I took on the challenge of programming my Raspberry Pi to be an Airplay device. Although there are many different things you can do with a Raspberry Pi, such as many different media devices and retro video game consoles. I thought an Airplay device was a better option for me. I’m interested in being able to play audio over an internet network. I would like the ability to listen to music thoughout my house without needing to be next to my computer. I began to gather all the equipment and tutorials I would need.

  • Raspberry Pi 3
  • Micro SD Card
  • Power Supply
  • Network Connection
  • Speakers
  • AirPlay enabled device
  • https://9to5toys.com/2019/01/03/raspberry-pi-airplay-receiver-setup/
  • https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-airplay-receiver/

After gathering everything I felt I would need for this project I began to do a little more research. I wanted to know exactly the capabilities of not only the Raspberry Pi but also of the Airplay process. I don’t currently own a set of Airplay speakers, but I do own a Bluetooth speaker. I began to read and compare the difference between Bluetooth and Airplay. Essentially Bluetooth is a way to send audio directly from a device to a set of speakers, whereas Airplay sends the audio signal over a local network that both the device playing the audio and the speakers are connected to.

As I began to look into the programming for this project, I was initially intimidated. I do not have much experience in programming computers or programs. I was able to get the Raspberry up and running and I began to try to get the programs I need to get my device to work. I’m not used to running programs in a command terminal so it was a bit of a trial by fire learning experience for me. it took a few different tutorials for me to get all the programming to work. I had to work between the 2 tutorials I found and do some troubleshooting to get the commands to run properly and to get everything working. Once I was finished running all the commands I was able to connect my phone to the Raspberry Pi and play music from across my house.

My phone connected to the Raspberry Pi playing music, was

In conclusion, this project was actually a good experience for me. I do want to do some more research on the programming side. I want to understand the commands I was giving the Raspberry Pi rather than just copy and paste or typing command text that I don’t understand. It was easy to get everything programmed and up and running and I really enjoyed getting my feet wet in programming a Raspberry Pi. I see so much more potential and different uses for a Raspberry Pi in my life, I plan to get one or two myself for different uses.


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