Zack Lalanne writes: Last summer, I made an ESP8266 MP3 Sound Machine using ESPHome to play calming sounds when my son goes to sleep. I used ESPHome to develop the firmware so it could communicate with my Home Automation platform, Home Assistant. Well, requirements change and projects need updating. So over the holidays, I created […]
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Wavecatcher
Anfractuosity published a new build: “Acoustic cryptanalysis is a type of side channel attack that exploits sounds emitted by computers or other devices” Wavecatcher is a simple PCB that makes use of a MEMS ultrasound microphone, in order to capture audio to around 80kHz, with the goal of finding interesting ultrasound sources and playing with […]
Lo-Fi SES: Hackable 8-bit chiptunes instrument
Here’s an interesting open source project on Kickstarter the Lo-Fi SES (Sound Entertainment System) by Assorted Wires: The Lo-Fi SES (Sound Entertainment System) makes the process of playing an instrument easy by providing a video game controller interface for the lo-fi instrument. The d-pad allows you to change or record tracks, the buttons play the various sounds, […]
Propeller Halloween pumpkin project
This project uses a Parallax Propeller Project board with microSD card attached, PIR sensor, LM386 Audio Amp, IRL520 FET and associated discrete components to make an animated Halloween prop. The PIR inside the pumpkin senses motion and when triggered it plays a WAV file from a microSD Card while flashing an internal light, causing an […]
SIDCog v1.3 produces C64 sound on Propeller
Johannes Ahlebrand has released version 1.3 of SIDCog. This Spin language object emulates the famous sound chip in the Commodore 64 running in a single Propeller cog. The developer reports it’s much closer to the 8580 than the 6581 when it comes to filter emulation and combined waveforms. Features include a 31kHz sample rate, >16bit […]
Xmas tree with sound-controlled LED animations
Sound controlled LED light show for your Xmas tree. An STM32 microcontroller takes instructions from a PC via Bluetooth and animates the LEDs. This is my Christmas tree, it has over 400 lights (exactly 404) that are all individually controlled by an STM32 microcontroller. The computer plays the music and processes the sync track for […]
Jingle bells playing Christmas tree
Here’s a fun project in the Christmas spirit. It’s a “Jingle bells” playing card, with the specific notes being signaled via LEDs as they are being played. We have 9 control lines for the LEDs and 1 line for the speaker signal. We want the device to start playing if a push button is pressed […]
Sound controlled 5x5x5 LED cube
This 5x5x5 LED cube uses a microphone and op-amp to react to sound. It’s run via an Atmega328P with an Arduino bootloader: ok, it is nothing new and far away from well done.. But its just amazing for me to see it working and i learned quiet a lot :) I just want to share […]
Lil Bang – Sound trigger for cameras
Viktor made a sound trigger for his DSLR camera: Now that I can take pictures of lightning I decided that I also want to be able to trigger my camera with sound. An op-amp filters and amplifies a microphone signal. The output is fed to a PIC microcontroller that triggers the flash when the sound […]
Milkymist™ open source sound visualizer
The Milkymist™ is an open source sound visualization tool. Its said to be one of the fastest open source systems on a chip capable of running uClinux. It features the LatticeMico32 processor core on a Spartan-6 FPGA (XC6SLX45). The project developed from Sebastien Bourdeauduca’s Master’s Thesis in system-on-chip design. The Milkymist™ project develops a comprehensive […]
C64 sound on Parallax Propeller
The eight-core Parallax Propeller is capable of some pretty amazing things. One use developed by Johannes Ahlebrand is to emulate the famous Commodore 64 sound chip. His SIDcog V 1.0 code object allows the Propeller to accurately emulate an original C64 SID chip. With this code, your Prop can produce retro C64 game sounds like […]