marlinbox/README.md

MARLIN Box

This project aims to take another approach at RFID-Jukeboxes like the toniebox.

Our goal is to empower parents to make their kids happy - on their own terms.

Prerequisites

We are currently at the beginning of the development.

If you wish to try the MARLIN Box in this state you will need the following:

• Raspberry Pi (at least 3B)
  • Raspbian OS
    • Packages:
      • portaudio-devel.x86_64
• RFID-Reader (EM4100)
• Some .mp3-Files

Setup

• Clone this repository to your Computer or directly onto the Raspberry Pi - on whatever device you would like to build the software you will need golang installed
  • git clone https://github.com/itsscb/marlinbox
  • cd marlinbox/cmd
• Build the software
  • go build main.go && mv main marlinbox
• Create or modify the file playlist.json in the same directory
• Run it with sudo ¹
  • sudo ./marlinbox

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1. Required because we access /dev/input/ devices which require root privileges. ↩︎