Here are some tips on how to make it work on an RPi3:
- First download the March 2016 release of Raspbian Jessie Lite from here http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbi ... 016-03-18/. Evariste has not tested with later Raspbian images.
- Unzip the image and then transfer it to an SD Card using Win32diskimager
- Power up the Pi with a network connection, keyboard and hdmi display
- Log in (pi/raspberry), and type raspi-config to open the configuration tool. Expand the file system to the whole disk, and enable the camera.
- Exit raspi-config and type ifconfig. Make a note of the Pi's IP address. Type sudo shutdown now.
- Power-off, connect the camera, disconnect the keyboard and display and reboot.
- From another PC open a terminal (use Putty on a windows PC) and log in
- Following the instructions at https://github.com/F5OEO/rpidatv cut and paste the following code in:
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/F5OEO/rpidatv/master/install.sh chmod +x install.sh ./install.sh
- Type sudo reboot now, log in again and then start the software by typing: ./rpidatv/scripts/gbmenu.sh
Evariste has only tested on an RPi2, I have been using an RPi3. I succeeded in generating a direct RF output (from GPIO pin 32) on 437 MHz at 333KS using the on-board camera as the source; it would not work reliably at higher SRs. The big win for me is that I could feed the I and Q signals from pins 32 and 33 directly into the LC filter on my old DigiLite modulator and generate a 2MS QPSK H264 DVB-S signal from the on-board camera. Some adjustment of the bias is required as the I and Q signals from the Pi are 3.3v, not 5 v as provided by the DigiLite encoder.
I have not been so successful with other picture sources and am trying to pin-down the problems and report them back to Evariste, but there is lots of potential here. I will post here with progress reports. Thanks to Evariste for his work on this project.
Dave G8GKQ