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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 ====== | ||
- | - Create a new image (160x160px) | + | - Create a new image (130x130px) |
- 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 up 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 | + | - Wait, until the green led at the left botton of the badge stop blinkung. This indicates that the write operations are done and unmounting is safe. |
+ | - unmount(!) | ||
+ | - Press the joystick to end MSC mode. The device now disconnects | ||
+ | - reboot - you can now load the image using the menu |