Experience the Ultimate Music Player of the 2000s You've Always Dreamed Of

Tangara is an amazing portable music player that provides high-quality sound through a 3.5-mm headphone jack. With a full day’s charge, a powerful processor that supports multiple audio formats, and 100% open hardware running open-source software, this device allows for easy customization, repair, and upgrading. Tangara plays what you want to hear, however you want to hear it.

Use it to listen to music, audio books, and podcasts while enjoying a familiar user interface and privacy. Or get creative and experiment with alternative user-interface patterns, new types of content, music production, or even create your own unique designs. The possibilities are endless!

Tangara is a versatile DIY platform and great for non-audio applications as well. It is powered by the ESP32 module, popular among tech enthusiasts, and provides a full-color display, a battery, and a one-finger touch interface.

Features & Specifications

ESP32-based, with a WM8523 DAC and an INA1620 amplifier
3.5-mm audio output with support for 200 mW at 32 ohms
Current support for 16-bit audio at 44.1 or 48 kHz (DAC maxes out at 24 bits and 192-kHz )
Bluetooth audio support (SBC codec only)
Firmware supports MP3, FLAC, Opus, and Vorbis codecs
USB Type-C charging and firmware updates. Data transfer (via SAMD21 + tinyusb) in development
2200-mAh battery with a standard, 3-pin JST connector
4-mA standby current and ~120 mA active current, depending on the headphones and the volume
1.8-inch, 160×128 full-color TFT display
Two hardware buttons and a flexible, capacitive ‘clickwheel’
An ERM haptic motor
Uses a standard, SDXC card for storage. Available up to 2 TB
Firmware based on ESP-IDF, written in C++17
A pretty cool retro transparent enclosure

Open Source

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

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