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

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JAQ

Mine runs so far with a PicoMite..maybe an idea for testing it?

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.

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

Thanks for the common ground warning.