Sound Effects Web Trigger
Press the 0 button to play file T0.mp3, press the 1 button to play file T1.mp3, etc. WAV, MP3, and OGG work fine when interrupted. Previously, interrupted playback of MP3 sometimes resulted in static or silence.
If the ESP8266 is unable to connect to an Access Point, it becomes an Access Point. Connect to it by going into your wireless settings. The AP name should look like ESP_SFX_TRIGGER. Once connected the ESP will bring up a web page where you can enter the SSID and password of your WiFi router.
Load sound samples on the microSD card named T0.mp3, T1.mp3, ..., T9.mp3. See the samples directory for simple synthesized voice samples in all formats.
Insert the card into the VS1053 breakout board. Power up the ESP8266. Connect any web browser to the ESP8266 web server. Connect to http://espsfxtrigger.local. This should bring up the web page shown above. If the URL does not, work connect to the ESP IP address.
You could add a battery, amplifier, and small speaker to the ESP8266 and VS1053 breakout. Load up your favorite sound samples such as elephant trumpet, minion laugh, cat meow, sad trombone, etc. Bury the device in the couch cushions. Wait for your victim to sit down. While you appear to play Candy Crush on your phone, remotely trigger your favorite sound F/X!
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Adafruit VS1053 Codec + MicroSD Breakout This project uses the VS1053 and the MicroSD slot. However, it could be modified to store the sound effects files in the ESP8266 SPIFFS Flash file system. The VS1053 converts WAV, MP3, OGG, and other audio file formats to analog stereo output.
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Adafruit Huzzah ESP8266 Breakout Any similar ESP8266 board should work such as Wemos D1 Mini or NodeMCU Devkit 1.0. If you want battery power, the Adafruit Feather Huzzah is a good choice.
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Jumper wires, headphones, earbuds, etc.
| Adafruit VS1053 BoB | ESP8266 | Headphone Jack | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| VCC | 5V | ||
| GND | GND | ||
| CLK | #14 | SPI clock | |
| MISO | #12 | SPI MISO | |
| MOSI | #13 | SPI MOSI | |
| CS | #5 | SPI CS VS1053 | |
| RST | #0 | Reset | |
| XDCS | #16 | Data/Command select | |
| SDCS | #15 | SPI CS uSD card slot | |
| DREQ | #4 (IRQ) | VS1053 interrupt |
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AGND | | Center | LOUT | | Left |Left audio channel ROUT | | Right |Right audio channel
Just plug the FeatherWing in the Feather. Uncomment #define FEATHER in the
sketch.
Testing was done using Arduino IDE 1.6.13. ESP8266 board support was installed from github.com. This version has many fixes since the last stable release.
https://github.com/esp8266/arduino#using-git-version
All of the following libraries may be installed using the Arduino IDE Library Manager. The forked VS1053 library should no longer be used. The Adafruit version works fine.
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Adafruit VS1053 library has been modified to work on the ESP8266. This sketch does not use interrupts because calling feedBuffer() from loop() works fine. Disabling interrupts for more than 1 msec on ESP8266 causes problem for the WiFi module. And can cause crashes. Calling feedBuffer() from an interrupt handler is very bad on the ESP8266.
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WiFiManager eliminates the need to store the WiFi SSID and password in the source code. WiFiManager switches to access point mode and presents a web server to get the SSID and password, when needed.
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WebSockets can be installed using the IDE library manager. WebSockets is used to update the now playing field on the web page. And to send HTML button press events to the ESP8266 web server.
- Add support for ESP8266 Feather and VS1053 FeatherWing.
- Use latest Adafruit VS1053 library instead of my fork.
- Use ESP8266 board support package from github.