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DIY Open Source Bluetooth Headphones -- Episode 586

Dodgy apps, subscription fees, and exclusive phone apps for a pair of headphones? Clem says: no thanks! He's fed up with the shenanigans some manufacturers pull for simple products that should just work. And why change to a different model of headphones when you've found the perfect wired pair? Can't you have that same fit and style, but wireless? So, for this project, Clem sets out to add Bluetooth to some of his favorite wired AKG headphones, using a DFRobot FireBeetle and an I2S audio module. But, to be a true open-source alternative, Clem has to whip up a custom PCB, which doesn't go according to plan. Learn the pitfalls of overly similar part numbers by following his process of figuring out the problem! What Device should have an open source variant in your opinion and would you build it yourself?

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DF robot firebeetle Esp32 DFROBOT 1 Buy Now
 

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PCM5100 i2s module
Your favourite wired headphones

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  • Hey, new to the community here. This was an amazing video! The editing back in time had me laughing away. I'm looking at doing a headphone project and going above and beyond the level of my other projects. I really want to do active noise cancelling which led me to Qualcomm chips. From what I can make out though you have to buy the ANC features as well as the chip itself and to do so you need to be a registered business! It seems a bit of a mine field. Would you have any suggestions for a project with ANC? Would it be possible on an ESP32 or maybe there is a way to use the Qualcomm chips which will probably give the best end product.

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  • Hey, new to the community here. This was an amazing video! The editing back in time had me laughing away. I'm looking at doing a headphone project and going above and beyond the level of my other projects. I really want to do active noise cancelling which led me to Qualcomm chips. From what I can make out though you have to buy the ANC features as well as the chip itself and to do so you need to be a registered business! It seems a bit of a mine field. Would you have any suggestions for a project with ANC? Would it be possible on an ESP32 or maybe there is a way to use the Qualcomm chips which will probably give the best end product.

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