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| Bill7300 Senior Member  Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 158 |
That's a bit too cryptic for me, Groggie. What $2.50 unit, what hyperlink button etc :) Bill Bill |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
Hi Bill. 
The $2.50 unit is the hyperlink above called "melbnz's 2nd link" When you are writing your reply in the reply box, click this button: 
A box will pop-up: 
Press ENTER when you have typed what you want the link to say. Another box will pop-up - paste your actual link into that box, and press ENTER. 
That will paste in the HTML code needed to show the link, and make it clickable for everyone. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Bill7300 Senior Member Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 158 |
Ah, thanks. What threw me is that the unit in melbnz's second link is actually showing at $3.41 AUD, so I suspect (now) that you had a USD price, or maybe the merchant just upped the asking price. I certainly agree though that it is cheap enough to get a couple for experimentation. Bill Bill |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
Oh yeah, sorry about that. Never thought to mention that. Internet currency - greenback. 
In my money, it is about NZ$3.60 I've ordered a couple of those to play with - so cheap, why not.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Bill7300 Senior Member Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 158 |
I have ordered a coup too. Bill |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
A coup?! Who are you going to take over?!?!!! 
Sorry - could not help myself...... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Bill7300 Senior Member Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 158 |
Saw that after I had hit return. Sometimes this keyboard hibernates and when it wakes up, has missed a few keystrokes. Hardly worth taking over here, the economy is buggered. The Explorer 100 boards arrived safely late last week, thanks. Cheers Bill Bill |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
Nice one.
Ignore my sense of humour - I see things like that and can't stop myself! Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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jman Guru  Joined: 12/06/2011 Location: New ZealandPosts: 711 |
Hi Attached code for this This MP3 Module The sample code will play the first tack in the root (Must be named 001xxxxxxxxxx) Then the second track in folder 1 This provides the basic functions MP3PlayRoot # Plays Specified track in the root MP3Pause Pause PlayBack MP3Play Play Current Folder Track 1 MP3PlayLoop # Play Specified folder in a loop MP3STOP Stop current Playback MP3PLAYFT #, # Play Specified folder, track MP3Vol # Set Playback Volume range 1-30 Many thanks to viscomjim for the sample modules and code Regards Jman 2016-08-04_070016_MP3Module.zip |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
I know this thread is getting a bit old, but while I was ordering some more of these modules, I thought I would just point out that they are now only one third the price that they started out as when I started this thread: Catalex MP3 player module for US$2.38 Pretty amazing. They are still my module of choice for now, and at that price, very hard to beat. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 225 |
The DFPlayer MP3 module is now AU$3.60 (us$2.66) at banggood https://www.banggood.com/DFPlayer-Mini-MP3-Player-Module-For-Arduino-p-969191.html?rmmds=search Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
Have you used those modules, Bill? EDIT: Crikey, these can be had on Aliexpress for one buck nineteen! LINK EDIT: Looks like they use the same XY5300 decoder chip, so the commands would be the same as the Catalex unit. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 225 |
Hi Grogs Yes I have used several of these modules to give my bots a voice. They are the same as the SPE 035 supplied by picaxe and use the same codes. I have used then with both MMbasic and picaxe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNP2ViHBlGo Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
What are you using to generate your voice files on that video? I guess it is some kind of speech synthesis software, but I would like to know what it is please. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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CircuitGizmos Guru Joined: 08/09/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 1421 |
I've used them both! Micromites and Maximites! - Beginning Maximite |
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| Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 225 |
Hi grogs I use Natural Reader ver 14 in combination with Sound Trap Streaming audio Recorder. code used in the video. [code] option autorun on OPEN "COM1:9600" as #1 Setpin 17,Din Dim integer CMAD,arg,arglsb,argmsb ,a pause 30 CMAD = &H09 'initalise SD Card arg = &H0002 senddata ' Set Volume CMAD = &H06 arg = 40 senddata do for a = 1 to 36 CMAD = &H12 : arg = a 'Select track senddata Do 'Wait to track completed Pause 100 Loop until pin(17) = 1 pause 1000 next a pause 1000 loop sub senddata argmsb = 0 arglsb = arg pause 100 Print #1, chr$(&H7E) chr$(&HFF) chr$(&H06) chr$(CMAD) chr$(&H00) chr$(argmsb) chr$(arglsb) chr$(&HEF); pause 100 end sub [/code] Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
Bill - Could you please confirm for me that the spacing between the two rows of pins on this module, is 17.7mm or so? I have ordered some of these modules, but I would like to design a PCB footprint for it while I wait for them to arrive.... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 225 |
 Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9082 |
...those units are not mm...  This diagram is saying the module is 800mm square and 710mm between the pins with a 100mm pin-pitch - that simply can't be right. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Bill.b Senior Member Joined: 25/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 225 |
The manual shows the incorrect sizes. This one appears to be right.  Bill In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons. |
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