Yes, this project is listed as a moderate difficulty and 3+ hours. By the look of things, configuring it all probably won't take more than 1/2 an hour, but there is some need to get your hands dirty (depending on how long the old radio has been sitting).
Basically, this project takes an unused, "old" radio and makes it work again, with a Raspberry Pi.
Between the Pi and a few extra pieces, this project should come in under $100. If you already have some of the stuff, then you could squeeze this for under $60.
So, this project is brought to you by MakeZine contributor, Aaron Newcomb.
As Aaron states on the *!-> Raspbery Pi Radio Time Machine project page <-!*
"Do you ever wish you could go back in time and see what life was like before smartphones, tablets, computers and even television? These days we are bombarded with noise signals from every direction, but before television there was only one primary source of media consumption. Radio!"
There are only five steps to the project, the sixth is just an additional, suggestion page:
Steps 3 and 4 are actually very straight forward, with read and type instructions, once Raspberian is installed in step 3.
Step 5 actually describes some of the things you might want to do as additional work within your "refurbished" radio. In all fairness, the elctronics components that Aaron chose connect to the Raspberry Pi USB connectors, for power. So unless you have to do some splicing, remembering that you probably have only at best 5V (not sure the amperage) to work with, that step is string and secure. The lights shouldn't take too much power, unless you go absolutely crazy.
So there you go, the first Raspberry Pi project article, graciously provided to you by Aaron at MakeZine.
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