{"id":12508,"date":"2015-05-02T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T12:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12508"},"modified":"2015-05-02T13:44:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T12:44:56","slug":"squeezebox-built-from-a-raspberry-pi-and-an-ammo-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12508","title":{"rendered":"Squeezebox built from a Raspberry Pi and an ammo box"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"author-details\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.hackaday.io\/images\/4626411429187019928.jpg?resize=560%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"316\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-name\">Richard Deininger has built a Squeezebox using a Pi and an Adafruit PiTFT and encased the whole thing inside a surplus NATO ammunition box. A Squeezebox is a network streaming device that sends MP3s over a LAN. <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/5289-workshop-squeezebox\" target=\"_blank\">Read about how he built it here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Deininger has built a Squeezebox using a Pi and an Adafruit PiTFT and encased the whole thing inside a surplus NATO ammunition box. A Squeezebox is a network streaming device that sends MP3s over a LAN. 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