Just like the field of engineering and technology, the art world has its own jargon and requires knowledge of essential skills that make it intimidating to newcomers. There is a big difference between a project that just works, and a work of art, and it’s the attention to small details that differentiates the two. In his 2022 Supercon talk “ Art-World Compatibility Layer: How to Hang and Sell Your Blinky Goodness as Art” (Slides, PDF), takes us behind the scenes and shows us how to turn our blinky doodads in to coveted art works. is a full time artist who loves using technology to create unique art projects and has been building blinky artwork since about a decade now. Also added are some RGB lighting and touch controls.Ĭontinue reading “Supercon 2022: Joe Grand And The Thinnest Boombox” → Posted in cons, Hackaday Columns, Slider Tagged 2022 Superconference, Hackaday Supercon, Supercon 2022 At its core is a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W that runs Mopidy, to provide music server functionality. Just having these speakers is only part of the solution, of course, which led Joe down the rabbithole of not only figuring out the components that should go into the system, but also how to get it all on a single PCB and see how far one can push different solder mask colors with an appropriately boombox-like design. These are piezo devices that can be less than a millimeter thick, while still claiming to reproduce a broad range of audio frequencies. The primary inspiration for this came from a piezo speaker developed by TDK called the ‘PiezoListen’. Naturally, this led Joe Grand to figure that it would make it a perfect subject for a modern take on such an iconic device. Boomboxes are one of those status symbols that define the 1980s and part of the 1990s, being both a miracle of integration and the best way to share your love of music with as many people as possible.
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