GBZ Guide Part 6 (final installment!)

IAmOrion · Post by **IAmOrion** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:03 pm

Does any one have a guide for using a USB Dac with the volume wheel instead of the filter and GPIO pins that wermy used?

Kilren · Post by **Kilren** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 5:34 pm

IAmOrion wrote:Does any one have a guide for using a USB Dac with the volume wheel instead of the filter and GPIO pins that wermy used?

Look for my post under hardware>guides. The info is fairly similar. USB DAC L and R are going to go to pins 2 and 3. Pins 4 and 5 are output.

skrapps914 · Post by **skrapps914** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:43 pm

Awesome man! Looking forward to finishing mine asap

Wermy, do you think it's possibly to solder a USB network device inside, to keep the USB port in the battery bay free? Or do you think it would add more heat to the components inside?
Would it drain the battery faster, since it wouldn't be removable?

YouTube · Post by **wermy** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:18 pm

skrapps914 wrote:Awesome man! Looking forward to finishing mine asap

Wermy, do you think it's possibly to solder a USB network device inside, to keep the USB port in the battery bay free? Or do you think it would add more heat to the components inside?
Would it drain the battery faster, since it wouldn't be removable?

You could probably leave on the 4th USB port and do that, yeah -- it would just extend all the way across the case (and under the pi). Might even be able to use that 4th port for the external port data wires, and leave both of the middle ports connected so it would be removable. Moving the powerboost up top saved a lot of room in the battery compartment.

And yes it would make your battery drain faster - every device connected will have an impact on that.

BMBteke397 · Post by **BMBteke397** » Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:37 pm

I just wanted to say big thanks to you Wermy for making the guides, and spawning a really awesome community for fun projects like this. I can't wait to see the next great idea.

skrapps914 · Post by **skrapps914** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:33 am

this might be a good alternative for a usb hub, with wifi built in! http://referencedesigner.com/blog/pre-o ... piwi/3140/

it connects to the pi zero with spring pins, no soldering. however in a gbz, its probably best to remove the spring pins, and solder wires from the pi zero to the hubpiwi. this way it can fit in the case!

SudoMod · Post by **SudoMod** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:55 am

Thank you very much Wermy

YouTube · Post by **wermy** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:13 am

skrapps914 wrote:this might be a good alternative for a usb hub, with wifi built in! http://referencedesigner.com/blog/pre-o ... piwi/3140/

it connects to the pi zero with spring pins, no soldering. however in a gbz, its probably best to remove the spring pins, and solder wires from the pi zero to the hubpiwi. this way it can fit in the case!

Hey that's interesting! Looks like it has 3 ports after the wifi so I guess it's essentially doing what you described before: permanently connecting a wifi chip to one of the USB ports.

steelnation248 · Post by **steelnation248** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:28 pm

Something as simple as this would solve your problem of mounting the PowerBoost so high and not being able to disconnect the battery without opening up the case.

https://www.adafruit.com/products/1131

YouTube · Post by **wermy** » Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:35 pm

steelnation248 wrote:Something as simple as this would solve your problem of mounting the PowerBoost so high and not being able to disconnect the battery without opening up the case.

https://www.adafruit.com/products/1131

Man, sometimes it's the simplest solution that doesn't occur to you. Thanks!

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