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AtariSTSongPlayer

Endless Atari ST Chip Tune player for installing on a Raspberry Pi in a car.

Run Raspberry Pi OS on a Pi 3 Model A+.

Install build tools:

sudo apt-get install cmake g++ libao-dev xxd libasound2-dev

Download and compile PSG play (with ALSA support) from https://github.com/frno7/psgplay with:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/frno7/psgplay.git
cd psgplay/
make ALSA=1 psgplay

Download the SNDH Atari ST YM2149 archive from https://sndh.atari.org/ Extract it to /home/pi/music

Install pigpio to listen to the GPIO pins

sudo apt-get install pigpio
sudo systemctl enable pigpiod
sudo systemctl start pigpiod

Place psgplay_start.sh from this repo in

/home/pi/psgplay_start.sh

Set it as executable

chmod +x psgplay_start.sh

Set the script up as a service to run at boot, create /etc/systemd/system/psgplay.service as below:

[Unit]
Description=Play random Atari ST tunes using PSGPlay
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/pi/psgplay_start.sh
WorkingDirectory=/home/pi
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
Restart=always
User=pi
Group=pi
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Set the Raspberry Pi to read only mode to protect against sudden loss of power in a car

sudo nano /etc/fstab

change

PARTUUID=xxxxxxx / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1

to

PARTUUID=xxxxxxx / ext4 defaults,noatime,ro 0 1
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,size=50M 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,size=10M 0 0
tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults,noatime,size=10M 0 0
tmpfs /var/lib/dhcp tmpfs defaults,noatime,size=1M 0 0
tmpfs /var/lib/dhcpcd5 tmpfs defaults,noatime,size=1M 0 0
tmpfs /run tmpfs defaults,noatime,size=10M 0 0

Disable logging to SD card

sudo systemctl disable rsyslog
sudo systemctl disable systemd-journald

Wire up a switch between GPIO 26 (pin 37) and GND (pin 39) on your Raspberry Pi

Connect the 3.5mm audio jack to your audio system.

Boot the Raspberry Pi

Boot time is around 17 seconds

Tunes should start automatically playing

Close the switch to advance tracks

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