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shushi_boi
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Hi everyone :)
I'm working on a Pip-Boy project from the fallout series (making a real life functional one), and I was following the guide of someone who was using a raspberry pi to create it. As I was following along his work, he said that he was having problems with GPS not working indoors, and he thought that using FM signals from FM towers would provide a better signal.
My question is, are there any modules or devices that receive FM signals from FM towers and converts that into location coordinates and is read like GPS information? Is there such a thing?
If there could be a way to use FM signals as location coordinates, in my case, if I were to use an android as a screen, could I also use the built in FM device inside the phone instead of adding another device or would its signal be too weak? (Its because I learned that androids come with FM chips that are enabled, while other phones like iphones disabled theirs, and I also learned that you could use androids as screens for raspberry) I apologize for asking two many questions [no pun intended ;) ] but I'm not basing this off anything conclusive, just your guy's opinion, I'm still going to research more on it, just to get an idea what is feasible and not feasible, thank you for your time, I really appreciate you hearing me out :)
Here's a link to his channel and youtube channel where he discusses the Raspberry Pip-Boy in more detail if you guys are interested;
http://blog.obliviongizmo.com/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLickeZlNSDh1gQIhxbzHKZVxq465AhWfz
Source code of software;
https://bitbucket.org/selectnone/raspipboy
I'm working on a Pip-Boy project from the fallout series (making a real life functional one), and I was following the guide of someone who was using a raspberry pi to create it. As I was following along his work, he said that he was having problems with GPS not working indoors, and he thought that using FM signals from FM towers would provide a better signal.
My question is, are there any modules or devices that receive FM signals from FM towers and converts that into location coordinates and is read like GPS information? Is there such a thing?
If there could be a way to use FM signals as location coordinates, in my case, if I were to use an android as a screen, could I also use the built in FM device inside the phone instead of adding another device or would its signal be too weak? (Its because I learned that androids come with FM chips that are enabled, while other phones like iphones disabled theirs, and I also learned that you could use androids as screens for raspberry) I apologize for asking two many questions [no pun intended ;) ] but I'm not basing this off anything conclusive, just your guy's opinion, I'm still going to research more on it, just to get an idea what is feasible and not feasible, thank you for your time, I really appreciate you hearing me out :)
Here's a link to his channel and youtube channel where he discusses the Raspberry Pip-Boy in more detail if you guys are interested;
http://blog.obliviongizmo.com/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLickeZlNSDh1gQIhxbzHKZVxq465AhWfz
Source code of software;
https://bitbucket.org/selectnone/raspipboy