Remote Box

Sometimes getting to my mobile, open a app or webpage feels like to much to just start the music player.

Hence the Remote Box. It gives physical buttons and knobs like in the old days.

I will use a raspberry pi zero for the remote box. My players have an allo digione hat and access to Gpio is limited. Also the best place for the remote box is not necessarily the same as the player.

For power switching I will use Shelly Plugs. They need no Hub and can be accessed via simple http requests.

Each button shall have its own shell script for easy customizing.

Two LEDs are used for status information.

A rotary encoder and Oled display are used for additional options.

First let's see which GPIO Pins we can use.

The Oled Display and the rotary encoder share required pins with the Allo Digione. The other Pins could be used together with a digione connected. So some Buttons, Switches, RFID sensors or LEDS might be moved to the player later. A prototype will show what functions are actually needed.

For the prototype i use a cardboard box, i had lying around,

Todo:

usb otg device

https://gpiozero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pi_zero_otg.html#pi-zero-usb-otg