Raspblaster

Final steps

So i finally toke my time and finished my project.

First of all i followed Eric´s guide to shairport second i followed hunternet93´s guide to make a wireless hotspot out of your RPI

When you are finished with both of above - You are 90% of the way.

My RaspBlaster ended up looking like this.

In the lid i installed a 5000mA solarpowered battery - Workes like a charm!

Thanks to Eric and Hunternet93!

Logitech K400 and Raspberry Pi 3.2

Hi Everyone,

After updating to 3.2 Raspberian i had problems with my Logitech K400 wireless keybord/mouse wouldnt work when i powered up the RasPi, i needed to unplug and plug it back in for it to work.

The fix is simple.

Sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Add following text before "exit 0" but after "fi"

sleep 2
modprobe -r hid_logitech_dj
sleep 2
modprobe hid_logitech_dj

Ctrl+x ----> Y------> ENTER -----> sudo reboot

EDIT

After updating my pi (6 March 2013) i found that this workaround wasnt working.
The fix is again simple!

Sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Remove the workaround
"sleep 2
modprobe -r hid_logitech_dj
sleep 2
modprobe hid_logitech_dj"

Ctrl+x ----> Y------> ENTER -----> sudo reboot¨

Job DONE!

Shairport - And the stuff i battled with

Start out with following Eric´s exellent guide to Shairport

Now i encountered 2 problems.

First was, no connection to the "aptitude update and upgrade" this was a simple fix, reboot.

The second problem i found was that with the iO6 the Shairport was super unstable, and with terrible audio.
But as Chris pointed out in Eric´s guide the fix i simple.

All of above is tested and confirmed with 2012-16-12 Raspbian "wheezy" and iOS 6.1

RaspBlaster project

Soo, im basically a coding noob from Denmark, i have no real experience with coding and GPIO pins and all this other voodoo.

But like with everything else i think looks cool i wanted to learn more about the Raspberry Pi, so i started out buying 2, one was used as an RDP client, and one for XMBC.

Since then i have played around with finished codes (since i cant code my self) trying to learn the basics about how linux works.
And i found Eric´s guide to Shairport and desided to make a Low-Cost boomblaster with airplay & internet radio.

All of this is very nice, but here is what i need to figure out.

Find following codes:

1. Turn RasPi into WiFI hotspot via 3G/4GLTE modem
2. Internet radio
3. Volume control
4. All of above have to work with Shairport and each other.

So far this is what i have done:

Bought:

• 5000mAh battery / solar charger - 30$
• USB Powered speakers with mini jack connection - 12$
• Cheap box with handle - 4$
• Raspberry Pi - 35$
• Huawei E180 - 0$ (Had it lying around)

Installed and tested:

• Eric´s guide to Shairport

I will keep updating this post with progress, but how-to´s will be posted separately.

/Røvfuld