Thanks for watching! For a lot of my commission builds that’s how I control this board. I like to show the viewers how to use boards like this without a controller, a lot of people are afraid of using them.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA, how helpful that was. Mine arrived today and I have been struggling to get it working. I did not realise that 32G was the max card size, so presumably the 64G one I tried, was unsuitable. Also the file naming is well explained by yourself. I have been an electronics hobbyist for many years, but I struggle with anything involving computer type stuff. I think that your explanations are excellent, particularly for beginners. Given all of the above, I have subscribed to this great channel.
Cool! I used transistors triggered to ground by the arduino - same idea, but even cheaper. Just wanted it really small so I soldered all the transistors onto a board.
Finally, a fantastic video on this great little unit. I am running it off 3AA batteries (4.5v) and using a circular switch to swap between 1-4. I struggled a year ago with this and put the project top rest, and finally picked it up again yesterday. I'd love to also add a one-shot 555 led chaser to it (another learning curve =). All the best
First, thanks for watching! If you're running through batteries and you have the space you could use a 12V battery with a 12V to 5V converter wired to it. That would give you some long play time. amzn.to/44b4Y0M amzn.to/3Yy8EZy
GREAT VIDEO FOR PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH ELECTRONICS. IMO, Everything you covered was pretty easy to figure out just by looking at the board (of course I'm an EE with a lot of experience). So unfortunately, it was no value to me. What I would like to know is more about the dip switch because I want to use this in a synth module and I would like to be able to incorporate all the features. I like the relay output. I don't plan on driving motors or lights that would require a relay, but I can use the digital output that triggers the relay board to send trigger pulses to other synth modules that would trigger envelope generators, LFO's, VCA's, sequencers, sequential switches, etc. For now, I'LL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND MORE INFO, You did a great job with the basics and I'd love to see you do another video that covers the DIP switches. I do have one question. If you were to get remove the DIP switches and connect 3 digital trigger points to the corresponding "On" pads, could you use those 3 trigger voltages to perform the same function as the DIP switch. In other words, instead of setting the DIP switch to off, on, off, could you remove the DIP switch and send either a digital voltage of 0, 1, 0 to the 3 on pads of the DIP SWITCH and make the circuit function as if the DIP Switch was set for off, on, off? (I just made assumptions as to how it might work. Perhaps, you'd have to apply the inverse digtal triggers (1,0,1) to the 3 "On" pads (or maybe the triggers should be connected to the 3 "Off" or "common" pads instead. (Perhaps the "On" pads supply internal digital voltage triggers and the switches determine the mode by connect the triggers to the "Off" pads. So the first question is "Is that what the DIP Switches do, or do they work in a different way?")
Hi! Thanks for watching. I've never tried digital switching of the DIP switches but it sounds like a neat idea. I would think that all the switches do is make a connection to ground, so in theory you could control them through microcontroller (arduino, pi, etc..). I would just probe both sides of the switches and see what you get.
Hey, I enjoy your videos a lot!! I have been trying to create a Halloween project using this MP3 sound playback module with Arduino or by itself activated by an PIR sensor. But I keep getting the sound repeated in an endless loop. Could you please make a video showing how to do that? Thanks again
Hi Steve, I have seen many comments here asking about using a PIR sensor to trigger sound with this board and most or your responses direct people to your other video "All In One MP3 Relay Motion Sensor Board" but I'd like know if the PIR sensors you sell can be used with "MP3 Player with 5W Audio Amp" to trigger sounds? Can I use 4 PIRs connected to 4 of the pins to trigger 4 sounds?
You just got another Sub! Thanks for this video and all your videos, they are truly helpful! Quick question, do you know where I can find additional info on all of the DIP switch settings? Thanks so much!
Great video/tutorial! I really enjoyed it and found it easy to follow. I’m already planning on how I’m going to use this. Can’t wait for the next one in the series. I’ve been wanting to get into projects using Arduino so your series will be very helpful.
@@TheMakersCave BIG THANX!!! I just ordered a couple. This makes life much easier than controlling a card via serial signaling. Happy Haunting this Halloween
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’m in the process of building my Real Ghostbusters proton pack and your vid was EXTREMELY helpful. I’m relatively new to wiring boards into my props and your explanations were so easy to comprehend. Thank you so much. 😊 I do have some questions too: 1. Would you recommend a button switch being wired between the ground pin and a sound pin to wire specific sounds to specific switches to be found in different locations on the prop? In my case the proton thrower would have two buttons in two different locations, and each would play a different sound. 2. What speaker are you using? Since this vid is 2yrs old, are there any other mini speakers you recommend? 😊
You have it absolutely correct. Use a button for each sound pin just connect one terminal of the switch to ground and the other terminal to the pin of the sound you want with that button. For the speaker, I used a 5W mini speaker. Given the prop you are building you'll probably want better speakers and more than the 5W that board puts out, so you'll want to use the built in 3.5mm jack. How much voltage are you using in the proton pack?
