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In Reply to: RE: Thanks Dynobot! posted by SBGK on February 18, 2017 at 08:05:59
Thanks for the suggestions, but I looked into those options long ago and found an extremely tedious SMD mounted device arrangement.
Today, the Touch serves duty in the garage system for which it is a good match.
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Sell the Touch and replace it with a Rpi and pocket the money... The Rpi running PiCorePlayer is much more stable than the Touch, because it doesn't do as much...
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an RPI for Idiots primer on exactly what hardware is necessary! I did link a How To configure piCorePlayer page a while back.
As a teenager, I built Dynakits so I'm reasonably competent when it comes to electronic assembly. I know you get the basis unit, power supply and box, but am unsure about meeting my need in the garage for WiFi and connectivity options. I'm using optical to a Music Hall DAC there, but it also accepts coax and USB.
You're a smart guy, so this should not be too difficult.1.) Raspberry Pi 3 Board. (Wireless is included in the Pi 3B Board)
https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/accessories/raspberry-pi-3/
2.) A Digi+ Board from HifiBerry (so you have a Digital Out for a DAC)
https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/boards/hifiberry-digiplus-standard-version/
3.) Power Supply for the Rpi (Your Choice here - same specs as Touch)
4.) Micro SD Card (Only need about 2GB - the cheapest I could find was 8GB)
5.) Case (Optional, but nice) to hold a PI with Digi+ board attached)
https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/cases/hifiberry-caseplus/PiCorePlayer is free and you are free to donate.... Included options for Wireless, and Digi+ board for digital.
Should be around $100 or so.... Once you see how easy this is, you'll buy more, I'm sure.
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Stuff ordered!
Total was $105. I wanted a case, but the clear one was out of stock at HiFiBerry.
Ended up with the Zebra Tall Top Hat case in acrylic which was a touch pricier, but nicer looking. Should provide sufficient clearance for the top board.
Looking forward to your review of the Rpi.
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You might need one of these adapters
$1.95 from Adafruit
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2789
Got mine through Amazon since shipping at Adafruit was like nine bucks!
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Just about everything can be purchased at one time on Amazon.Etcher is great for flashing SD card.
Download zip PiCoreplay
Unzip
Open Etcher, Choose file, Choose SD card, Flash!https://etcher.io/
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I'm looking forward to having a piece of Pi myself!
So are you going to use USB out, SPDIF or Analog?
Sell it while you can still get some money for it....
You can have RPI's all over the house or use the extra cash for Music...
Hmmmmmm spending money on music, even I should try that
I've got them in my shop, Music Room, Living Room, Bathroom, Den ......I even have one here in the Bahamas where I spend the winter.....Cut-Throat
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Cool!!!
ARM boards, Squeezelite/LMS are the best thing thats happened to Computer Audio imo.
Low Cost and Free + High performance = Great Value
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