--- title: You, too, can make this amazing Raspberry Pi music box... description: A hobbyist project using a Raspberry Pi Pico to build a modern music box inspired by classic punch card devices, where colored strips are used to play tunes.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-too-can-make-this-amazing-raspberry-pi-music-box-that-plays-tunes-from-colored-strips-jxzvtsaba twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You, too, can make this amazing Raspberry Pi music box that plays tunes from colored strips | daily.dev og:description: A hobbyist project using a Raspberry Pi Pico to build a modern music box inspired by classic punch card devices, where colored strips are used to play tunes.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-too-can-make-this-amazing-raspberry-pi-music-box-that-plays-tunes-from-colored-strips-jxzvtsaba og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jxZvTsabA.png og:image:alt: You, too, can make this amazing Raspberry Pi music box that plays tunes from colored strips og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You, too, can make this amazing Raspberry Pi music box that plays tunes from colored strips **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hobbyist project using a Raspberry Pi Pico to build a modern music box inspired by classic punch card devices, where colored strips are used to play tunes. The project is a DIY take on vintage music-making hardware. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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