@@TheMakersCave Thank you so much for answering my questions!! I’m not sure of the voltage as of yet. I’m doing a test structure build first to determine the sizes of the LEDs and such. I’m making the pack a little smaller than seen on the cartoon and am still calculating the measurements. I’m eyeing some mini power banks and staying away from batteries. I used coin batteries in my prop led yo-yos for a previous cosplay and they were a hassle. ☺️ Thank you again!
I bought a sound board and relay kit from Steve for a Slimer and Samhain from "The Real Ghostbusters." I didn't get the body of Samhain working, but I did get Slimer working thanks to Steve. I recorded a video during our "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" movie theater promotion that has Slimer with Steve's help: ruclips.net/video/eSqfa6wNkok/видео.htmlsi=8KrdUS-ZWYm_sdA6 Yesterday I was trying to use the sound board and relay in 12 volts (same power cell that powers our 3D printed proton packs) using Steve's method to operate a Ghostbusters II slime blower cannon. I couldn't get the lights and sound to work. I wanted to press a button in, have it play the slime sound, and then turn off as soon as I pressed the button off again. I had the DIP switches set to 011 thinking that would do it. This morning I decided to go back to MP3 player mode. I had used a chaser LED board for the yellow powercell light and used the second in the 2 pack to power the pink LEDs. I could hear the one sound effect 00001.mp3 play. When I disconnected the ground, the lights and sound went off. So instead of trying the relay, I just hooked the lights and sound board directly with the power source, using a button switch to break the ground, and completely removed the relay to get this slime blower cannon in the video. I did fix the one non working pink LED: ruclips.net/video/f15nzD1994I/видео.htmlsi=-lQJfq1JH9be0eQA
I have the block DY-HL30T play back board and I’ve not been able to get audio out of it. It’s a 32g unit and I’m using a 2g card.. been using various mp3 recording and or conversion apps and are naming the audio files 00001 but is it supposed to be 00001.mp3 or just the numbers? Right now it is 00001.mp3 so I’ll try again. My Mac did not recognize the board with the card so I transferred the mp3 files into the card with a usb adapter and then placed it into the board but nooooo sounds. I powered it with the usb and also with the direct power input but no success. Does the card have to be exactly a 32g or can it be a 2g like I have for now? The audio files are small because I’m just troubleshooting. Any assistance will greatly be appreciated 🙏🙏 been trying for a very long time so I’m getting stressed out, thanks.
Love your videos! I am a novice but would love to build a flux capacitor. Do you have any videos on how to connect a remote control for sound and LED lights?
Im looking for the same answers as I build custom 1/7 rc cars like the LIMITLESS.. his next vid is supposed to show how to do just that with arduino so that arduino needs to support PWM which most of them do support that and so do some of the Raspberry. I know a lot of things but I have never owned an arduino or Raspberry. I turned a Turbo key chain ornament into an audible turbo sound for my rc car. I used a PWM relay that responds to my transmitter and the relay opens and closed the circuit (the button) on the turbo and I soldered an earphone jack from the turbo’s speaker and plugged into a custom Bluetooth speaker in my rc car. So when I give throttle, the turbo plays through the rc car’s speaker. I built an intercooler for the front of the car and the speaker is inside the intercooler. You can check out the entire build series if the RC Skyline on my channel. If I succeed with my new current build I’m doing with the 1:7 scale Bugatti, you’ll definitely catch that on my channel for sure!
Hey Just recently stumbled onto you videos. Nice job finding value priced products to help out newer home haunters start to level up. I have been pondering how to build a small lightning effect. I have a couple of perfect storms that I use on the larger Vignettes which works great for them . I want to create a lightning effect inside a picture frame or shadow box and would love to have a mini lighting effect for this type of display. a perfect storm or a Pico controller would be overkill,(and over priced) for this. thanks for your work
Thanks for watching, it's nice to know that my babbling videos are helping viewers! You must be sneaking into the Cave and looking at my project schedule. In the next week I'll have a video coming out on how you can do lightning with a simple sound board and volume meter.
great video. Question: do you connect two or three pins for different sounds together if you want them to play simultaneously? Added to this I would like to have some of the sound clips as ambient (background ) sound . Purpose is for a diorama of a Bar in the background and a street musician in the front and some street sounds all playing together. A controller for the volume of each sound may also be useful to control the volume of each of them.
Sadly it can only play one sound at a time. If you want to play all those sounds together at once at different volumes I would suggest using Audacity (free audio mixing software). Add each sound as a separate track, that way you can control the volume of each sound. Then make one MP3 file that plays.
