I stumbled over this project and open hardware design while searching for a small handheld audio player that is NOT Android based (best case: hackable) and small enough to carry around. Basically, I'm still using my iPods (more specific: iPod Nano 7g with touch screen), because I did not find any alternative that can both play most modern codecs while also having good battery life yet.
So since you share ALL of your designs and hard work publicly, did you ever think of creating such a small audio player?
I think that you already got the most of the work done with the Funkey S... the only things I would consider is a non-foldable design with touchscreen and audio jack supporting TRRS with OMTP for headphone remote controls (vol+, vol-, play/pause toggle).
If you wanna go all in, you could add some audiophile stuff like 4.4mm BAL 260mW @32-ohm output or Bluetooth 5 LDAC, AptX HD, SBC, AAC licensing - maybe even USB DAC Support
For the first prototype I would like to suggest a device similar to the Fiio M6, which is no longer available but was pretty successful. I own one of these and hardware wise it is by far the best audio player I ever had - only problem is the Software. Android 7 which is slow, long boot times and outdated app support.
A dedicated fast audio player with an app also supporting audio books would make a great buy in my opinion...
Hey there,
I stumbled over this project and open hardware design while searching for a small handheld audio player that is NOT Android based (best case: hackable) and small enough to carry around. Basically, I'm still using my iPods (more specific: iPod Nano 7g with touch screen), because I did not find any alternative that can both play most modern codecs while also having good battery life yet.
So since you share ALL of your designs and hard work publicly, did you ever think of creating such a small audio player?
I think that you already got the most of the work done with the
Funkey S... the only things I would consider is a non-foldable design with touchscreen and audio jack supporting TRRS with OMTP for headphone remote controls (vol+, vol-, play/pause toggle).If you wanna go all in, you could add some audiophile stuff like 4.4mm BAL 260mW @32-ohm output or Bluetooth 5 LDAC, AptX HD, SBC, AAC licensing - maybe even USB DAC Support
For the first prototype I would like to suggest a device similar to the Fiio M6, which is no longer available but was pretty successful. I own one of these and hardware wise it is by far the best audio player I ever had - only problem is the Software. Android 7 which is slow, long boot times and outdated app support.
A dedicated fast audio player with an app also supporting audio books would make a great buy in my opinion...
What do you think?