Summary
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This $15 ESP32 board + 1.54″ LCD uses a Winamp-style Internet radio user interface to play music.
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Stream Internet stations over Wi-Fi or play music from the SD card, controlled by three top buttons.
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It’s a cheap and fun weekend build, bringing 2000s desktop vibes with optional battery and speakers.
If you ask anyone what software they used to listen to music from the late ’90s to early 2000s, chances are you’ll hear Winamp appear several times. It was a reliable, easy-to-use player that you could equip with any look you wanted, and believe me, people created it. plenty of themes for this media player.
Well, if you want to recapture the glory days of Winamp, create a cool Internet radio, and have a fun project to do over the weekend, you can do a lot worse than building this DIY ESP32 project that brings back the old vibes once again. Best of all, it is very cheap to make.
This $15 ESP32 Internet Radio Is the Perfect Weekend Project
And it’s not just a random piece
How he saw it Hackster.ioThis great project is the idea of Volos Projects on YouTube. They created a cute little Internet radio that runs on a Waveshare ESP32-S3 1.54-inch LCD development board, which costs about $15. If you really want, you can put a 1000 mAh battery in the case of a portable radio, but you can just plug it into a socket if you want.
While the display looks like a classic Winamp player, it is actually made with the LovyanGFX and Arduino GFX libraries. Which is good, because it means you get all the soothing, nostalgic visuals of Winamp without having to run a decades-old application on your ESP32. The Winamp buttons even correspond to the three buttons on the top of the case for easy navigation.
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The board uses Wi-Fi to capture Internet stations for playback, and you can use the SD card to load music offline if you prefer. You don’t need to add anything extra for the device to play music through its audio output; However, if you really want, you can connect some speakers to it for better sound quality. Overall, this looks like an interesting, easy and inexpensive project for anyone looking to add a touch of the 2000s to their desk.
