ECE434 Spotify Box

Team members: Aman Bajaj and Eric Kirby

Grading Template
I'm using the following template to grade. Each slot is 10 points. 0 = Missing, 5=OK, 10=Wow!

 09 Executive Summary 09 Packaging 09 Installation Instructions 09 User Instructions 09 Highlights 09 Theory of Operation 09 Work Breakdown 09 Future Work/Conclusions 09 Hackster.io 09 Demo/Poster 00 Late Comments: Have a good day.

Score: 90/100

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Executive Summary
This project is making a device using the Beaglebone which can stream music through spotify. The final result displays a mopidy interface on an LCD screen that can be controlled using buttons as GPIO into the Beaglebone. This is done using Mopidy, specifically the Mopidy-spotify, Mopidy-touchscreen and Mopidy-GPIO extensions. In order to adapt the existing code to our project, we created our own mopidy extension and tailored the code so that it works the way we want it to. The output audio is controlled using PulseAudio and comes out from the USB port through a USB-AUX adapter.

Timeline

 * 10/29 - Order Parts
 * 11/3 - Receive Parts
 * 11/5 - Install necessary packages on Bone
 * 11/6 - Play music from Spotify
 * 11/9 - Display Pygame on the LCD
 * 11/13 - Create an interface for the LCD
 * 11/18 - Finish documentation

Packaging
Packaging not really possible as wifi dongle didn't work with spotify

Installation Instructions
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User Instructions
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Highlights
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Theory of Operation
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Work Breakdown
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Future Work
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Conclusions
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