Papa Soundie Audio Player Hookup Guide
Contributors:
LightningHawk
LightningHawk Introduction
The Papa Soundie is an audio playback device breaking out VLSI's VS1000D audio codec which decodes ogg vorbis (license free) and wav type files. With an SD card for sound storage and a built-in ATMEGA328P programmed with Arduino you'll be adding custom sound effects to your project with less hardware and in a familiar programming environment.
SparkFun Papa Soundie Audio Player
DEV-14554Required Materials
To follow along with this hookup guide, you will need at least the following materials:
Tools
You will need a soldering iron, solder, and general soldering accessories.
Weller WLC100 Soldering Station
TOL-14228Suggested Reading and Viewing
If you aren’t familiar with the following concepts, we recommend checking out these tutorials before continuing.
Pull-up Resistors
A quick introduction to pull-up resistors - whey they're important, and how/when to use them.
How to Solder: Through-Hole Soldering
This tutorial covers everything you need to know about through-hole soldering.
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
SPI is commonly used to connect microcontrollers to peripherals such as sensors, shift registers, and SD cards.
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?
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.
Logic Levels
Learn the difference between 3.3V and 5V devices and logic levels.
I2C
An introduction to I2C, one of the main embedded communications protocols in use today.
You may also want to check out this Audacity Tutorial on YouTube.