BS2 playing WAV audio files?

The Interloper

I'm trying to see if I can create a circuit and program the BS2 so I can download a set of short, downsampled WAV audio files (11khz/8-bit) to the unit (more than likely an IC chip) which are triggered by·a simple switch. When you press the switch, the program randomly selects a wav file from the set and plays it. Essentially, I'm doing what many kids games and toy products do. Will connect a little 23mm Mylar speaker to the circuit.

Is this possible for the BS2? What's the programming script to get the WAV files on the chip? I'm only on Chapter 2 with the LEDs, but this is the whole reason I bought this kit.

Thanks!

Zee Interloper

mashersmasher

i went through a few of the experiments last semester at school. the only sound covered by the end of the unit was using the "freqout" command to generate sounds on a piezoelectric speaker through pulses and another system that i forget that used actual notes. maybe there is some way to play midi files though

The Interloper

Yeah, the kit I have covers the FreqOut, and being a composer / audio engineer, MIDI production is my daily bread and butter. However, I specifically want to put WAV audio files on an IC chip, which is then played in various fashions via programs I create. This isn't uncommon: go the the toy isle of Target or Toys R Us, and they are everywhere: Cranium Squawkbox, Vtech educational toys, Sorry Revenge, Big Trouble, etc. All are playing VO, SFX, and music that were created, burned as WAV (or AIFF), and then bured onto Windbond, SOnix, or other chips (I've opened up several toys to this extent).

Bean

I think the AP-8 from efx-tek will do what you want. You'll still need the stamp to control the AP-8.

http://www.efx-tek.com/topics/ap-8.html

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The Interloper

Thanks Bean - this is a start. Browsing over the AP-8, it looks like I'm limited to 60 seconds of audio, which can only be broken up into 8 segments. It also works by recording the audio from the laptop into 1/8" input in the chip. I'll definately snag this unit and work with it.

I'd still like to figure out how to download the audio to a chip directly though, and have audio of various lengths (segments) of my own choosing, which I can then program.

For instance, I'd love to be able to program audio on a Sonix 735, or SunPlus or Windbond.

Mike Green

The AP-8 uses a small Winbond chip. Quadravox (www.tetraphon.com/QVFrames.htm) sells several Winbond-based devices that have greater capacity and a new MP3-based device. These have been used very successfully with Stamps in the past. Parallax used to sell one of the older devices.

Bean

I'm just in the design phase of a module that will do what you want, but it wouldn't be available for quite some time (unless Jon beats me to it).

It will have 2MB of flash memory enough for 90 seconds of 22K audio or 180 seconds of 11025 audio (I may even support 250 seconds of 8K audio).

You will be able to load in .WAV files using hyperterminal/xmodem.

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Chris Savage

What about the uMP3 from Rogue Robotics? It takes standard MP3 files and a WAV can be easily converted into an MP3.

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The Interloper

Mike - thanks for the Quadravox tip. Looks like they have some non-message chips that will work great.

Bean - keep me abreast of the module you're working on. I'm interested.

Zee Interloper