Abusing Raspberry Pi GPIO pins as a radio transmitter to control my ceiling fan
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In Part 1, we covered capturing and decoding the remote control's signal using
a USB TV tuner:
In Part 2, we take use a Raspberry Pi's GPIO pin as an antenna to transmit our
own signals to the ceiling fan.
rpitx:
The ceiling fan / light combo I have is Minka Aire brand. I think most of the
different ones on the market work pretty similarly.
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Parts:
I found my low-pass filter on eBay (overseas shipping). Digikey has low-pass
filters that would also work, but not as cheap.
eBay low-pass filter:
eBay SMA antenna:
eBay SMA connector:
Note that these all have SMA connectors, not RP-SMA (which look very similar).
Also note that eBay listings come and go, so double-check that you get
compatible parts. The antenna does not need to be exact - the one I got is
listed for 315 MHz and works just fine.
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Background music:
Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod
Link: inco