Do you ever find yourself eating walnuts and think, this would make a great enclosure for something like a Bluetooth speaker? That seems to be exactly what happened to [Penguin DIY].
In the mesmerizing video after the break, you’ll see [Penguin DIY] do what seems to be impossible. They start with a tiny 5 V power bank module which is still not small enough to fit, so they remove all the components and dead-bug them back together.
This is really just the beginning. There of course has to be a female USB of some type, so [Penguin DIY] Dremels out the perfect little slot for it.
They did manage to stack and fit a MH-MH18 Bluetooth audio module and an HXJ8002 mini audio amplifier module in the walnut, but of course, it took a lot of fiddly wiring to extend the LEDs and wire them up.
Then in the other half of the shell went the 4Ω 2 W mini speaker. [Penguin DIY] of course drilled a ton of little holes in the shell for the sound to come through. Also on this side are three tiny switches for play/pause and previous and next track, and the latter two can be long pressed to control the volume. Definitely check this out after the break.
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Thanks for the tip, [Hyperific]!
I bet the sound is nuts!!!
I’m speechless ! This is pure art ! Congrats !!!!
Why did [Penguin DIY] make a walnut speaker?
FOR THE CRACK!!! :-D
Sorry, I’ll get my coat…
This is nuts! (in a good way…)
“Do you ever find yourself eating walnuts and think, this would make a great enclosure for something like a Bluetooth speaker?”
No but I’ve seen them used to hide condoms. It was sold under the name “Crack a nut”.
@kristina, you’ve got a typo, the bluetooth module is MH-M18.
Now get a squash and pumpkin install a 12 inch subwoofer or larger depending how good your farmer is, and Bluetooth, sprinkle a few of the walnuts using esp32 and ad hoc wifi to daisy chain to the main receiver, cuz Bluetooth can’t connect to multiple devices at once
Give Dolby, thx, a run for they 💵
Now you have true surround home stereo
…..Yep, that’s it in a nutshell…..
thanks a lot, this made me fail No Nut November :(
Question: “Do you ever find yourself eating walnuts and think, this would make a great enclosure for something..?”
Answer: Ahhh, no. Never would have thought of it. :) Clever though.
It might be too good of a “dead drop” enclosure for spies.
Well, we’ve already had apple and acorn computing devices…
Don’t forget Apricot!
I could swear I remember one of the regular columnists in mid-1970s Popular Electronics magazine doing a “what new products will we see in The Year 2000” once. The two items I remember: “blue LEDs” and “hi-fi speakers the size of a walnut”. Better late than never!
Is it possible to connect an apple for better Battery live? :)
Olaf
Instead of buttons, accelerometer would be more stealth, and also don’t have to worry about the buttons wearing out.