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controlling the Basic 2SX using audio.

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2002-04-22 21:26 in General Discussion
Is it possible to control the stamp using audio? Here's what I mean:
I want to play an audio file on my PC or my MP3 player. One one of
the stereo sound channels, the song/music would play. The other
sound channel has codes that tell the stamp what to do (i.e. I could
make an animatronic bird sing along to a song or talk along with the
voice, much like the Teddy Ruxpin toy). I just don't know what
electronics to use between the audio source and the stamp, or what
coding is needed to recognize the signal and set it's variables
accordingly. I have a Stamp Strecher 1B kit, so I can use that A/D
converter easily.
Thanks for reading this.

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2002-04-22 21:26
    You could probably use something like a 4-track recorder, and use one
    track to have analog information which was converted using ADC into
    instructions. ANother approach might be to use something like SMPTE to
    generate digital sync pulses from the tape which the stamp could interpret
    and trigger things at given intervals.

    On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, jd20202 wrote:

    > Is it possible to control the stamp using audio? Here's what I mean:
    > I want to play an audio file on my PC or my MP3 player. One one of
    > the stereo sound channels, the song/music would play. The other
    > sound channel has codes that tell the stamp what to do (i.e. I could
    > make an animatronic bird sing along to a song or talk along with the
    > voice, much like the Teddy Ruxpin toy). I just don't know what
    > electronics to use between the audio source and the stamp, or what
    > coding is needed to recognize the signal and set it's variables
    > accordingly. I have a Stamp Strecher 1B kit, so I can use that A/D
    > converter easily.
    > Thanks for reading this.
    >
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