Bugne, a touchscreen podcast and radio player for children
A 3D-printed ESP32 touchscreen player for podcasts and web radio aimed at young children, built partly with Claude Code and antigravity-cli.
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The maker wanted their young children to be able to listen to podcasts without a smartphone, and used it as an excuse to try AI coding agents, using Claude Code and antigravity-cli for parts of the software and AI for some of the CadQuery code for the case.
After a messy first prototype from separate parts, it moved to an all-in-one ES3C28P board with a 2.8" touchscreen, speaker and SD reader. It has a simple touch interface, a web app for parents to manage podcasts and radio stations, background downloading of new episodes and an alarm clock.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: I built a custom touch-screen podcast & internet radio for my kids (ESP32 & 3D Printed)Reddit poster: Tupile42Posted
The maker's post on r/esp32.
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- Reddit: I built a custom touch-screen podcast & internet radio for my kids (ESP32 & 3D Printed)
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