{"id":9868,"date":"2014-05-30T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T08:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=9868"},"modified":"2014-05-30T08:30:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T08:30:19","slug":"a-raspberrypi-mini-boombox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9868","title":{"rendered":"A #RaspberryPi mini boombox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-h2DilWWJXRo\/U3usceCiqOI\/AAAAAAAAGow\/yvFqXAcdmCk\/s1600\/2014-05-20%2B12.17.26.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ThisOldGeek has taken a large Peets Coffee tin and filled it with electronics to create a boom box audio system. He&#8217;s used a\u00a0Vacuum Fluorescent Display inside it to display what is currently being played and a USB sound card\u00a0and amplifier to boost the sound output of the Pi. <a href=\"http:\/\/thisoldgeek.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/05\/day-night-sampler-raspberry-pi-mpd-mini_8036.html\">You can read more about how he did it over on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ThisOldGeek has taken a large Peets Coffee tin and filled it with electronics to create a boom box audio system. 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