ropieee

My local Microcenter received a shipment of Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W boards, and at $15, I just couldn’t resist picking one up. With this 64bit board, I can now run Ropieee, which is a very elegant Raspberry Pi image with the RoonBridge service installed, which enables the Pi Zero as a Roon endpoint. Volumio was fine (using Squeezelite) but using RoonBridge optimizes my whole Pi Zero-Schiit-AudioEngine setup for Roon.

First, I had to solder a 40 pin header on my Zero 2 W. I then downloaded the Ropieee image and wrote it to a microSD card with Raspberry Pi Imager. After booting, I had to wait for Ropieee to create an ad-hoc network so I could connect it to my wifi. Once connected to my home network, I enabled the Audio HAT as “Hifiberry DAC”, rebooted the Zero and viola, it showed as an endpoint in Roon. The installation process is all well-documented on Ropieee’s website, and everything was a breeze and worked right away. I even made a donation!

On the web:
RoPieee | RoPieee: a RoonBridge ready-to-go image for Raspberry Pi