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I'm busy developing an nice little bed-side alarm clock with a Pi Zero W.

IT would be nice if it were an ALARM clock, not just a silent one.

I've ordered this device from Amazon in the hopes that it will work well enough, however, it seems a very clunky solution.

Is there a better way to get audio from it?

I'd like to avoid usign the GPIO pins if possible as I have a hat attached and don't really want to mess around with that. Also, I remember reading somewhere that audio via GPIO is not really that great.

UPDATE:

THAT device that I ordered from Amazon... Wow, it produced SO much noise! I would not recommend that anyone buy it. I'm looking into Bluetooth audio now.

I'm going to be ordering this guy from Amazon. What I like about it is that it has Bluetooth and the option of using a 3.5mm audio jack. (also the fact that it has an exploded view of the device in the device images).

Jim
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Just use the data port you can connect it to a USB audio device. You could also buy a similar device to the one you put above that you could connect to the Data port. If you're tight on space search for an "angled USB micro cable". You'll find something like this:
Angled usb micro cable

Another solution would be to use Bluetooth. Because it's a Pi Zero W, you'll be able to connect to a standard Bluetooth speaker.

Some other helpful links:

aditya
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