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Building a Home Assistant Voice Satellite That Actually Plays Music: reSpeaker XVF3800, TPA3116 and a 3D-Printed Enclosure

14th November 2026 by jimmy

A Home Assistant Assist satellite with hardware echo cancellation, a Dayton ND90 full-range driver and a two-colour 3D-printed enclosure, so the wake word still works while music is playing.

Ordio – Home Assistant Music Streamer

9th June 2026 by jimmy

A physical Spotify player: NFC disks, an OLED, and Home Assistant I wanted music my household could hold. Streaming is convenient to the point of being forgettable — you tap a name in a list and sound happens. So I built a slot reader: 3.5″ 3D-printed disks, each with an NFC tag inside and a … Read more

Airplay to Sonos via RaspberryPi 2/3

4th April 202020th February 2016 by jimmy

Please note, this requires a RaspberryPi 2/3 – this will not work on the Original models. Why would you want to do this? Maybe you want to listen to Deezer or Spotify on your Sonos, but don’t have a premium subscription.. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS OF RASPBIAN JESSIE LITE – you … Read more