Kulp K40D-PB - has anyone purchased and what are you experiences?

[Danielr]

Total newbie here. I have the Kulp 32A-B, as well as the Si4713 FM transmitter. The light show is turning out fantastic. But The FM transmission is *VERY* weak (like I can hear it in the driveway, but at the street, it is static), so I am taking the advice to use a CZE-05B. The manual for the Kulp 16 shows an audio output jack...however, I am not seeing the same thing on my Kulp 32. Am I missing something obvious?

There is an audio jack near where the OLED screen goes. You will see a barrel connector there for a 3.5mm AUX cable which I then run to and amp. For the FM you also need to try different values in FPP for the Antenna Tuning Capacitor setting when setting up the Si4713. I think I had 70 set, I don't use FM anymore as I don't want to encourage cars to park in the front of the house as the block all the good views.

 

[zshenry]

Ha! Yes! It was being hidden by the Si4713 transmitter! Removed that and am now using the jack to my CZE-05B. Thanks! Since you don't use FM anymore, what do you use to play your music?

 

[Danielr]

Ha! Yes! It was being hidden by the Si4713 transmitter! Removed that and am now using the jack to my CZE-05B. Thanks! Since you don't use FM anymore, what do you use to play your music?

Speakers. I have an aux splitter. One goes to a party speaker and the other goes to a mini amp which then goes to two passive speakers

 

[fabiorcosta]

Newbie here as well. Acquired k40D-PB with 1 smart receiver to start.
but struggling how I can connect an audio interface to it. Any guess?

 

[Skymaster]

For the K40D-PB, you'll need to attach a USB Sound Card to it if you intend to use it to play audio. You would probably want to run it via a powered USB hub so that you can connect your ethernet adaptor too, as the PocketBeagle only has a single USB port available

 

[fabiorcosta]

For the K40D-PB, you'll need to attach a USB Sound Card to it if you intend to use it to play audio. You would probably want to run it via a powered USB hub so that you can connect your ethernet adaptor too, as the PocketBeagle only has a single USB port available

Got you. Same to Wi-Fi. Usb powered hub with Wi-Fi adapter and USB sound card. Any driver needs to be installed ?

 

[merryoncherry]

Got you. Same to Wi-Fi. Usb powered hub with Wi-Fi adapter and USB sound card. Any driver needs to be installed ?

Stick with popular options, like Sound Blaster, and the driver is there already.

Come to think of it, I got the sound and network adapters from the vendor that sold the K40, and they worked quite easily, so that may be a good approach. Or at least get the same one those vendors sell.