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Internet radio electronics and software for Black Portal Detroit

Electronics and software for the Black Portal Detroit work By Wes Taylor for the Code Switch show at at MOCAD. Electronics and software built and written by Boaz Sender based on Wes' concept and at Wes' direction.

Software provisioning and setup

This repository also contains documentation for how to buy and setup the electronics for Black Portal Detroit.

  1. Broadcaster bill of materials and software setup instructions in broadcaster.md
  2. Listener bill of materials and software setup instructions in listener.md

Custom software

This repository contains custom software for turning a m3u radio stream into a logic for random selection of lyrics from an sqlite database of song stanzas written by Detroiters from the neighborhood where MOCAD is.

  1. Custom software development instructions in listener-lcd-screen-software.md

Turning on the devices

  1. The sequence for turning on the system is in how-to-turn-it-on.md

Prior research that didn't work in research- md files.

Live access

  1. If everything is turned on and configured properly, you may visit https://blackportaldetroit.com to hear the broadcaster.