tune in over 2000 stations from around the world by spinning a real globe<\/a>. It works by using two absolute rotary encoders that each have a whopping 1024 positions available. One encoder is stuck into the South Pole, and it reads the lines of longitude as the user spins the globe.<\/p>\n

The other encoder is on the left side of the globe, and reads whatever latitude is focused in the reticle. Both encoder are connected to a Raspberry Pi 4, though if you want to replicate this open-source project using the incredibly detailed instructions, he says a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ will work, too.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just check out this video of Radio Globe in action!<\/p>\n