Tangara Portable Media Player (FLOSH!)

[Midas]

Something quite unexpected: a fully Free Libre Open Source Hardware media player with a slew of extraordinary features...

Tangara is a portable music player. It outputs high-quality sound through a 3.5-mm headphone jack, lasts a full day on a charge, and includes a processor that’s powerful enough to support any audio format you can throw at it. It’s also 100% open hardware running open-source software, which makes it easy to customize, repair, and upgrade.

Tangara is great DIY platform for non-audio applications, as well. For example, the ESP32 module at its core is popular among those who enjoy exploring and learning about (other people’s) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections. Unlike most such platforms, however, it also gives you a full-color display, a battery, and a one-finger touch interface to work with.

Our software, firmware, and hardware design files are available on sourcehut.

@ https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

[h3kt0r]

Yay ! Count me in : I'll happily get one of these as long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg !

[Midas]

I should've posted a vaporware alert, it seems...

[h3kt0r]

Well, they won't release their firmware online before launching the product itself.
Unless they want a competitor to put out a cheap rip-off on the market before
they have a chance to release their product in the first place...

[Midas]

That's the spirit -- I for one am cheering for them.

[freakazoid]

I still have an older Sansa Fuze with Rockbox on it. If you are able to find a Rockbox-compatible device, I'd say try that out.

[Midas]

But I do have one, too (also Rockbox'ed).

Although nowadays I keep (and listen to) my music files mostly on my Android phone...

[h3kt0r]

I've made a post about "Tangara" on the Rockbox technical forums, here