Echo – Open Hardware Music Player

Echo: Open Hardware Music Player Echo is an open hardware platform for music players. The goal of the project is to produce a high quality music player, based on and designed with free software. It's primarily designed to run Rockbox, a free music player firmware with support for many codecs, and a wide array of features. KiCAD 8.0 was used for the electrical design and PCB layout. The planned 3D-printable case will be designed using FreeCAD. The designs themselves are available under the CERN-OHL-S v2 license. The current version of the Echo player is called the Echo R1. In the future, there could be new player models if there are significant changes to the features or form factor, but old models will always be supported. Echo R1 Size: 60x100x15mm (approx) Weight: TBD The R1 has a 4-way D-pad and 6 multi-function buttons on the faceplate, which can be used to quickly navigate your music library and control playback. There are dedicated volume and power buttons (not pictured), a ... Read full article.