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
    49·
    5 months 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

    • jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      5 months 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.

    • ThetaDev@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      5 months 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

  • MiltownClowns@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    5 months ago

    If its just a web player with a custom skin why do they need to EOL the product? This doesn’t make sense to me.

  • Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    I’m sorry but this smells like bullshit. I’m pretty sure the thing is as powerful as my first android phone