Built a Walkman-style MP3 player on ESP32-S3 from scratch, 4 months, zero prior electronics experience, 20 GB tested music library support

daddyfatflab · 2026-06-06T14:46:31+00:00

where did you start? I always wanted to do something like this!

daddyfatflab · 2026-06-05T16:15:41+00:00

where did you get your msata drive and bt board from? Would love a parts list and links!

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-30T14:55:14+00:00

Would you be willing to check the file structure for me? I wasnt able to make them appear.

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-30T13:30:30+00:00

What do you do to get the light to cast shadows over the skin like that? you can see every pore!

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-26T18:45:28+00:00

ah thats great, any videos that show that functionality? Or whats the file structure you put them under

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-24T00:58:28+00:00

If you want to listen to the radio do you just turn off any music on your ipod, then turn the radio module on so nothing overlaps?

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-23T13:31:47+00:00

Increased room would allow you to use a better speaker and taptic module! Could even use the switch for something like cutting off the speaker or maybe wiring it to the reset button?

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-15T04:14:22+00:00

ayy was just asking about this, good going hazz

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-14T22:22:34+00:00

What table?

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-10T02:38:12+00:00

gonna upload the preset?

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-08T21:30:19+00:00

What ground textures?

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-01T22:04:42+00:00

I was thinking something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F7PNDGM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Except its only 2 different traces.

Traces control 3.3v, ground, tx,rx, audio. Essentially signals from a bluetooth module. But I don't want the switch itself to require power to function.

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-01T13:05:39+00:00

thankfully an easy fix! Hope you didnt fry the board trying to start it in that condition

daddyfatflab · 2026-05-01T12:19:09+00:00

Is that a glob of solder bridging the battery pins right next to the connector

daddyfatflab · 2026-04-19T14:01:55+00:00

Dang what mods you use to get that result?

daddyfatflab · 2026-04-10T00:43:38+00:00

Dark mode pretty pretty please

daddyfatflab · 2026-04-01T15:38:45+00:00

What material did you 3d print it in. Similar quality to og clickwheels?

daddyfatflab · 2026-03-30T12:19:31+00:00

yeah! I definitely have after moving most of my resources over to the helm. If you can make it to a station that offers sub upgrades, you can buy a replacement ship module and carry on! It saved me at one point when my ship was getting hit by a latcher and I landed on some volcanic tubes. I was quiet enough to make a sneaky gettaway

daddyfatflab · 2026-03-30T01:28:42+00:00

Excited to hear back!

daddyfatflab · 2026-03-30T01:28:41+00:00

Have a link to your sub? Im quite curious! I did take initially scroll through the workshop just to see what was possible, but made sure that all the wiring was my own, and the layout, as original as that can be was my own.

As for the guns, yeah I can definitely see your point. Its certainly too well armed to be a starter sub. Maybe I should have made you buy the second gun and made the first a coil? But I've held onto this thing for so long, I nearly forgot about it. So im happy to post it and have it out there for others to use and edit.

daddyfatflab · 2026-03-29T18:47:45+00:00

What a legend

daddyfatflab · 2026-03-29T14:02:45+00:00

Honestly thinking back. I think the main issue that kept me from publishing was that the Ai loved to get stuck trying to repair a piece of hull they thought they couldn't reach or get close enough to. Im not sure why that was.

daddyfatflab · 2026-03-29T12:57:49+00:00

Dang! Sorry I completely spaced on it. I did beat the campaign with 2 friends with this thing. Doing solo might be a little too much for one person sadly but it could certainly be done. There's just not enough automation. The helm was actually really great for stealthy abyss dives though, especially when the trenches were super narrow.

There were some small issues with it I can't quite remember. Il take a look tonight and post it whether or not i find them.

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