{"id":4087,"date":"2018-01-24T10:13:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T10:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2018-01-24T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T10:14:40","slug":"is-this-the-worlds-smallest-r-pi-dvb-transmitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/is-this-the-worlds-smallest-r-pi-dvb-transmitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the world&#8217;s smallest R-Pi DVB transmitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The LimeSDR Mini and Raspberry Pi Zero have been used to create an open-source pocket-sized DVB (digital video broadcasting) transmitter, which is believed to be is the world\u2019s smallest.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by Evariste Okcestbon, the open-source prototype streams live images from a Raspberry Pi camera (PiCam) and implements avc2ts, dvb2iq and limetx software to encode and transmit H.264 video on the 1.2 GHz amateur TV band.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe boards are connected via USB, with the Raspberry Pi Zero board measuring 65 x 30mm and the LimeSDR Mini measuring 69 x 31mm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4089\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4089\" src=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig1.png 628w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig1-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pocket sized DVB transmitter uses just a Raspberry Pi Zero,\u00a0 Lime SDR Mini and Raspberry Pi camera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its signals broadcasted to a receiver based on the Raspberry Pi 2, connected to an RTL SDR stick and HDMI-connected monitor, this time running rtl_sdr, leandvb, kisspectrum, ts2es and hello_video software.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4090\" style=\"width: 618px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4090 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2-800x481.png 800w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LMS106-Fig2.png 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pocket sized DVB transmitter and its Raspberry Pi 2-based receiver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr Danny Webster, <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.limemicro.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lime<\/a><\/span>\u2019s Principal RF design engineer, said: \u201cThe LimeSDR and Raspberry Pi share the principle of getting these hardwares (radio and computing) into as many people\u2019s hands as possible so we can create the next generation of engineers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a fantastic example of what can be achieved with the LimeSDR Mini and Raspberry Pi and as far as we\u2019re aware it\u2019s the smallest DVB transmitter announced so far. It\u2019s certainly the most compact one assembled from off-the-shelf components and powered by open source software!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LimeSDR Mini and Raspberry Pi Zero have been used to create an open-source pocket-sized DVB (digital video broadcasting) transmitter, which is believed to be is the world\u2019s smallest. 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