It turns out that the Spotify Car Thing is already open source, but you can't use it for anything else for a different reason.
  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    19 days ago

    With a weak Amlogic processor, 4GB of eMMC storage, and only 512MB of RAM, the device is too underpowered to run anything more demanding than its intended lightweight web-based media player.

    Microcontroller hobbiests are over here salivating at those specs with the included screen and rotary controller

    • ThetaDev@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Yeah, you can run a modern audio streaming client on an ESP32 with 16MB of flash and 8MB of RAM , look at the LoudESP project

    • jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      19 days ago

      I’m just waiting for someone to integrate it into Home Assistant as a dashboard. Slim profile, tactile buttons, and a nice sized display would be a fantastic home dashboard screen.