Tangara is a player that pays homage to the classic iPod design, and the hardware and software are 1

Mondo Technology Updated on 2024-01-30

Now everyone's way of listening to songs should be based on mobile phone streaming, but some manufacturers will still launch *** device, and citing the news of liliputing, a ** device called tangara has recently been launched on the crowd supply crowdfunding platform, and its biggest feature should be to pay tribute to the classic design of iPod.

That's right, the Tangara not only resembles an iPod, but also has its signature control dial, plus physical buttons on both sides. It has a very small screen of only 18 inches, 160 x 128 pixels, not a touch screen. In terms of interfaces, Tantara is not only configured with 35mm audio interface, it also supports Bluetooth connection (SBC encoding only), and USB Type-C interface is used for data transmission, which still takes care of the needs of modern users. In terms of software, it supports common audio formats such as flac, opus, etc.

The core hardware of the Tangara is an ESP32 module with a Cirrus Logic WM8523 DAC and a Texas Instruments INA1620 amplifier. Tanara's development team says that the device is 100% open-source in terms of hardware and software, and users can access the firmware source on the device and easily customize or repair their own devices. Currently, Tanara's firmware supports 16-bit 441kHz or 48kHz audio, which is not yet the upper limit of the DAC, and may be updated accordingly in the future.

As for the battery life, the Tangara comes with a 2200mAh battery and uses a standard 3-pin JST connector. In terms of storage space, the Tangara is equipped with an SDXC card slot, which supports up to 2TB SD cards.

Finally, the price and release date, Tangara's crowdfunding plan will start in January 2024, and the price will be 249 US dollars (about 1776 yuan).

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