Comment by marc136
1 year ago
If you are looking for a FOSS alternative to tonies, yoto and such I would also recommend the DIY TonUINO project.
The boards are built into boxes, toys (from fire engines to plush) and whatever sparks imagination. https://discourse.voss.earth/t/tonuino-gehaeuse-galerie/786/...
Most of the community speaks German, but there is also an English section https://discourse.voss.earth/c/international/11
The source code is in English and the schematics language independent. https://github.com/tonuino/TonUINO-TNG
There is also the similar Phoniebox community which is using Rasperry Pis: https://phoniebox.de/
Here is my build that fits into a wooden police bus. The figures put on the driver seat start the music: https://github.com/Bronkoknorb/hermibox
Phoniebox is what I went with.
Very fun to build, highly customizable and good for both beginner plug n play options. I enjoyed taking the old Fisher Price music box record player apart and turning it into an NFC based record player.
Lots of other great examples in the yearly showcase threads
https://github.com/MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID/discussions/211...