If we\u2019ve realized something over time, it\u2019s that the one factor {hardware} hackers love greater than a tool festooned with buttons is one which\u2019s lined in LEDs \u2014 so it\u2019s no shock that this \u201cMr Christmas\u201d jukebox caught the attention of [Roberts Retro]<\/a>. However whereas the vacation gadget may need been mildly entertaining in its inventory configuration, he shortly realized that what it actually wanted was an ESP32 retrofit. In any case, what good are all these buttons and LEDs should you can\u2019t bend them to your will?<\/p>\n With all of the buttons wired as much as inputs on the ESP32, [Robert] can reconfigure the jukebox to do just about no matter he needs with simply adjustments to the software program. Within the video, he demonstrates how the buttons can be utilized to set off the playback of particular person songs saved on the DFPlayer\u2019s SD card, which primarily replicates it\u2019s inventory performance. A number of strains of modified code later, those self same buttons can be utilized to manage gadgets through House Assistant.<\/p>\n To get into the vacation spirit, [Roberts Retro] reveals off the finished jukebox controlling his ESP-enabled LEGO practice set \u2014 one other of his festive upgrades that we lined again in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mrxmas_detail.jpg?w=400\")
<\/a>For the primary half of the video, [Robert] treats us to an in depth teardown of the gadget, which as you may think, is basically hole inside. This gave him loads of room to graft in new {hardware}, which is basically the perfect reward any of us might hope to seek out beneath the tree. Along with the ESP32 improvement board, the jukebox additionally acquired plenty of WS2812B addressable RGB LEDs, and a DFPlayer module to deal with music playback.<\/p>\n