Raspberry Pi advanced music player case

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This is a Raspberry Pi Media/Music player case, also suitable for general purpose use, such as building a thin client. It's designed specifically for use with a Raspberry Pi 3 and an IQaudio PiDAC+, found at iqaudio.co.uk; the small plastic ring on top of the cinch connectors must be removed to close the cover, which would otherwise waste precious space. Other soundcards can likely be installed if their dimensions and connector positions are nearly identical. If you want to use the same components, here's my bill of materials, including article numbers from the German electronics store Conrad Electronik: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zka5diwjgptpeqg/BOM_Conrad_Electronic.pdf?dl=0 The USB connectors used are standard panel-mounted USB connectors with male plugs. To redirect HDD activity to a front-mounted LED, you'll need to add a "Device Tree Overlay." This is relatively simple if you're using a Raspberry Pi 3 - just add the following line to your config.txt: dtoverlay=pi3-act-led,gpio=xxx Replace xxx with the pin connected to the LED. To use the encoder for volume control, there's a simple piece of C code available from iqaudio.co.uk. However, it may need some modifications depending on your music player distribution or audio configuration (soundcard device name). Compile it and make it start up during boot, as described in the PiDAC+ manual. Happy printing! With this stand, you can place your music player without wasting any space: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2397515 Take a look at my open-source tool to help manage 3D printing projects easily: http://encorecad.de/index.php/3d-druck/lightweight-model-database-en