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The FCC has regulations<ref>https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/low-power-radio-general-information</ref> around non-licensed low power FM transmission, namely that the transmitting device have an effective service range max of 200' from the source of origination.
The FCC has regulations<ref>https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/low-power-radio-general-information</ref> around non-licensed low power FM transmission, namely that the transmitting device have an effective service range max of 200' from the source of origination.
=== Proposed Design Solution ===
==== Hardware ====
Open source design called [https://github.com/thomastech/PixelRadio PixelRadio] that uses an ESP32 as the controller.
==== Software Controls ====
Open source FPP plugin called [https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp-PixelRadio FPP Pixel Radio] to allow FPP to stream RDS and song information to the PixelRadio<references />

Latest revision as of 05:53, 20 December 2022

FM audio transmission of holiday show tunes with RDS data.

The FCC has regulations[1] around non-licensed low power FM transmission, namely that the transmitting device have an effective service range max of 200' from the source of origination.

Proposed Design Solution

Hardware

Open source design called PixelRadio that uses an ESP32 as the controller.

Software Controls

Open source FPP plugin called FPP Pixel Radio to allow FPP to stream RDS and song information to the PixelRadio