Emily VelascoOct 2, 2024

Since there are no more analog TV stations on the air in this country, I have no way of testing sets I find it thrift stores anymore.

So, I finally decided to try the code that Charles Lohr developed for tricking an ESP8266 into transmitting analog TV signals over the air with its RX pin.

This is actually someone else's version of his code because he wrote his code to be compiled in the esp8266 SDK environment and I don't know how to use that. This code compiles in the Arduino IDE and it does work!

This is being transmitted over the air. This is not a composite video signal.

Show threadEmily VelascoOct 2, 2024

I need to see if I can learn how to use the SDK so that I can see the really nice demos that Charles wrote on a TV.

If I get all this working where I want, I think I will package the esp8266 in a little housing with a battery, and on off switch and an antenna so I can easily take it with me to a store

Show threadgrtyvrOct 2, 2024
@MLE_online what code editor/environment do you use for your Arduino stuff?
Show threadEmily VelascoOct 2, 2024
@grtyvr The arduino IDE
Show threadgrtyvrOct 2, 2024
@MLE_online I like PlatformIO with VS Code. Huge supported boards library and can do both Arduino framework as well as ESP framework.
Show threadEmily VelascoOct 2, 2024
@grtyvr I installed it a while back and I had no idea how to use it. It was felt very unintuitive to me
Show threadgrtyvrOct 2, 2024
@MLE_online it takes some time to learn. Like any tool. But it is sooooo much more capable than the Arduino IDE. Syntax highlighting, link to where functions are defined, easier to deal with multiple file projects, multiple build targets for the same code... It is worth the time spent to learn it.
Show threadEmily Velasco
@grtyvr It was just so confusing. I didn't even understand how to get started with it. Maybe I need to watch more tutorials
Oct 2, 2024 at 8:52pmWeb
Show threadgrtyvrOct 2, 2024
@MLE_online It is confusing. Part of the problem is a lot of the PlatformIO stuff is configured via files, and not via a GUI. I read a few tutorials to get started. Now I do my Python coding in VS Code as well as some Jupyter notebook editing. VS Code is a great tool. PlatformIO is also a great tool to manage multiple dev boards and frameworks with. The integration between them is tight and it makes for a good dev experience imo.