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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Anyone had any luck with the VS1053 midi board?
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5115 |
The plan was to build a internet radio using a ESP32. Seen a few projects that use the VS1053 midi board with the ESP32, the VS1053 does the conversion of the mp3 from the ESP32 to audio. I orded a VS1053 from LoneyBinary via their ebay store - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/324570123660?var=513617644818 and I got a ESP42 64M as the brains. Well I've tried about 10 different connections and examples, I get nothing, just a bit of background noise. I have also tried a couple ESP32 WROOM's I have, still no luck. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck with these VS1053's, starting to suspect I have a dead one. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| dddns Guru  Joined: 20/09/2024 Location: GermanyPosts: 463 |
Mine runs so far with a PicoMite..maybe an idea for testing it? |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5115 |
OK, made some progress. I managed to get it to "beep!" so that confirms the SPI is chatting. Next in the code it connects to a steaming service, thats "not connecting", but it is making a connection to my wifi. More research. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| cosmic frog Guru Joined: 09/02/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 302 |
Are you using headphones or putting it through an amp? The VS1053 midi board doesn't use a common ground and you will blow the output if you try using it with an amp! A lot of info on this thread - Link Dave. Edited 2025-06-17 06:32 by cosmic frog |
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| al18 Senior Member  Joined: 06/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 227 |
Thanks for the common ground warning. |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5115 |
Well I worked out why I was getting a "not connecting" message, the internet radio feed in the example code is no longer active. In fact, I looked at aeveral examples with several different stations, all no longer active. Eventually I found one, some Italian feed, and it worked, sort of. It plays for a second, then there's a break for a second, repeat. Likes it buffering or something. So I need to do some more research and testing. Does anyone know where I can get a list of station addresses? I was hoping to stream things like ABC radio, 80's hits, etc, the stuff I can get on the iHeart radio streaming app, but the app doesn't tell you the address it uses to get the streams. Thanks for the tip cosmic. I was using a pair of powered PC speakers, floating ground. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1307 |
Just asked ChatGPT but I don't know anything about internet radio (I might try some of these, though)  |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6253 |
Do a google search for "radio station ip stream australia" you will find a few sites that have lists. If you want to go direct to stations, I found the IPs by using the streaming service and wireshark to find the true address. A lot of the stations are tied up with the streaming services and don't like to upset them by giving out their IP Good luck Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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