# Audio Only connection for Pirate Audio SMOL Speaker

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**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/audio-only-connection-for-pirate-audio-smol-speaker/13907 "2020-05-14T22:54:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/audio-only-connection-for-pirate-audio-smol-speaker/13907/1 "2020-05-14T22:54:41Z")

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Just purchased the Pirate Audio SMOL Speaker. My son would like to use it for a project but we need to keep some GPIO open as well as some voltage pins from the Raspberry PI 4 we are using. Is there a diagram of the pin layout and is it even possible to do considering everything this board has to offer. If not I need to quickly pivot his school project which is due tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![Caperjack1953](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/caperjack1953/32/7923_2.png) [@Caperjack1953](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Caperjack1953)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/audio-only-connection-for-pirate-audio-smol-speaker/13907/2 "2020-05-14T23:27:45Z")

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not sure but the fix offered here might help , the link below says to do this ,[Make sure onboard audio is disabled in /boot/config.txt #dtparam=audio=on]

> [@No sound from Pirate Audio Smol Speaker](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-sound-from-pirate-audio-smol-speaker/12223):
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> Hi, I’ve followed all the instructions for the automatic setup, it is connected to Spotify and I’ve tried playing audio through Iris, but there are no audio outputs listed and nothing is coming out of the speaker. As far as I can see everything is plugged in fine. Any ideas? Running on an RPI3 on Raspbian Buster.

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**Author:** ![spazjibo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/spazjibo/32/6804_2.png) [@spazjibo](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/spazjibo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/audio-only-connection-for-pirate-audio-smol-speaker/13907/3 "2020-05-14T23:43:35Z")

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I can get it working when fully plugged in. The problem I have is I need access to some pins still if it is not using them all.

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**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/audio-only-connection-for-pirate-audio-smol-speaker/13907/4 "2020-05-15T08:59:03Z")

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The pinout is here,

> **[Pirate Audio Speaker at Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout](https://pinout.xyz/pinout/pirate_audio_speaker)**
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> I2S digital audio to onboard speaker

  
You could put one of these between the Pi and Pirate Audio to get access to the GPIO pins, just use a stacking header instead of a normal header.  

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> The ProtoZero is a prototyping board for the Raspberry Pi Zero, that also fits the A+, B+ and Pi2.

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