Many thanks for your great videos. I have installed a PIR sensor and a relay, all works great . Question: With this MP3 board , is there a way to play different mp3 sounds every time the PIR is triggered ? Mine keeps on playing the same sound. Many thanks
You might want to take a look at this board. It has the motion sensor already built in and on every activation it play a different sound file. It has onboard memory and SD Card memory for mor and larger files. It also has the "Busy" pin so a relay can be used and the relay stays activated for the length of the sound file being played.
I know this video is a year old but very informative. Question ... how would we hook this board up to an RC controller? I have a project that needs just a few sound files to be played. I want to hook up this board to be triggered by an ON/OFF auxiliary switch on my RC controller. Advice? How would we hook up the servo wires coming from the receiver to the board?
Hi, thanks for watching, I really appreciate it! You mentioned you had several sound files. How did you want them to be played? Each activation plays a random sound?
I'll be hanging out, Subscribed. I've done the Arduino,Nrf24, servos, lights, more lights of many kinds. ESP's and anything called Nano. Time to have a voice.
Thanks for watching! I did a video on another board that has a built in motion sensor. What's nice about that board is that is will sequentially play the next found file on activation, great for random sounds.
sry , super noob. this is actually my first video ever, thank you for explaining everything. The purpose of the relay is to have the input turn on the different sounds by various type of inputs (ie motion center, sounds activation, button, know... ) so each I00-I07 lead you would another input(button) and then to the relay?
Hey brother, thank you for your videos! I'm sure your historical content is shifting a bit on the internet. The web link for the "Sound Board Mega Kit" does not appear to be functional at this time. Peace out!
definitely the type of solution I've been looking for. How could I trigger this from an output on a prop controller? I have a rather complex room that runs a whole show where, when triggered, a bunch of different animations happen in sequence. Think like a supernatural zoo where things breakdown one by one... I'm planning on running the whole thing off a frightprops flexmax2, but that only has one audio output and I'll need to send a sound to 6 separate speakers for different animations. I certainly don't want to buy a $100-$200 card for each speaker just to get the audio. So this would be great if I could run it off of the flexmax.
question i have little to no electronical engineering experience is it possible to use regular, maybe AAA, or AA battery to power the module? If so, how many are required?
Awesome video ! I'm using these boards in our haunted houses for ages, and I never realized there was a busy signal on them. Could have saved me a whole lot of fiddling with extra boards, lol.
Hi, thanks for watching, I appreciate it. Here's the video with the new board that has the motion detection and MP3 all on one board. gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/ It doesn't really randomize the songs, it plays the files in sequence. I actually find that better because if you only have a few files you won't have the same sound playing back to back if it ramdonizes the same song twice. Here's a link for the actual board: gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
Steve is there a way or taking the sound from those output nodes, straight into the pc and play it through a pc speaker? would it need a certain software to do this? i dont want an external speaker. i want it to be played with all other sounds through windows operating system
Sorry if this is a stupid question. if you can use a usb phone charging plug and a usb cable to power this board could you use a mobile phone usb battery pack to do the same you think? many thanks
The versions I received look identical but had some things to take note of: 1. The board will not play or respond to I/O triggers while USB is connected for file transfer; while a PC is connected and the board detects a data link, button presses to the board I/O will do nothing. But if a "stand-alone" power source is used to power the board, like a common USB power bank, the board will function as expected using its USB port. This means that even when the board is powered by an external source using its +5 VDC pins, the audio triggers applied to its I/O will cease until the USB data link is disconnected. 2. The board requires a power-cycle after changing the mode switches. Changing DIP switch positions do not cause the board to change modes until the power has been disconnected then restored. I will be using the "key combination mode" which isn't working as expected, and I'm not sure if audio files beyond DEC #9 should continue with decimal numbering, 00001 - 00255, or with hexadecimal 00001 - 000FF, but I suspect decimal will be fine. I expect the files to be triggered by applying typical boolean patterns to the 8 selector lines, from 0h, to FEh.
I also have found that these boards like to run in "stand-alone" mode and it be honest almost everyone uses them in that manner. And yes, after a mode change you have to power fail it. It reads those setting only once at power up. I haven't played with the "key combination" mode much, I'll have to take a look.
@@chuckfulton7634 Assuming your computer has no problem seeing other USB devices: * Make sure the cable you are trying to use is not defective, and is for "full USB data and power", since some cables will only supply power but no data (and the ones that ship with the module aren't that great)... * Does your PC even acknowledge that "something USB" was connected? If not, you might see if the module is recognized in a friend's PC; if so, your PC needs troubleshooting, if not, the module is likely defective... You probably know already that if some "other" USB device is detected and works as expected, but the sound module does not, the module is probably bad since its connectivity is very straightforward as these thing go, and the only other possibility is a bad or wrong type of USB cable.
@mbunds I was able to load the sd card using a card reader on my wife's laptop. It all worked. I think I was using a USB cable that was only a power supply. THANK YOU for the help. @TheMakersCave Thank you for a great video!
