“I added a battery board a raspberry pi zero and added the pirate audio line out connected with a bluetooth transmitter to create a portable music player. the screen and buttons on the pirate audio board are perfect for this use. I also added SMB support as well as using this as a wireless access point. this all around device build would not have been possible without pimoroni.”
“Managed to get it working with Moode Audio - it shows up as Hifiberry DAC for anyone using Moode. The display does work with Moode but you need a workaround from here https://github.com/rusconi/TFT-MoodeCoverArt which seems to work but is a little flakey ...
But yes, nice good quality DAC - trouble free for what I need to use it for.”
“The packaging was great to be dropped directly into the mailbox and the product itself works and sounds great. Display is small but just enough to show album art and track info.”
“Easy to configure and sounds fantastic. I had an issue configuring the audio driver so it wouldn't default to Headphone output but found the setting in the advanced preferences.
I used a dremil tool to make way for the output through the back of the case. But I think I'll be needing a heatsink case since this little unit runs a bit warm. I could make no sense of the tiny screen on the DAC as it doesn't make any difference what volume is displayed and doesn't display my MP3 files as they are playing. Maybe that's another preference but I wouldn't have a clue what it might be called.
In any case this now transforms the Pi4 into a perfect audio and video computer for my entertainment setup with no need anymore for a cumbersome laptop or a desktop box. And the sound is superior to anything I've used before. Awesome product.”
