AvailableDifficulty Hard
DIY / hand-wired
Assemble the parts on a breadboard with Dupont wires. No electronic board fabrication required.
Build the enclosure yourself
The project
A repairable, build-it-yourself NFC music player
TMB-prototype-04
An audio player for children, repairable and upgradable, that lets you play stories, music and podcasts on their own using NFC tags.
- MP3 playback triggered by an NFC tag
- 4 action buttons and a rotary encoder: press it to play or pause, turn it for the volume
- An 8 LED strip to show the state
- Content on a microSD card, managed over WiFi
- No tracking
Open betaTestFlightClosed betaGoogle Play
Three ways to build
The hardware
Whether you want to get going fast or aim for a polished version, three paths lead to your own MusicBox.
AvailableDifficulty Medium
Prototype V4
An all-in-one dedicated board by HermitX. Ships with the NFC antenna, a 3 W speaker and an NTAG215 card.
3D enclosure to print
SoonDifficulty Easy
The Open Music Box player
Our ready-to-use version, currently in development.
Coming soon
Shared by all three paths
The software
You install the firmware on the board, then the app on your phone.
Available
- What you need
- A computer with Chrome, Edge or Opera, and a USB cable.
- Effort
- Twenty minutes
- Shortcut
- An ESP32-S3 and a USB cable are enough to try it out, with nothing to solder.
Join the project
A question, an improvement, want to contribute? The community welcomes you on Discord.