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I learned PCB design, 3D printing and C just to listen to music

by interfeco on 7/23/2026, 2:37:13 PM

https://pentaton.app/blog/2026-07-12-introducing-pentaton-lp/

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by: interfeco

Hey HN,<p>I&#x27;ve finally finished my dream music streamer featuring a vinyl-sleeve-sized square display, a custom carrier PCB for a compute module and a 3D printed case, running a custom-compiled kernel, Alpine mini rootfs and a small C app driving the display.<p>I did not think that this was doable by a hobbyist at all, let alone using free&#x2F;open source software only (KiCAD, FreeCAD, VSCode). Turns out I was wrong!

7/23/2026, 2:37:13 PM