Member Project: Rebuilding a Retro Boombox
Stats: Made by: Matt Status: Finished Tools used: Dremel, Soldering Iron Introduction: So this was a project that I always had in reserve if I didn’t have many other projects. So when the world shut down I decided to give this a go. The aim was to grab an old portable boombox from the 90s and breathe new life into it by replacing most of the internal electronics and adding new features. It was initially going to be a small project with just Bluetooth, rechargeable battery and amp but as it continued there was a bit of “feature creep”. By the time i finalized the requirements I had the the following: Inputs – Bluetooth and 3.5mm Jack Rechargeable battery Visual equalizer Bass, treble & mid filters LCD display for track data A couple of USB ports for charging phones At first I was going to use a raspberry pi as a receiver with an amp board on top, however its boot time from off to playing sound was over 15 seconds, even with some quick boot tricks to get the operating system running faster. So Arduino stepped up to the role of the controller, after a bit of designing I had a