GlobeTune

Explore music from all around the world with a tactile, distraction free experience. Disconnect without detaching.

Alexis D.

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GlobeTune is a minimalistic internet radio device. Every time you turn the knob and after a bit of static, you are presented with a random radio from all over the world.
I originally built it out of my own desire to listen to music and discover new international music while being disconnected from the digital world.
Without the need to operate a computer or smartphone and without their countless distractions, you can explore the sounds of cultures from all around the planet with a tactile rotary knob.
If you share the desire to be disconnected but not detached and you love to discover new musical experiences, GlobeTune is for you.

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A crowdfunding campaign is in the works to fund development and a first production run for GlobeTune.

I would like to open source the project after an acceptable state has been reached, so that the community can upgrade it in ways only the collective can.

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Initial update
Alexis D. • 05/27/2024 at 16:26 • 0 comments

After creating a prototype on a raspberry pi Zero W for my own use, I realised that I should redesign it with a more production oriented mentality.
The current status is:
- Component selection completed (based around ESP32)
- PCB designed and tested
- Case designed, redesigned, and then redesigned again.
- Software under development
- using ESP-ADF and IDF
- need to finalise the menu and create some missing menus
- need to fix some bugs on the audio pipeline
- need to add OTA upgrades, and test robustness