Did you need to do any coding? I have watched some other videos that are coding these sort of projects, but I like how yours looks like it is just a matter of triggering the pin?
Hi, thanks for watching! Yep, it's that simple. Just short ground to one of the pins and the associated sound file will play. This board is good if you want activation with buttons. Look at this board if you want something with motion activation, this board also supports automatically playing the next sound file on each activation. Scroll down on the item page and you'll see the video I did on it. gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
If this board can't do it then what would? I would like this same concept but I would like one button press to trigger any sound track at random. If not random then at least rotating tracks. Thanks
Hello, thanks for the video. I need the board to play a track when I activate a button, but not to restart the sound if I press it again, that is, to play it from start to finish without being able to interrupt it when I press it again. Could this be done by configuring the dip selectors?
Hi Steve, How do you add the sound tracks, "songs" to the SD card? How would you write them? How big of speakers can I connect to the sound module via the mm jack? Please let me know, thank you.
You can use a USB card reader attached to your computer to write directly to the card or you can use the USB cable from the board to the computer and transfer that way, that would be the easier of the two ways. Once you plug the board into your computer via the USB cable it will show up as a drive that you can copy to.
Hi, i am building something close to this but the problem i have is the activation of each of the music tracks here is via a "momentry" grounding of a supply ... basicly i have a box, as someone approches it the pir operates a sound effect and some LEDs via a relay is turned on then when the box is opened another sound effect and group of LEDs are switched on and i cant see a way around this "momentry grounding"... am i missing something? I don't want to use an arduino if i can help it. Many many thanks
check out this video, I think using both boar.ds might be the answer. Here's what I'm thinking. The motion board detects a person and plays the sound and a relay activates the lights. Using some type of switch, snap, lever, plunge, on the box lid to do activate a relay using ground(neg). That relay would cut power to the first sound board and and the ground signal would also go to one of the pins on the non-motion board. That would activate that board which would play a sound and activate another relay that turns on the box lights. I can do a drawing to explain it better, it's actually pretty easy, I just don't think I did a good job describing it :)
Hi! I was really excited to try this and it works! Only issue is , it looks that there's always a delay uppon trigger when the sound play and when the relay activate. It is possible to synchronize that to match perfectly?
Sorry for the delay, we've been under the weather this week. I'm not exactly clear on where the delay is, maybe I'm a little slow this week :) Is it that the relay latches and then the sound plays, or is it the sound plays and then the relay latches. Let me know.
@@TheMakersCave the relay latches and then the sound play. I was able to get rid of it by using an arduino and expand the project but I was curious if you knew how to get rid of it without an arduino
Sir I am from Sri Lanka. This video is very valuable! Thank you very much for that. I have been looking for this circuit for a long time. Can you please explain how to get it?
Hi, Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciated it! We offer what I show you how to build on or site: gravedecor.com. You can buy the parts individually or as a completed product. If you have any other questions or need help with anything please let me know :)
Plan on adding a sound system to a statue that I sculpted, would be cool to have a remote and an SD card for over 100 sounds. Will this board work for that? Looking for something simple and small/compact.
You probably want a card like this. It has a Miro SD slot that you can use to hold a lot of sound files. It has a built in motion sensor and a 3W sound amp. Like the other board it has a "busy" pin so you can have it activate a relay. What's nice is that on every activation it'll go the next file. If you want to use a step pad or button instead of the motion sensor, you can just cut off the sensor and by shorting the sensors yellow and red wires it will activate. gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
@@TheMakersCave Thanks for getting back to me, I was just looking at your video on this after finding it on Aliexpress. Think this will be perfect for my needs, thanks.
No, i do have those sensors in the Cave and have been meaning to see how they can be integrated without a microcontroller. If you need any help just ask, maybe I can assist :)
Hey, great video. I need some help.... am using an MP3 trigger board to play a sound to sync with lights from a prop but there always seems to be a 1.5 sec delay for the MP3 to play when triggered (even using a relay). Do you have any tips as to how to make a sound play instantly as soon as a trigger voltage (high 3.3v) is applied so it syncs perfectly with the prop I am using (which triggers instantly). Delaying the prop is not an option in this case unfortunately. Thanks in advance as flashing of the lights needs to sync with the sound
In response to your reply: Can single relay added to the board be used to run my leds when each of the different MP3 files I assign to it. Or do I need to add a relay to each MP3 file?
I have been searching for a way to do this, but the Module I used had no volume, even with an amp. What are the specs on your speaker, I wonder if that was my issue. Also even for test purposes I would hate to have an accidental short. I have used the Wago connectors which you may want to check out.
Was just about to comment this, use wagos to prototyping things out and then use solder or terminate the wires properly when done prototyping... Great tutorial none the less, can't wait for the rest of the series.
