I am interested in incorporating PB in my starship model building. I need a system that has the following characteristics:
The PB is awesome at handing 1, 2, and 3!
Is it possible for the PB to also handle #4? Even if some external circuitry (like I2S audio circuit and/or SDCard module) was required?
This Audio Player would work perfectly, but I would need to be able to have PB connect to it with 2 wires (serial port Rx and Tx). I would also need PB to be able to send simple 4 to 6 character text strings to play, stop, pause, etc
The module supports status returns over the Rx, but I think this feature could be ignored. So the Rx line would not be necessary.
Something like this will work, perfect for this kind of thing:
There are other audio “trigger” boards out there too, depending on how many triggers and what kind of features you need.
I am seeing quite a few audio trigger boards, but I need to be able to select the sound based on the effect I want. Plus, I need to be able to play multiple sounds at the same time. For example, when I am running the engines and I fire a phaser, I need the engines to continue running.
The trigger boards all seem to play a single file at a time. And the only control they give is Next or Previous track without me being able to specify a specific track (like phasers verses torpedoes). The minimal serial interface the DFRobot module I linked to has the ability to directly specify the track(s) as well as play more than one at a time (like engines and phasers at the same time).
The trigger board I linked plays a different sound for each input, up to 11 inputs. It can also play a different one and loop when the input is held.
It is not polyphonic though.
@LEDBob This board was in my Sparkfun digest this morning:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/21307
Polyphonic, GPIO triggers, 8GB of storage with a Web UI to manage the effects!