Hey, one of the people working on Tangara here. The case we're shipping with will be CNC'd polycarbonate, though the same design also works for home 3d printing.

The price is a lot of little things adding up, and we want to be able to do smaller runs post-campaign and still have it be worth our time. I also wish it could be more affordable, but that's how it be with indie electronics.

Good luck if you do decide to make a little podcast machine! Just be aware that afaik ESP32-S3 can't do bluetooth audio (see: https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/issues/8675).

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks, really appreciate the feedback! Really good luck with the project, love seeing these kind of devices making it into the wild. Yeah totally appreciate the nature of indie electronics/manufacturing in general and your work totally makes it easier and more approachable for a lone wolf like myself to churn out something functional!

Thanks for heads up on the BT audio, my little investigation the other night lead me to the datasheet for the ESP32-S3, the list of peripheral options is amazing, I'm sure I'll figure something out!

Thanks again and good luck with the project!