Day & Night Sampler - a raspberry pi mpd mini boombox Part 1: Parts List
Bill of Materials/Parts List:
- raspberry pi; I got mine from mcmelectronics.com, $35 plus shipping
- two small speakers [*1] mcmelectronics has these for $10.99 each plus ship
- Patriot WiFi USB dongle, model PCWUSB1150, on sale at Fry's, $7.99;
- adafruit also has these wifi dongles , $11.95
- adafruit stereo 3.7W Class D Audio Amplifier, part ID 987 $14.95
- adafruit perma-prototype board, part ID 723 $5.95
- adafruit Vacuum Fluorescent Display 20 Char x 2 Lines, part ID 347 , $29.95 (Since Discontinued!)
- adafruit 5V/2A power supply, part ID 276 $9.95
- adafruit panel mount 2.1 mm DC barrel jack, part ID 610 $2.95
- Syba (C-Media) USB sound adapter, available at amazon.com $7.99
- 3.5mm headphone extension, male-to-male, under $5 on ebay
- USB Short Extension cable, Type A Male to Female, about $3-5 from ebay; use with the C-Media USB sound adapter
- adafruit 8 Bit (TTL) Logic Level Converter for interfacing the VFD to the pi, product ID 735, $1.50
- adafruit mini remote control, product ID 389 , $5; Or, any surplus remote control you have
- IR Sensor, TSOP38238, available at adafruit, product ID 157 , $1.95; also Mouser and others
- SDHC Card, available at adafruit and others, adafruit part ID 102, $7.95
- Lighted push button switch, about $4.00
- Misc jumpers and wire
- An enclosure of some kind, made or found. I used the tin described above. Wood box is a better choice.
- "Spoon Handle", a carrying handle for the enclosure, about $4.95 at Ace Hardware
- Misc 4/40 screws, 8/32 screws, brass standoffs and brass acorn nuts, also from Ace, under $5
The physical build, fitting all the hardware into the enclosure, will be discussed later. We'll start with making the software work.
Continue on to Part 2, Software Installation
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