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Little Soundie Audio Player Hookup Guide
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
 DEV-14006
Product Showcase: Noisy Cricket & Soundie Audio Boards
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Summary of Contents for sparkfun Little Soundie DEV-14006

  • Page 1 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  DEV-14006 Product Showcase: Noisy Cricket & Soundie Audio Boards...
  • Page 2 This is your tried and true white solderless breadboard. It has 2 power buses, 10 columns, and 30 rows - a total of … SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout - 3.3V DEV-09873 This is the newest revision of our [FTDI Basic](http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=… Hamburger Mini Speaker COM-14023 This will be a treat for your ears! The Hamburger Mini Speaker is a 3W economical speaker option for any project n…...
  • Page 3 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 Binary This tutorial covers everything you need to know about Binary is the numeral system of electronics and through-hole soldering.

  • Page 4: Hardware Overview

    Hardware Overview Details: VIN 3.3V-5.5V All IO 3.3V logic with pull down resistors (not 5V tolerant) Plays audio stored on 4Mb SPI Flash Load audio on USB Mass Storage Uses high-performance license-free Ogg Vorbis decoder for compressed audio Also plays .WAV type files Customizable Line-Out stereo analog output with SNR>90dB Supports variable bit-rate and sample rates...
  • Page 5 AC coupled left and right channels have been broken out so you can amplify the signals individually. We recommend using the Noisy Cricket and a speaker or transducer but you can also use two SparkFun Mono Audio Amp Breakout. The 3.5mm jack is not for headphones.

  • Page 6: Assembly Tips

    VSIDE Pins If you wanted to change any functionality of the Little Soundie you will need VSIDE. VSIDE is an IDE for VSDSP signal processor chips like the VS100D. There are several example projects you can build from or simply use. Programming is through UART so you’ll only need to connect TX, RX, VCC, and GND.

  • Page 7: Audio Files

    To connect the Little Soundie’s 6 I/O pins to external components, apply power, connect audio out, and use the VS1000D programming pins, you’ll need to do some soldering. It is much easier to solder when the headers are placed in the breadboard. For a flat project like a birthday card or a wearable gauntlet I’d recommend soldering the right angle headers instead.
  • Page 8 Ogg Vorbis is an audio file format developed by xiph, an open source multi-media company. Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel. This places Vorbis in the same competitive class as audio representations such as MPEG- 4 (AAC), and similar to, but higher performance than MPEG-½...
  • Page 9 HIGH at 3.3V logic. For this project you will need the following the parts: Little Soundie Hardware Hookup Wish List SparkFun Wish List Lithium Ion Battery - 850mAh PRT-13854 These are very slim, extremely light weight batteries based on Lithium Ion chemistry. Each cell outputs a nominal 3…...
  • Page 10 button 1 will correspond to the first file saved to the drive. If the first and third buttons are pressed at the same time the fifth file saved to the drive will play. Remember - the naming conventions of your audio files does not matter; what matters is the order in which they are loaded onto the USB drive.

  • Page 11: Troubleshooting

    VS1000D Datasheet (PDF) VSIDE GitHub Repository Fritzing Diagram SparkFun Product Showcase: Noisy Cricket & Soundie Audio Boards If you’re looking for inspiration for other fun projects, check these out: Interactive Hanging LED Array Hackers in Residence: The Sound Visualizer Pt.
  • Page 12 SIK Keyboard Instrument Proto Pedal Example: Analog Equalizer Project We can use the parts and concepts in the SparkFun Building a gyrator-based analog equalizer using the Invetor's Kit to make a primitive keyboard instrument. Proto Pedal.