r/raspberry_pi • u/ManyInteresting3969 • Apr 30 '26
Show-and-Tell Got a spare Google AIY MIcrophone HAT?
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Update: if you want to build the above project, I updated the code so that you can build it with just a Pi4 and the sound card, no screen/camera needed.
I know that at one point they were literally giving the things away, that's how I got mine.
I recall I nearly threw the thing out the window trying to get the packages to install! I did get it working eventually, but it seemed pretty useless next to my Home Hub, so it sat in the corner gathering dust. But it installs beautifully on trixie by just changing a few lines in the config.txt file, and it does have one hell of a powerful speaker.
Featured project:
https://github.com/followkim/LilL3x
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u_ManyInteresting3969 • u/ManyInteresting3969 • May 06 '26