Adafruit Speaker Bonnet for Raspberry Pi
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This Bonnet uses I2S a digital sound standard, so you get really crisp audio. The digital data goes right into the amplifier so there's no static like you hear from the headphone jack. And it's super easy to get started. Just plug in any 4 to 8 ohm speakers, up to 3 Watts, run our installer script on any Raspberry Pi, reboot and you're ready to jam!

See title. I’m thinking of picking this up to power a pair of speakers but am currently powering my Pi using the GPIO pins. If I install this, will I no longer be able to power the Pi that way? Will I have to use the MicroUSB?

    • t0frOP
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      10 months ago

      Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately I don’t have a choice. It comes pre-soldered according to the description. There does seem to be other power and ground pins on the board according to the schematic. I’ll try using those

    • t0frOP
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      10 months ago

      Yep, I saw that eventually and on the schematic there are traces connecting them to the correct gpio pins on the pi

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It looks like maybe it comes without the headers preinstalled? If so, you can still power it from there with a stackable header, but you may need to order the stackable header yourself.

    Edit: Nevermind, looks like it has a header preinstalled. Still, you can solder wires directly to the exposed pads on the other side probably.

      • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Oh yeah, that would be perfectly fine. It would power both the pi and audio board according to this schematic.

        • t0frOP
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          10 months ago

          Thanks I think I’ll do that

      • remotelove
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        10 months ago

        Soldering to those power pads should be fine. You really should keep tabs on your current draw though. If anything, you might need an extra capacitor or two across different points on the main power rails. What may happen, depending on a few different conditions, is that if you get a hard bass hit, your pi might reboot due to lack of power.

        Everything you are using is overbuilt, for the most part. Just be mindful of where the most power is being drawn and if the current source you are pulling off of is regulated or not. (Any LDOs provide clean’ish power rail for the processors and other ICs, so if the supply voltage is correct, tap before LDOs, not after, for a higher current load.)