Wagos are a good way to go and I have them. When I went to get them I couldn't find them. I put them somewhere in the move to the new cave 😀. Speaker was a small 3w 4 ohm. Go to any thrift or goodwill store and look for mismatched computer speakers. That's where I source a lot of my project speakers.
@@TheMakersCave Great suggestion. I also get older audio appliances for $3-$5 , Bose stereo alarm clocks, ipod stereo stations, under the counter radio/cd players, etc. In some projects I'll do my best to keep the ported enclosures with the speakers intact. This is one build where the entire ipod player enclosure was kept intact (but gutted of original electronics) and used as a base for a ray gun build. ruclips.net/video/t-4IWkrXu9E/видео.html
Hey there, How would I add 7 a buttons to the board that will house 7 different sounds on the lines? I would need the sounds to stop playing and not repeat it self. Thank you very much
Just use any momentary push button. We have these if you want an arcade style momentary button, but Amazon has a vast array of choices. The ground of the card would get wire to the terminal of each button. The other terminal of the button would go to each pin. Then each button would play a different sound.
I’m making the Clark Griswold hanging guy for Christmas. I have a two wire motion sensor set up to activate the 12v wiper motor but I want to add sound. Would this system work for that and how?
Hi, thanks for watching. This board would defiantly work. You would have the motion sensor activate the sound board. Once activated the board would start to play the sound and at the same time activate busy pin which would activate the relay for the wiper motor. I would use the heavy duty relay as wiper motors draw some amperage. If you want us to wire together a package that includes the PIR, Relay, and sound board just drop me an email. That why all you have to do is load your sound file and wire the motor to the relay. Sales@GraveDecor.com
Could you recommend a sound module or device for playing ambient fishing noises or pond sounds that continuously plays while someone plays with a particular toy?
This is just what I am looking for. I have a project whee I want at the push of one button a sound will play and 2 or 4 led lights will light and will turn off when the sound is finished. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can do this?
What you want to do is pretty straightforward. Attach a push button with one connector to the pin sound you want activated and the other button connector to the ground pin. Use the boards busy pin to activate a relay the makes the lights go on while the sound plays. Here's a couple of links to help you. Audio Mega Kit: gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-5w-audio-amp/. Button: gravedecor.com/product/arcade-button-lighted/. If you have other questions just ask :)
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it. No, each pin will activate the busy pin for as long as that sound file plays. I'm not sure what you on your question of how many leads on the relay. Can you elaborate :)
There sure are :) But they usually come at a higher price range. If you know of any that are low cost please let me know, I'm always looking for new items to show the viewers.
Hi I’m very interested in the working of the sound board . My question to you is what happens when the ground wire that selects the music stays connected?
The easiest method for this board is to simply connect each of the eight pins to a pin on an Arduino and a PIR/Motion sensor to an Arduino pin and the relay trigger pin to the busy pin of the sound board. A simple Arduino code would look for a trigger from the Arduino and then pick a random sound pin to activate. The busy line of the sound board would keep the relay activated for the length of the sound. With this method you could have 8 different sounds for the one prop. Let me know what help you need. Here's a link to our Nano board: gravedecor.com/product/arduino-compatible-nano-atmega328p. If you like I can send you the code.
@@TheMakersCave Hi Thanks for the information I have ordered a couple of boards I already have some arduino not sure which model will have to find them out I might need help with the basic wiring and certainly the code would be very helpful thank you
Question! I am using a photoelectric beam sensor to trigger a relay that grounds the pin to play the audio. However using that sensor allows the audio to restart if re-triggered. Is there a way to allow the audio complete even if it gets multiple trigger inputs?
That is the con's for that board. That's why I mostly use the HC-SR501 PIR sensor, it block repeated triggers. One thing you could try is using the "Busy" pin to activate a relay that can trigger on a "LOW" signal. Cut the the negative OR positive lead for the power going to the beam sensor, don't cut both. On the Normally Closed really terminal put one end of the cut and on the Common terminal attach the other end of the cut. You want to use the Normally Closed because we want the current to flow to the sensor when the relay is at rest. Now when the beam is broken it starts the sound and the board places a "LOW" signal on the Busy pin. That will activate the relay thereby cutting the power to the beam sensor so re-triggers can't happen. When the sound stops the Busy pin goes "HIGH" again releasing the relay and connecting power back to eh beam sensor. If you need any help just let me know. Here's the relay you would use: gravedecor.com/product/5v-activated-relays-with-standard-terminals-10a/
Yes it can. Name your four audio files any way you would like just make sure they start with 00001 through 00004, i.e. 00001-Scream.mp3, 00002-Groan.mp3, etc. Then connect one side of each button to the ground pin, and the other side of each button the pin that would play for that button. Now the four buttons control the four different audio files.
@@TheMakersCave thanks for the information I have another question about that, can we put four audio files inside the folders, then we transfer the folders to the board. It's gonna trigger 1 audio or 4 audio when we click each button 2-4 times?
