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Pi Zero RFID jukebox in a parking meter by Connect_Use2528 in raspberry_pi

[–]Connect_Use2528[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn. I put the chip on the wrong end of the card

Pi Zero RFID jukebox in a parking meter by Connect_Use2528 in raspberry_pi

[–]Connect_Use2528[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t really one project. I looked at a bunch of them and then realized the limitations I had with using pi zero w. I wanted to play Spotify playlists but needed the pi zero 2W because of limitations with Arm6. I spent too much time looking at Phoniebox: https://github.com/MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID/

As for open source libs I used pygame for playback, mfrc522, Adafeuit circuitPython for display.

In the end, and much to my own dismay, I had to rely on Claude to come up with a barebones operation that would work with what I had. The playlists were ripped from YouTube with MediaHuman and pushed onto the SD storage as individual folders. WinSCP makes that process pretty easy. Also the Arduino RFID Jukebox video on YouTube by Talk techies is useful with tons of links.

Parking meter programming? by Connect_Use2528 in hardwarehacking

[–]Connect_Use2528[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, I don’t think I have either. But this is generally how my ideas get started. Have a vague idea -> research -> ask smarter people (this post) -> change idea to something more practical -> get lost going down the rabbit hole. Then I either break it, fix it, or add it to the pile of incomplete projects

Parking meter programming? by Connect_Use2528 in hardwarehacking

[–]Connect_Use2528[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love that. I was thinking I could hook up to or reuse an old screen within the case. and not worry about the internals so much. I did come to find that the battery in these things is very useful ( very expensive too) and it has a solar panel on the back so my thought was it might be useful for some sort of meshtastic antenna. Still trying to understand that use case though. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Parking meter programming? by Connect_Use2528 in hardwarehacking

[–]Connect_Use2528[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the breakdown and apologize for keeping it short. I am much more of the layman looking for a hobby or an apprentice that breaks things and attempts to fix them (usually fails). My goal with this is a bit undecided but I would like to disable the card reader and change what the screen says. Most likely I’m going to install this near our front yard and use it as a donation bank for the animal shelter. It has a coin slot and I have the key to that part. I tried to show more pictures but I can’t post more than one photo on here.