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[lakeuk]

I'm still in the planning process. Would like to use an epaper dispay for displaying current title/artist. Do you know of any integration that already does this?

I use the waveshare epaper display, the code use used is mainly waveshare's demo code with a little modification to use the mpd package to read whats playing in moode and if it's changed from the last item then I trigger an update of the epaper display.

Code is on my github
https://github.com/lakeuk/moode-audio-extensions

[Klangraum]

My first build and also my first Steps with Raspberry Pi and Moode

Raspberry Pi4/4Gb (in massive Aluminium Case to keep it cool and also for shielding)
UPS for all Parts (to minimize Ripple and so on, also shielded under a Cover and as Protection for the Batterys)
Filter for electricity (after UPS)
Power Button for UPS
LCD OLED (to show some Infos)
seperately shielded Filter Stack between Pi and Soundcard (some of them can be powered off)
Shielded and changeable DAC Cards
SD Card Extension
Big Screen (in a Wooden Case with Acrylglass Back and Airflow through Chromium Steel Plate)
With a suitable CD player in wood optics (a cheap one) to be able to rip CD`s

The Idea was to build a cheap Unit (also looked at ian canadas Components), with shielded, filtered and seperated Parts, to minimize Intereference and Ripples to get the most out of it.

Measurements of the used Components


Fitting test of the Parts


Build the Case, and paint


Adjust to my needs






Final DAC Enclosure


add cd Player to be able to rip direct on the unit


Acrylic Glass Back and shielding


SD Card Extension, Power Connector, Knurled screws for Glass Back

[new_bloke]

I've been running a moode system for a good number of years now, based around a pi 3B+ and hifiberry Amp+, with a 7" pi touch screen display. Originally I had it in a smartipi touch case. It all worked well, but I wasn't very keen on the offset hinge design of the case, and my installation of speaker terminals on the rear of it was rather inelegant. I decided to design a case that I could print with my 3d printer. Here's the result - it has an angle adjustable display, with a rotary encoder for volume and push to play / pause. I added a small case fan to keep the internal temperatures down, with a script to adjust the fan speed relative to system temperature.
I'm pretty happy with result. If anyone is interested, I can share the print files, along with a list of parts that I used. If there is interest, I can look into producing a version that would fit a Pi 4. Sadly I don't yet have a Pi 5 or a touchscreen version 2 (unless anyone would like to donate one to the cause!), to make a compatible version for those.
   
I found taking photos without lots of reflections hard, so here are some renders from fusion 360:
   
   
   
   
   

[TheOldPresbyope]

@new_bloke

Congrats. You have a nice sense of design and obviously have mastered your 3D printer (with all the associated work which goes into creating and realizing a design in print). The result looks great.

I have used both Touch 1 and Touch 2 screens and highly recommend the latter over the former.

I have also used the SmartPi case. While it certainly works, I also suffered the cabling dilemma. Candidly, I didn't find the adjustable screen positioning to be very useful. I'd prefer something fixed like BestBuy's old, tilted-screen Infocast 8 (a spinoff of Bunny Huang's Chumby series, to remind those were hacking for such devices for fun and profit two decades ago. I liked them so much I bought two when they were being sold off.).
  
Like the man says, enjoy the music!

Regards,
Kent