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Echo – Open Hardware Music Player

100 pointsby todsacerdoti04/23/202521 commentsview on HN

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stonogo04/24/2025

and if you don't want to wait, you can get an open hardware music player hre as well: https://cooltech.zone/tangara/

they're different -- tangara is an ipod homage with custom firmware and a touchwheel. echo r1 is meant to run rockbox with buttons.

they differ in i/o ports as well: tangara has a regular old headphone jack. echo r1 has a TRRS jack and a line-out jack.

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vinceguidry04/25/2025

My big wish list item for this would be a clickwheel. But I'm guessing the ones Sony is using are made in-house. But super cool!

https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders...

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mouse_04/24/2025

> It's primarily designed to run Rockbox

Fuck yeah

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loughnane04/25/2025

I love this.

I know it's not "open", but it would be great if the MCAD was done in Onshape. For better or worse its the closest thing we in the mechanical world have to a collaborative editor.

I'd be delighted to contribute.

JKCalhoun04/25/2025

I'm too lazy to pull down the KiCAD files to figure out what the chipset is. Anyone know?

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teruakohatu04/25/2025

I have been wanting something like this for so long. Ideally it could be modded for a 18650 battery or two, which are far more available than BL-5C.

ashafq04/24/2025

I love it! I used to be a huge fan of Rockbox.

rkagerer04/24/2025

Saw the title and had hoped it might be a new open source firmware for the Amazon Echo.