A modern
motherboard
for old iPods.

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  • Bluetooth
  • Wi‑Fi
  • Hi‑Fi DAC
  • 500,000 songs*
  • USB‑C
  • Apple Music**
  • Spotify**

*when used with a 2TB SD card
**Sprout Pi only. Streaming services may change.

Sprout only replaces the motherboard and uses your iPod’s original parts. No soldering required, and fully reversible.

The Sprout board seen from a low angle: a Raspberry Pi compute module and an RP2350 on a board cut to the shape of the iPod's original motherboard, with the SD slot, headphone jack, dock connector and ribbon-cable sockets along its edges.

Sprout comes in two flavours. Both offer Bluetooth audio, Wi-Fi, a HiFi DAC and digital audio over USB‑C. Sprout Pico is built around the Raspberry Pi RP2350. Sprout Pi adds a Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero, adding music streaming and custom apps.

Sprout comes with a familiar and lightweight interface. On Sprout Pi, underneath it’s a Linux computer, so you can run whatever you like on it.

Sprout works with iPod mini (1st and 2nd generation), iPod 4th generation and iPod 3rd generation.

Pi Pico
Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero—
Raspberry Pi RP2350Raspberry Pi RP2350
HiFi DACCS43131 (or similar), through 3.5 mm headphone jackHiFi DACCS43131 (or similar), through 3.5 mm headphone jack
Bluetooth audioBluetooth audio
Digital audio outover USB‑CDigital audio outover USB‑C
Inline remote controlsover USB‑CInline remote controlsover USB‑C
MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC and OpusMP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC and Opus
WiFiWiFi
Music streaming*
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
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AirPlay streamingAirPlay streamingIn development
Cast to Google Cast speakersIn developmentCast to Google Cast speakersIn development
USB‑C
  • Data transfer
  • Charging
USB‑C
  • Data transfer
  • Charging
Podcasts
  • Downloads
  • Streaming
Podcasts
  • Downloads
  • —
Custom apps—
Up to 2TBSD card supportUp to 2TBSD card support
2 GPIO pinsvia the original remote connector2 GPIO pinsvia the original remote connector
40-hour battery†Continuous music playback over Bluetooth with a 2,500 mAh battery40-hour battery†Continuous music playback over Bluetooth with a 2,500 mAh battery, on 3rd and 4th generation iPods20-hour battery†Continuous music playback over Bluetooth with a 1,200 mAh battery, on iPod mini

*working proofs of concept as of September 2026. Streaming services change their APIs often, so availability at launch may differ

†target battery life, based on prototype testing