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| - | While rad1o is mainly a SDR it was also designed to act as a digital name badge. On first boot you can set your nickname to be displayed as text. Using the preloaded module **image** yout can display custom images or animations on the LCD. | + | While **rad1o** is mainly a SDR it was also designed to act as a digital name badge. On first boot you can set your nickname to be displayed as text. Using the preloaded module **image** you can display custom images or animations on the LCD. |
| ====== Create a static image ====== | ====== Create a static image ====== | ||
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| - Add your content and save it - generic formats like png, jpg or gif should be fine | - Add your content and save it - generic formats like png, jpg or gif should be fine | ||
| - Fetch [[https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware/blob/master/tools/img2lcd.pl|img2lcd from GitHub]] | - Fetch [[https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware/blob/master/tools/img2lcd.pl|img2lcd from GitHub]] | ||
| - | - Install Perl and its GD-bindings if nor already present | + | - Install Perl and its GD-bindings if not already present |
| - Convert the image (perl img2lcd.pl -v myimg.png myimg.lcd) | - Convert the image (perl img2lcd.pl -v myimg.png myimg.lcd) | ||
| - | - Connect your PC to rad1o using the left USB port | + | - Connect your PC to rad1o using the //left// USB port |
| - | - Turn off your badge, hold joystick down and tun it back on - MSC mode should now be enabled | + | - Turn off your badge, hold joystick down and turn it back on - MSC mode should now be enabled |
| - Copy the file to the newly registered mass storage device | - Copy the file to the newly registered mass storage device | ||
| - unmount(!), disconnect and reboot - you can now load the image using the menu | - unmount(!), disconnect and reboot - you can now load the image using the menu | ||
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lcd_art.txt · Last modified: 2015/08/18 18:33 by zai
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