Portable sound board
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- haroldbowlin
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Portable sound board
I want to make a wearable sound board with momentary switches. I am brand new to building my own electronics and it would be fantastic if I could get a basic tool/parts kit.
- bidrohini
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Re: Portable sound board
I believe you could use Lilypad MP3. But I can see that is out of stock now.
Now you have two options. Either you use Arduino Lilypad or Adafruit Flora. Both are wearable Arduino boards.
https://www.theengineeringprojects.com/ ... lypad.html
https://www.adafruit.com/product/659
For playing mp3 files, you can use VS1053 Codec + MicroSD Breakout - MP3/WAV/MIDI/OGG Play + Record
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1381
Wearble switches, buttons etc. Are also available.
https://www.amazon.com/Lilypad-Arduino- ... B01GBOS910
Now you have two options. Either you use Arduino Lilypad or Adafruit Flora. Both are wearable Arduino boards.
https://www.theengineeringprojects.com/ ... lypad.html
https://www.adafruit.com/product/659
For playing mp3 files, you can use VS1053 Codec + MicroSD Breakout - MP3/WAV/MIDI/OGG Play + Record
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1381
Wearble switches, buttons etc. Are also available.
https://www.amazon.com/Lilypad-Arduino- ... B01GBOS910
- michaelmeissner
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- Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:40 am
Re: Portable sound board
A simpler alternative if you don't want to get into the programming and such is to get an Adafruit soundboard and 2 Stemma speakers. You would need a slight bit of soldering to connect the wires (or you could just twist the connections, and put electricians tape over the connection). The speaker board is self contained. It has 11 connections that you attach one side of a button to (the other side of the button connection attaches to the shared ground connection). You first connect the sound board to USB, and put sounds with specific names (i.e. one name would correspond to the sound you play when the first button is pressed). For the speakers, you would connect one speaker's ground to the ground port next to 'L', and the signal line to 'L', and the other would do a similar connection to the ground and 'R' pin. Then the two power lines would be connected to VIN on the sound board. You would use a USB power bank to power the unit.
- Sound board: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2220
- Stemma speakers: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3885
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