Hi, thanks for watching, I appreciate it. What does the 0.5 represent? size or watts? It should work but I would turn the volume all the way down and slowly turn it up.
Hi how wire up five pin commentary to trigger the sound. Is there away it make it play all sounds one after each other with toggle switch no off down on up is off no lacking on the button? Thanks any help .I think I should be able to two wire ?
You probably want the following board. On each activation it will play the next file on the board. The board is set up for motion activation, but it's real easy to modify it for button use. Just cut off the PIR sensor. when the yellow and the red of the PIR wires on the board are shorted it creates an activation. gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
Hi! If you are looking for something that as a motion sensor, take a look at this board. Has all the same features but is motion activated. All In One MP3 Relay Motion Sensor Board ruclips.net/video/ms_yqQ7_NSs/видео.html
@@TheMakersCavethank you for that and thank you for all the videos I started doing Halloween parties for my son 10 yrs ago when he was 7 and as he grew older we started making it more scary and incorporating/making animatronics and raspberry pi’s, he’ll be going to college next year so this is our last year and trying to go big lol Your videos are extremely helpful in learning and thinking out of the box :) I did watch your other video but I already have this style board and was curios if PIR motion sensor would do same job as button does or buttons send different signals and won’t work. Much appreciated!
One this board if you set the DIP switches to Switches 1 & 2 ON, 3 OFF the file for that pin will play as long as that pin is grounded. Once the connection is broken the song stops. I think this is what you are looking for. Let me know if you need any help :) Steve
@@TheMakersCave that's is nice thank you! I also wanted to ask if you could wire up two buttons and have one Button play only one sound and the other button plays only another sound ?
@@TheMakersCave that allready helped. now heres a new problem. i just wanna have that thing play random songs as soon as i turn the power on. is there a way?
Good afternoon I wanted to thank you for your content it’s amazing. I purchased your mp3 board with motion sensor attached to it. I have added a couple files from usb and it plays a Fanta commercial on it. I deleted the file when I plugged the board to the computer but it still plays. Also I deleted an old 2gb mini usb card and added a couple of test sounds on there and somehow plays one of the deleted songs that was on there. I’m lost lol any help would be greatly appreciated. Also when I remove the sd card from the board and plug it into the computer the sd card only shows the two test sounds which is great but when I put the sd card into the board it will play those two sounds plus one of the files I deleted before adding the test sounds lol.
I am using this same chip, but I am attempting to use it as an infection in a spirit Halloween animatronic by only replacing the sound and keeping the factory movement and lighting, I am stuck on what wire I need to jump from on the PIR sensor to trigger the mp3 chip in unison with the factory items.
First, thanks for witching, I really appreciate it. I'm assuming the PIR you are talking about is the stock PIR on the prop. If so there should be three wires: Red, Black, and Yellow. In most instances the yellow is the signal wire from the PIR. Once you confirm that, email me back and I'll explain what you have to do next: Steve@GraveDecor.com or Steve@TheMakersCave.com.
Hi Steve, I'm trying to revive a spirit halloween deadly roots prop. I'm using the exact MP3 Player, with an arduino set up, just to move ( Talking skull set up) the mouth. I'm trying to activate the MP3 Player from the Deadly roots board, so it can activate when motion is detected. Other than grounding out the MP3 players pin. Is there another way to activate the voices from the player? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance,🙂 Frank
Buenas tarde desde chile me gusto su video,pero me cuesta entender algunas cosas ya que no puedo traducir todo tendra algun video en español o con traducción ya que youtube no tiene sustitulos en español😞
@@TheMakersCave hola nuevamente gracias ya puedo ver sus videos con sus títulos y eso me a aclarado algo más,yo soy una persona con casi nada de conocimiento en robótica solo he aprendido por estos medios algo ya que también le tengo respeto a la electricidad pero estos vídeos son muy buenos yo estoy realizando un proyecto para halloween ya que me encanta este tipo de cosas y crear para estas fiestas ahora quiero realizan uno que pueda funcionar con voz y prenda sus ojos y motor y el otro que mueva sus ojos y tenga voz ojalá UD realice un proyecto completo paso a paso terminado para poder guiarme mejor se los agradecería,saludos desde chile
Hi, thanks for watching, I really appreciate it. If you want to use an Arduino, and I have quite a few times, there are several methods. The board has Tx/Rx pins for serial communication, I don't have the Arduino library driver for that since I usually use it in the following manner for simplicity. Just take the 8 pins on the sound board and attach each one to a pin on the Arduino. In your Arduino card set all those pins to Output and set them to High. Since Low activates a pin you need to set them to HIGH as soon as you can in your start up code. Then in your loop section of the code look for whatever activation method you want to use (motion, button, step pad). On activation just make the sound pin you want go LOW for .5 second and then go HIGH again. Example Code: digitalWrite(Pin1,0); delay(500); digitalWrite(Pin1,1); If you need any help just let me kow.
