Draft:Tangara (music player)

Tangara (also referred to as tangara-hw) is a open-source hardware portable media player created and manufactured by Australian startup Cool Tech Zone.

Overview
Tangara runs on the ESP32 microcontroller with an USB-C charging port that can be used for firmware updates via Tangara Companion and transferring data. It also includes a 3.2 mm headphone jack for audio output, and also includes Bluetooth support as well. The screen has been designed to be a low-power, basic 18-bit colour display. The Tangara also has an resemblance to the iPod Classic, featuring a clickwheel with an ERM haptic motor.

Accessibility
Tangara has some support for speech synthesis.

History
Initial designs of the Tangara resembled a cassette tape, with a circular screen and rotary reel. This idea has been short-lived, as the casing would be more complicated and bulky.

On 1 February, 2024, crowdfunding has been started on Crowd Supply. Crowdfunding has been completed in the same day, at over $200,000 raised, compared to the $10,000 goal. The crowdfunding campaign was meant to be started on January 2024, but was moved to February due to unknown circumstances.

Firmware
The Tangara firmware (also referred to as tangara-fw) is the firmware for Tangara, based on ESP-IDF and written in C++17, with the user interface written in Lua and LVGL.

Tangara Companion
Tangara Companion is a desktop companion app for the Tangara for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows, written in Rust.