A 0.25in black acrylic case, laser cut and etched to hold electronics for a boombox. Updated from a 2014 build.
See the posting at: TBA: https://www.hackster.io/thisoldgeek/Boombox Redux
- Enclosure/Frame - 18in x 24in sheet of 1/4in black cast acrylic, $45 at Tap Plastics
- raspberry pi 3+
- Adafruit UBEC - Universal Battery Elimination Circuit to step 12V down to 5V, $9.95
- Adafruit mini-remote
- 12V Power Supply
- Adafruit Vacuum Fluorescent Display 20 Char x 2 Lines, part ID 347 , $29.95 (Since Discontinued!)
- 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
- IR Sensor, TSOP38238, available at adafruit, product ID 157 , $1.95; also Mouser and others
- Lighted push button switch, about $4.00
- Adafruit 16x32 RGB LED matrix, $24.95
- Adafruit 20W Class D amp, $19.95
- Adafruit 20W 4 Ohm Speaker (two needed), $14.95
- Adafruit Neopixel 12 Ring (two needed) for the "VU Meters", $7.50 each
- Sparkfun Spectrum Shield, $24.95
- Arduino Stackable Headers from Sparkfun for the Spectrum Shield, $1.50
- Additional 3.5mm male to male headphone extension (Spectrum Shield to amp)
- Arduino Uno (substitute can be Leonardo/Clone), $24.95
- Sugru, Hot Glue, E6000, double-sided tape to fasten things
- Coreldraw Files in BoomboxRedux/docs folder
- Assemble components, test, and insert into case
Install required libraries, python programs and run scripts. Load Arduino with *.ino sketch from Boombox Redux base folder.
The raspberry pi software installation is rather long, about 4 hours. See tutorial at hackster.io/thisoldgeek
- Startup routine runs: VFD display if mpc "play" activated
- DarkSky API Key for weather information
Original build was 2014. See the post at:
http://thisoldgeek.blogspot.com/2014/06/back-in-black-diy-raspberry-pi-boombox.html
TBA See the build log at hackster.io/thisoldgeek Boombox Redux
Initial install.