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2link: https://cooltech.zone/tangara/
3tags:
4 - openhardware
5 - hardware
6 - music
7 - opensource
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9> Tangara is a portable music player. It outputs high-quality sound through a 3.5-mm headphone jack or Bluetooth, has great battery life, 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.
10
11## CrowdSupply
12
13Ran a [campaign on CrowdSupply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara), where I pre-ordered in February 2024. I received the player in mid December 2024.
14
15<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1C597AkhGtw?si=Dq-U3MIQyTsBa04d" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
16
17## Open Hardware
18
19The sources are available on Sourcehut <https://sr.ht/~jacqueline/tangara/sources>
20
21## Tangara Companion
22
23Tool for updating firmware, both graphical and CLI tooling <https://github.com/haileys/tangara-companion>
24
25## Other things to explore
26
27* [Lua scripting](https://cooltech.zone/tangara/docs/lua/) - likely not for me, but will be interesting to see what other people come up with!
28* [Assembly / Disassembly](https://cooltech.zone/tangara/docs/assembly/) - yes, I'd love a custom printed case!
29* [Themes](https://cooltech.zone/tangara/docs/themes/) - it's a colour screen so you can do Lua stuff with it
30
31## Personal Setup
32
33I'm keeping notes at [[Tangara Setup]]