Portable Squeezebox player using an existing bluetooth sound bar and squeezelite-esp32.
Using an existing production bluetooth player is cost-effective alternative to buying speaker components (as a bonus it comes with a shiny case plus a battery and holder too!)
The current protoype uses a a1s audio kit. The solution works well, is well supported by the squeezelite-esp32 dev team, but does required a pretty ugly add on box as the board is a little large. The result is a promising solution, with half decent sound quality and suprisingly good battery life (using a 1500mAh battery)
Update:
- Ordered a SqueezeAmp which fits nicely in the existing compartment.
- Replace the display module with led-dial and small I2C display module
- Added 3x 18650 batteries.
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I resorted to brute force, a hack-saw, and dykes to get into the first unit! In retrospect, the correct method is to peel back the right side of the display sticker to expose the 2 screws mounting the display module cover to the body extrusion. Once removed the cover can be pulled out from under the end cap exposing 2 additional screws securing the end cap to the body extrusion. With these screws removed, I am assuming the complete cap assembly (with the electronics and battery pack) would have come off as easily as the speaker end cap.