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Radioreceiver in retro look – The finishing

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Now that the front panel is milled, it can be cleaned and the engravings are provided with black paint. After the varnish has dried in the indentations of the engraving, the supernatant paint is removed with solvent. Now the entire panel could be painted with clear lacquer. While the paintwork on the front panel is…
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Radioreceiver in a retro look – Update: The case

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It’s time! The first picture of the absolutely real wooden housing for radio electronics is here. A beautifully crafted housing made of glued elements. This work comes from Gebhard’s hands, a master carpenter from the Upper Carinthian region;) Jetzt kann das Nostalgie-Radioprojekt wieder einen Riesenschritt nach vorne machen. The case is on our table. First,…
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Radio in retro-look – KnowHow for the apprentice – Part 2

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… to realize the volume control via the microcontroller, a “digital potentiometer” X9C102 was simply used. It is controlled directly by the controller with a “direction input Up / Down” and a “count input”. Internally, this IC consists of 100 resistors connected in series whose “tap” is determined by counting input. So a simple matter…
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Radio in retro-look – KnowHow for the apprentice – Part 1

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THE IDEA FOR THE PROJECT A project idea that came to my mind as an ideal apprentice project is to plan and build a radio receiver. With this project, our apprentice should apply the acquired skills in a practical way and set up an FM radio receiver according to the components to be used. This…
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