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Here's what I use for my own appliance, which is the best-case supported scenario
Tools used
Here are the tools used to build this. You do not NEED everything and you are more-than-encouraged to check out in your area to find a fablab / hackerspace since they most likely have everything
- Soldering station + tin
- Laser cutter / CNC machine (Everything can be hand-cut but it will be cleaner and easier)
- Label printer
- Drill
- 3d printer
Expected to have
Those are the stuff I do not recommend a specific thing but you are expected to provide any you want
- A micro-atx motherboard with ram (I use 8 Go but 4 should be good enough)
- Power supply unit (If you want to go fancy, a modular one will let you have much needed free space in the case)
- A SSD (Size depending on your karaoke / song collection) + its sata cable
- Small wires to connect the ESP32 (I use these ones)
- Less-small wires to connect the power to the screen and the ledstrip
- Screw terminal (idk what's their real name, we call them "Domino" in french like those)
- A 1080p 16:9 webcam - OR - a camera (that can be detected as a webcam in Firefox)
Still missing in the list above & below
I don't know exactly those stuff yet
- Wood
- Plexiglass (Screen protector)
- The mecanism for the back door lock
- The mecanism to collapse the button panel
- The thing to hold the webcam
- Audio interface for the karaoke
Purchase list
If you want to go with the exact same stuff as me, you can use the following Amazon links (Amazon FR):
Main appliance:
- USB Panel mount
- Extra USB + Audio jack panel mount
- Ethernet panel mount
- IEC C13 (cable side) to C14 (panel side) panel mount
- Case fan (x2)
- SATA to MOLEX adapter - This lets us tap into the PSU to power the screen and the ledstrip
Interfacing stuff:
- Momentary push buttons
- ESP32-C6 - An arduino will do the job if you do not want to make quiz buzzer but I'd recommend going with an ESP32 nonetheless
- Type-C to A cable, 50cm (ESP32 to motherboard)
Screen:
- HDMI cable, 50cm
- Laptop screen board converter - Must be compatible with the screen below /!\
- A 17" laptop screen (most likely salvaged from a broken / old laptop)
- (Optional) Mosfet to trigger the flash - If you want a hardware flash
- (Optional) 12v white led strip - If you want a hardware flash (~30cm only required so you might find a cheaper one but be sure to take a COLD white so that pictures are not ugly)
Wifi hotspot (Optional):
- Wifi card (rtl8822ce)
- Wifi card m2 to PCIe adapter board (with antenna) - Only if your motherboard does not provide wifi card m2 slot
Karaoke (Optional):
- Jack panel mount (x2) (You can go with XLR if you want but I don't trust drunk people to not stumble in the cable)
- XLR to Jack cable (3m, x2)
- Any XLR Dynamic microphone (x2) (Check your local 2nd hand shops)
Quiz buzzer (Optional, some items are a set, some are single, you need only one of each PER BUZZER):
Extra but good to have to be ready in all situations:
- 30m ethernet cable
- Jack male-to-male 20m cable
- Jack female to RCA - Depending on your audio amplifier
- Jack female to XLR - Depending on your audio amplifier
- Jack 3.5 female to Jack 5.5 - Depending on your audio amplifier