Project BoxBoom - 80's Boombox Revamped
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Project BoxBoom - 80's Boombox Revamped
How to revamp an old 80's boombox using a Raspberry Pi, an amplifier chip, the original speakers, a powerbank, a touchscreen and Deezer. Full build video here.
Tools and parts:
- Second Hand Boombox
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Starter Kit
- Adafruit TPA2012 2.1W Stereo Audio Amplifier
- Adafruit HDMI 5" 800x480 Display Backpack - With Resistive Touchscreen
- Powerbank
- Dremel 4300
- 3D Printer
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Buy a Boombox
Remove All Broken Stuff, So We Have Room for Working Stuff.
3D Print a Frame to Hold Our Touchscreen, and Drill Holes for Screws.
Glue the Screen in Place
Solder the Amplifier Chip
Connect All the Wires
- USB to amplifier (power)
- Speakers to amplifier
- Audiojack to amplifier
- HDMI to screen
- USB to screen
- Powerbank to Raspberry Pi
You can see it better in the build video here.
Open Chromium on Startup, Loading the Deezer Homepage
Here's a nice link to help.