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?

    • t0fr@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      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

  • fubarx
    2·
    10 months ago

    That 3x3 grid to the left is marked 5v/3v/GND. Can you not use those?

    • t0fr@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      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