Why?
I love the simplicity and ruggedized/soft enclosure of Toniebox. However, as a closed system it has some drawbacks like the limited playtime per tonie not to mention the price per tonie and the price of the base system.
On the other hand, TonUINO seems to provide the perfect alternative for hobbyists with a soldering iron and some knowledge of electronics.
So the idea was born to build a TonUINO inside the enclosure of a Toniebox. I bought a malfunctioning box on ebay put it in a drawer and - almost a year later ¯\(ツ)/¯ - started to implement the idea.
Features
The box builds on the three button version of TonUINO, using the “ears” as Volume down/previous Track and Volume up/next Track. Play/Pause has been added as a little push button along with a power switch.
The box runs on its own with a built in LiPo battery and a charging battery shield.
Charging and transfering files to the SD-Card is possible through a single micro USB port at the bottom opening of the box.
What’s inside
To get the best formfactor possible, I used the official PCB with jumper wires to establish connections.
- the Toniebox, hollowed out except for the speaker and the ear-buttons
- a power switch
- a pause/play push button
- the official TonUINO PCB
- an Arduino nano
- the DFPlayer with a 32 GB SDcard
- an RC522 sensor board
- a 18650 battery
- the WAVGAT D1 mini battery shield