{"id":17404,"date":"2017-07-31T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T09:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17404"},"modified":"2017-07-31T19:24:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:24:40","slug":"the-revenge-of-darth-vader-mp3-player-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17404","title":{"rendered":"The revenge of Darth Vader, MP3 player with a Raspberry Pi Zero W"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?resize=560%2C747&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?resize=560%2C747&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?resize=260%2C347&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats.jpg?resize=160%2C213&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dan Aldred took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/LEGO-Minifigure-plastic-display-official\/dp\/B003M2C0Z6\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1501494250&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=darth+vader+alarm+clock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGO mini figure alarm clock<\/a> in the shape of everyone&#8217;s favourite Sith Lord and turned it into an MP3 player. Using a <a href=\"https:\/\/thepihut.com\/collections\/raspberry-pi\/products\/raspberry-pi-zero-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raspberry Pi Zero W<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/speaker-phat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pimoroni Speaker pHAT<\/a> and some buttons, together with some Python code based on PyGame, he went to a great deal of trouble to fit it into the mini figure, cutting out various bits of plastic from the interior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?resize=560%2C747&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?resize=560%2C747&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?resize=260%2C347&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/darth_beats_interior.jpg?resize=160%2C213&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tecoed.co.uk\/darth-beats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more and see more photos of the build on his blog<\/a>. See it in action in the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Darth Beats MP3 Player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4FE2QT2sZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also see a video of parts of the build below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Making Darth Beats\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8wrROFX-h4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Aldred took a LEGO mini figure alarm clock in the shape of everyone&#8217;s favourite Sith Lord and turned it into an MP3 player. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero W,\u00a0Pimoroni Speaker pHAT and some buttons, together with some Python code&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17404\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,20,50,31],"tags":[484,483],"class_list":["post-17404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-gpio-boards","category-making","category-music","tag-darth-vader","tag-star-wars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The revenge of Darth Vader, MP3 player with a Raspberry Pi Zero W - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17404\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The revenge of Darth Vader, MP3 player with a Raspberry Pi Zero W - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dan Aldred took a LEGO mini figure alarm clock in the shape of everyone&#8217;s favourite Sith Lord and turned it into an MP3 player. 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With its low price-point and slimline looks, it's a great choice for embedded projects. Today, it gets even better: Raspberry Pi has launched the Raspberry Pi Zero W. 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