0

Two HifiBerries

san cabraal

January 28, 2015 12:29

None

Follow

Hi

I thought I would share my two HifiBerry DACs installations. They work really well with Squeezelite and Jivelite (I'm a long term Squeezebox user).

Number 1 is a Raspberry PI model B with a HifiBerry DAC and TinyLCD screen controlled by either a powermate spin controller or via a remote control. Here are some pictures







As you can see the case is crudely made from an old fruit box. HifiBerry DAC and TinyLCD get power from the Raspberry PI so only one power supply is required.

Number 2 is Raspberry PI model B+ with HifiBerry DAC+, Model B+. Uses IR receiver and LIRC to receive signals from a remote control. Any Tablet or PC can VNC onto the Raspberry PI and act as a headless display, showing jivelite's menus.





Case is an old box from Muji that was going to be thrown out. A very tight fit: I used a low profile SD card and only hacked holes for the sockets I wanted to use. Thanks to LIRC, i can use an existing remote.

Thank you for creating the DAC and DAC+ they work really well.

Thanks
San

• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

5 comments

• 0
  
  san cabraal January 28, 2015 13:36

  I don't seem able to edit the original so here's a link to a video of the second installation:
• 0
  
  HiFiBerry team January 29, 2015 12:30

  This looks really cool. How is the LCD connected to the Raspberry Pi?
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
• 0
  
  san cabraal January 29, 2015 17:00

  Hi
  
  The LCD connects via the GPIOs on the Raspberry PI model B. I a set of pins to provide connection:
  
  
  
  Thanks
  San
• 0
  
  HiFiBerry team January 29, 2015 20:19

  Ok, does it use SPI for the communication with the Raspberry Pi?
  
  Best regards
  Daniel
• 0
  
  san cabraal January 29, 2015 23:13

  Hi,
  
  Yes I believe so. The descriptions say "3.5 Inch Color TFT SPI Lcd Display Module with Pcb for Raspberry Pi with SPI Interface, 320 X 480 pixels" and they state the following GPIO pins are used...
  
  GPIO pins used for TFT LCD Display.
  
  
  
  pin1 3V3 ------------------------------------- TFT 3V3
  
  pin18 GPIO 24 ----------------------------- TFT RS
  
  pin19 GPIO 10 MOSI -------------------- TFT MOSI
  
  pin24 GPIO 08 CE0 ---------------------- TFT CS
  
  pin23 GPIO 11 CLK ---------------------- TFT SCLK
  
  pin22 GPIO 25 ----------------------------- TFT RST
  
  pin12 GPIO 18 PWM -------------------- TFT BL
  
  pin6 GND ------------------------------------ TFT GND
  
  Thanks
  San