Little Soundie Audio Player Hookup Guide

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Introduction

The Little Soundie is a fun and easy-to-use audio playback device breaking out VLSI's VS1000D audio codec. The Little Soundie can decode ogg vorbis (license free) and WAV type files.

SparkFun Little Soundie Audio Player

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No programming is required to get started but it will help to know binary. There are only a couple steps to set up your Little Soundie:

  • Connect to your computer using a micro-USB cable
  • Press the power/play button
  • Format the disk when prompted
  • Drag and drop your .ogg or .wav files

From here, audio playback is a matter of attaching a powered speaker and triggering the GPIO pins at 3.3V logic.

Required Materials

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following materials. You may not need everything though depending on what you have. Add it to your cart, read through the guide, and adjust the cart as necessary.

Tools

You will need a soldering iron, solder, and general soldering accessories.

Solder Lead Free - 100-gram Spool

Solder Lead Free - 100-gram Spool

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Weller WLC100 Soldering Station

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Suggested Reading and Viewing

If you aren’t familiar with the following concepts, we recommend checking out these tutorials before continuing.

How to Solder: Through-Hole Soldering

This tutorial covers everything you need to know about through-hole soldering.

Binary

Binary is the numeral system of electronics and programming...so it must be important to learn. But, what is binary? How does it translate to other numeral systems like decimal?

Working with Wire

How to strip, crimp, and work with wire.

How to Use a Breadboard

Welcome to the wonderful world of breadboards. Here we will learn what a breadboard is and how to use one to build your very first circuit.

You may also want to check out this Audacity Tutorial on YouTube.