With the circuit proposed in this article, it is possible decode the DCF77 signal with Arduino and a web radio replacing the commercial DCF recevier.
To decode the DCF signal, it is normaly used a simple recevier, tuned at the 77,5 kHz frequency, that generates a digital signal ( direct or inverted ) used for the decodiding. If you are using an Arduino to decode it, it is enough to connet this signal at a digital pin to begin the decoding of the DCF signal. There is a Arduino library dedicated to make it.
The circuiti is called BF_DCF77 interface and it has few low cost components. This is a two transistor circuit that recoves the envelope of the BF signal and digitalizes it.
The output signal is a sequence of pulses with a time duration defined by the analog BF signal coming from the out of the radio / PC.
As receiver is possible use a WEB radio SDR. There are different web radio that permit for tuning at the 77.5 kHz frequency . I use the following: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
Connecting the audio output of the PC to the input of the BF_DCF77 interface and its output to the Arduino in the same mode done for the classical recevier, we can decode the DCF signal a simple and low cost mode.
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