Hello everyone, I am new, I come from Germany, and I would like to introduce you to my two Volumio players here:

[av_2]

Since I am not very good at English, I have everything translated by ChatGPT and I apologize if any mistakes have slipped in because of that.
Here is my first Volumio Player:

And here is my second volumio Player:

This is an image from the interior of the 2nd Volumio Player:

The following parts I have installed there:

1. Raspberry Pi 5 8GB
2. original Raspberry Pi 5 power supply
3. GeeekPi Ultra Thin ICE Tower Cooler für Raspberry Pi 5
4. Geekworm X1002 M.2 NVMe SSD Pip PCIe Peripheral Board Bottom Base Raspberry Pi 5
5. Lexar NM620 256 GB SSD, M.2 2280
6. GIAK KY-040 Rotary Encoder with resistors and nuts.
7. Waveshare 11.6 Inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD 1920×1080 Resolution
8. HiFiBerry DAC+
9. A self-developed circuit board DAC for the three rotary encoders under the HIFIBerry DAC+
10. Many Cliff feedthrough Connectors FT Series for the USB, network, and RCA connections.
11. This aluminum housing: https://audiocreativ.de/index.php?route=product/product&path=90_80&product_id=248

And of course plenty of USB, RCA, and other cables and small parts.

Andreas

[Wheaten]

Hi @av_2

Welcome!
No problems reading the translation, you receive already kudos for taking the effort.
Nice projects, the 2nd is my favorite.
Well dome

[av_2]

Hi @Wheaten

Thank you for your Welcome.
The second player is also my favorite, but everyone starts small. The first player has a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB built in and, of course, a much smaller display from Waveshare. I also installed the Peppymeter on both, which makes the players look even better. Both players have a front panel with a thickness of 10mm, and I had the cutouts and holes machined by a company.

Andreas

[Uwek]

Please provide the dimension of the front of this device

[av_2]

Hi @Uwek

The dimensions of the front panel are 180mm x 450mm x 10mm. Please note that the housing behind it is slightly smaller.

I have recessed the display slightly into the front panel, and it fits just right (there is only 1mm of the front panel left at the top and bottom).

Andreas

[calzolaio]

can i know your user config.txt file with the settings for your display?

[av_2]

Hi @calzolaio

These are the entries for the display in the /boot/userconfig.txt :

disable_overscan=1 It is used to eliminate the black display border (was used for old CRT monitors).

This is the display I used:
11.6inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD with Toughened Glass Cover, 1920×1080, HDMI, IPS, Various Devices & Systems Support

Here is more information about the display:
11.6inch HDMI LCD (H) - Waveshare Wiki

It is in the first two lines of the config.txt:

DO NOT EDIT config.txt

APPLY CUSTOM PARAMETERS TO userconfig.txt

[JosefZvol]

Welcome here and greetings!
You’re doing really well, keep it up… keep improving! I’d probably focus on the power supply area now.
I’m looking forward to the next installment…
Josef

[becool]

What are the three rotary encoders used for?

[av_2]

Hi @becool

the three rotary encoders are used for:

1. top left - Volume down/up
2. top right - Seek backwards/forward
3. bottom right - Skip previous/next

I designed a custom board for the rotary encoders that fits under the HiFiBerry DAC+:

The whole thing can then look like this:

Further information about the rotary encoders and the Volumio plugin can be found here (in German):

Volumio mit Drehgebern erweitern | Make Magazin | heise magazine