“This Instructable shows how to modify Pimoroni’s excellent Pirate Radio kit to add an enclosure and switches that you can use to control the Pirate Radio functions.
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pirate-radio-pi…
The kit shown in this Instructable was purchased from Adafruit.https://www.adafruit.com/product/3477
Pimoroni supplies software for different projects: an internet radio, a Spotify streaming box, or an AirPlay speaker. I particularly like the Internet radio option.
The Pirate Radio uses the Pi Zero W’s Wi-Fi to receive streaming Internet radio programming using your home Wi-Fi network. Pimoroni’s Phat Beat digital to analog converter and stereo amp / speaker produce the sound. Digital to analog converters are used in music players to convert digital data streams into analog audio signals.You can read more about this here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter
As configured the Pirate Radio comes with a speaker and plays in mono mode, but you can also use it with external speakers in stereo. I like the tone the external speakers provide.
The Phat Beat has small switches for its various functions and LEDs that function as a VU meter.
In this Instructable we will add larger button switches on the top of the Pirate radio and a power switch on the side.
No changes are required in the code to make these switches work.
(Thanks to Andrew Wendt for help with this project.)
Now let’s get started.”