Is it possible to permanently ground out one pin to play just one song as power is applied to the board. I need my motion sensor to trigger/(apply power to) the sound board then my delayed timer relay will activate a pump motor for my prop. Once the motion sensor times out, all power is removed.
I have the set up that you sell.the board is this one, I really need to motion activate it. Can I just run the power to this board through a pir sensor?
If the pir sensor outputs 5V, then yes, you could power the board on the PIR trigger. You could just connect the ground to the pin that has the sound you want so when the board powers up it will play that sound. The trick is finding a PIR sensor that'll output 5V.
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so well explained, it is worth mentioning that relay can be controlled by the microcontroller to switch tracks on and off ....sweet !
Thanks for watching! For a lot of my commission builds that’s how I control this board. I like to show the viewers how to use boards like this without a controller, a lot of people are afraid of using them.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA, how helpful that was. Mine arrived today and I have been struggling to get it working. I did not realise that 32G was the max card size, so presumably the 64G one I tried, was unsuitable. Also the file naming is well explained by yourself. I have been an electronics hobbyist for many years, but I struggle with anything involving computer type stuff.
I think that your explanations are excellent, particularly for beginners. Given all of the above, I have subscribed to this great channel.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad the video was helpful.
I just echo the thanks, I did not know enough to rely on the data sheets alone but this gives the practical info I needed !
Thanks for watching and glad it helped. If you have any more questions, just ask :)
Cool! I used transistors triggered to ground by the arduino - same idea, but even cheaper. Just wanted it really small so I soldered all the transistors onto a board.
Good tip!
Finally, a fantastic video on this great little unit. I am running it off 3AA batteries (4.5v) and using a circular switch to swap between 1-4. I struggled a year ago with this and put the project top rest, and finally picked it up again yesterday. I'd love to also add a one-shot 555 led chaser to it (another learning curve =). All the best
First, thanks for watching! If you're running through batteries and you have the space you could use a 12V battery with a 12V to 5V converter wired to it. That would give you some long play time.
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I just blind buy this board then I found your video. Really great explanation and easy to follow. Thank you
Thanks for watching and if you have any questions just ask!
GREAT VIDEO FOR PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH ELECTRONICS. IMO, Everything you covered was pretty easy to figure out just by looking at the board (of course I'm an EE with a lot of experience). So unfortunately, it was no value to me. What I would like to know is more about the dip switch because I want to use this in a synth module and I would like to be able to incorporate all the features. I like the relay output. I don't plan on driving motors or lights that would require a relay, but I can use the digital output that triggers the relay board to send trigger pulses to other synth modules that would trigger envelope generators, LFO's, VCA's, sequencers, sequential switches, etc. For now, I'LL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND MORE INFO, You did a great job with the basics and I'd love to see you do another video that covers the DIP switches.
I do have one question. If you were to get remove the DIP switches and connect 3 digital trigger points to the corresponding "On" pads, could you use those 3 trigger voltages to perform the same function as the DIP switch. In other words, instead of setting the DIP switch to off, on, off, could you remove the DIP switch and send either a digital voltage of 0, 1, 0 to the 3 on pads of the DIP SWITCH and make the circuit function as if the DIP Switch was set for off, on, off? (I just made assumptions as to how it might work. Perhaps, you'd have to apply the inverse digtal triggers (1,0,1) to the 3 "On" pads (or maybe the triggers should be connected to the 3 "Off" or "common" pads instead. (Perhaps the "On" pads supply internal digital voltage triggers and the switches determine the mode by connect the triggers to the "Off" pads. So the first question is "Is that what the DIP Switches do, or do they work in a different way?")
Hi! Thanks for watching. I've never tried digital switching of the DIP switches but it sounds like a neat idea. I would think that all the switches do is make a connection to ground, so in theory you could control them through microcontroller (arduino, pi, etc..). I would just probe both sides of the switches and see what you get.
Fantastic. I'm currently working on my first Halloween animatronic and this channel will be a big help down the road.
Thanks for watching, I have some more videos coming out soon!
Hey, I enjoy your videos a lot!! I have been trying to create a Halloween project using this MP3 sound playback module with Arduino or by itself activated by an PIR sensor. But I keep getting the sound repeated in an endless loop. Could you please make a video showing how to do that? Thanks again
Hi Steve, I have seen many comments here asking about using a PIR sensor to trigger sound with this board and most or your responses direct people to your other video "All In One MP3 Relay Motion Sensor Board" but I'd like know if the PIR sensors you sell can be used with "MP3 Player with 5W Audio Amp" to trigger sounds? Can I use 4 PIRs connected to 4 of the pins to trigger 4 sounds?
Exactly what I was looking for. Just ordered one!
