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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Today, we have another cool music-themed project to share — this one is known as the Kaboom Box, created by maker Cameron Coward.

Using our favorite microcontroller, the Raspberry Pi Pico, Coward brings an old Panasonic RQ-830S 8-track player from the 70s back into working order.

It even uses original 8-track cartridges — but instead of reading them for content, he’s added RFID tags to pull music stored locally on the Pico with a microSD card.

The images were printed on sticker paper and carefully placed onto the cartridge with the RFID tags tucked underneath.

A mount was devised to attach the LCD screen, RFID reader, and ElectroCookie prototyping PCB.

If you want to get a closer look at this Raspberry Pi project, you can find more details over at Hackster and see the Kaboom Box in action on Coward’s YouTube channel.


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