Jukebox. Intro. Choosing components
For last couple of month I'm working on a project which I call "Jukebox" - a portable player for my 2-year old daughter. The project was inspired by Phonybox.de project but I decided to start from scratch to learn all the basics. The idea is simple: kid can play songs by placing RFID-cards onto the box. It is hot it works now: That's the initial Idea for the project: Components selection Since I do such a project for a first time, choice of components is relatively random. Some are based on the availability, some on price, some on number of number of mentions in the Internet. Main control unit I've decided to build system around Raspberry Pi: I already had one, and have some experience with the platform Bigger versions of raspberry pi (3B+, 4B) have audio-jack on board has WiFi for remote access (to upload content, update soft) has GPIO (for buttons and hardware control) RFID reader There are many modules based on MFRC522 chip, often referred as RC-522. Thes...