How to create a simple audioplayer-device for a single soundeffect

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How can you create an audio player device which can play a single sound effect when a button is pressed?

A button and the speaker should not be the problem, but the tricky part is, what I have to do with the circuit board, where to save the sound effect and all that stuff.

To power it, I'd use a 9V battery or multiple AA's or are there any other suggestions?

How long a sound do you want? | and is this a single item or for volume production.|| You can get sound recorder devices with about 5 to 10 seconds recording capability that get sold as toys or reminder recorders. They typically cost a few dollars. I have several hundred of them :-). Where do you live? — Russell McMahon, Oct 27 '11 at 15:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 15:49

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You can buy a board that records and playbacks two 20-second messages for about $9:

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There are several other similar items on the same page.

answered Oct 27 '11 at 15:49

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 14:48

If the sound effect is a short enough duration you could store it in the Flash memory of a microcontroller and then use the microcontroller's PWM timer function to drive the speaker. This Atmel appnote explains how to do it. There are also a plethora of tutorials on the web that explain the concept, including this recent Halloween themed one that describes using Huffman coding to compress the audio on the microcontroller!

Power it however you like, it's just a matter of how long you want it to last, and you should probably use a regulator to power the microcontroller at least.

No need for a regulator if you use a Lithium cell, Li-ion cell, or 1 to 3 AAs/AAAs. Do put a decent bulk capacitor though. — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Feb 28 '14 at 21:46

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 15:13

You may want to take a look at the ChipKit UNO32 - it's a board that's compatible with the Arduino UNO, but takes it to the next level.

Hackaday have used one to make a polyphonic sample device that looks really nice, and simple as well.

http://hackaday.com/2011/06/08/chipkit-sketch-mini-polyphonic-sampling-synth/

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 14:51

Depends on what sound effect you want to play.

It could be as simple as a cheap buzzer + switch, or a 555 timer with output wired to a small speaker.
For more sophisticated sound effects you would probably want a microcontroller, and use PWM or DAC. There are a few dsPICs with onboard audio DAC and CODEC peripherals that could produce pretty high quality sound.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 15:58

Each photo is connected to a webpage. Which if any of these does what you want Many many many short duration sound recorders

Ohio. 10 seconds

Module 20 seconds $6.60

ISD speech recorder ICs do what yo want but may be overkill

ISD ChipCorderIC's by Nuvoton.

They have many variants but the simplest ones require little more than the IC to record and playback and can be microcontroller or PC controlled or standalone. They say:

Nuvoton's ChipCorder® is a complete, single chip solution for voice and audio recording and playback. It is designed to offer the highest quality single-chip voice record/playback solutions for embedded applications. Non-volatile and highly integrated, they are ideal solutions for adding voice prompts, alerts, interactive menus, and voice memos to consumer, industrial and security products. Available pre-recording services make it easy to add voice to system design.

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A good start to look at is their ISD15100 series with datasheet here

Application example here:

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How to create a simple audioplayer-device for a single soundeffect

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