wizzor@sopuli.xyztoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Tangara is a portable, open-source music player based on an ESP32 MCU
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8 months agoThe cost of the scroll wheel cannot possibly be more than 10€ and the pcb cannot be more than 1€ battery is about 4e and display can be 7-8, chip is 2-3e and passives, connectors etc brlow 5. The manufacturing costs of the thing are likely below 40€, even in small volumes. Assy costs are probably about 20% of the total.
Part of the high cost may be investments in moulds for the casing and r&d cost.
The company behind Home Assistant also maintains ESPHome, so I’m sure hardware hacking conversations are welcome.