Thanks for watching and I'm glad it helped :)
You just got another Sub! Thanks for this video and all your videos, they are truly helpful! Quick question, do you know where I can find additional info on all of the DIP switch settings? Thanks so much!
Great video/tutorial! I really enjoyed it and found it easy to follow. I’m already planning on how I’m going to use this. Can’t wait for the next one in the series. I’ve been wanting to get into projects using Arduino so your series will be very helpful.
Thanks so much for watching. I have a DIY button banger project, like the Pica Boo, designed for only around $35 with up to four relays.
@@TheMakersCave Do you have a video for that project?
@@TheRealRogers It's one of the videos I'll be doing over the next month.
Thank you for the quick response.Your site is just great!
Any time!
Excellent video and demonstration. I need those wire strippers!!
That style stripper is my evey day tool now. They're great for small spaces.
@@TheMakersCave do you know where I can pick that type up?
There should be a link under the video
@@TheMakersCave thanks
You are just Incredible!!! A haunters dream for sound!!
Thanks for watching, glad it was helpful! :)
I just found this video. This was great and answered my questions on one of your other video I submitted. THANX
I just replied to your other comment :) This is the card I was talking about. You could have 8 different buttons to play 8 different sounds.
@@TheMakersCave BIG THANX!!! I just ordered a couple. This makes life much easier than controlling a card via serial signaling. Happy Haunting this Halloween
Great video I am hooking up sounds to my Star Wars cosplay guns and this really helps me great work
Thanks for watching and if you need any help let me know.
Very nice and very detailed. Thank you. I want to try this with buttons
You are welcome 😊
Great video, did you ever make the follow up with the Arduino? I am working on the project and couldn't find the second video on your channel.
Wow😮... Es lo que necesito para mi proyecto casero 😊 gracias maestro 🎉🎉
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’m in the process of building my Real Ghostbusters proton pack and your vid was EXTREMELY helpful. I’m relatively new to wiring boards into my props and your explanations were so easy to comprehend. Thank you so much. 😊
I do have some questions too:
1. Would you recommend a button switch being wired between the ground pin and a sound pin to wire specific sounds to specific switches to be found in different locations on the prop? In my case the proton thrower would have two buttons in two different locations, and each would play a different sound.
2. What speaker are you using? Since this vid is 2yrs old, are there any other mini speakers you recommend?
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You have it absolutely correct. Use a button for each sound pin just connect one terminal of the switch to ground and the other terminal to the pin of the sound you want with that button. For the speaker, I used a 5W mini speaker. Given the prop you are building you'll probably want better speakers and more than the 5W that board puts out, so you'll want to use the built in 3.5mm jack. How much voltage are you using in the proton pack?
@@TheMakersCave Thank you so much for answering my questions!! I’m not sure of the voltage as of yet. I’m doing a test structure build first to determine the sizes of the LEDs and such. I’m making the pack a little smaller than seen on the cartoon and am still calculating the measurements. I’m eyeing some mini power banks and staying away from batteries. I used coin batteries in my prop led yo-yos for a previous cosplay and they were a hassle. ☺️ Thank you again!
@@TheMakersCaveIt looks like it will be a 5 volt build, and now I’m looking at your vids to learn how to wire light and sound to two pins.
I bought a sound board and relay kit from Steve for a Slimer and Samhain from "The Real Ghostbusters." I didn't get the body of Samhain working, but I did get Slimer working thanks to Steve. I recorded a video during our "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" movie theater promotion that has Slimer with Steve's help: ruclips.net/video/eSqfa6wNkok/видео.htmlsi=8KrdUS-ZWYm_sdA6
Yesterday I was trying to use the sound board and relay in 12 volts (same power cell that powers our 3D printed proton packs) using Steve's method to operate a Ghostbusters II slime blower cannon. I couldn't get the lights and sound to work. I wanted to press a button in, have it play the slime sound, and then turn off as soon as I pressed the button off again. I had the DIP switches set to 011 thinking that would do it.
This morning I decided to go back to MP3 player mode. I had used a chaser LED board for the yellow powercell light and used the second in the 2 pack to power the pink LEDs. I could hear the one sound effect 00001.mp3 play. When I disconnected the ground, the lights and sound went off. So instead of trying the relay, I just hooked the lights and sound board directly with the power source, using a button switch to break the ground, and completely removed the relay to get this slime blower cannon in the video. I did fix the one non working pink LED: ruclips.net/video/f15nzD1994I/видео.htmlsi=-lQJfq1JH9be0eQA
@@AstanaxKnight THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! ⭐️🤩⭐️
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! You’re about to help me accomplish something that means so much to me🙏🙏👌
You got this! And thanks for watching!
I found why my board wasn’t working!…. It’s shipped to be a TF card not an SD… I’m so stoked!
I just found this video - really great.. I'm wondering how do I format the SD card / sound files and what is actually reading them? Thank you!
I have the block DY-HL30T play back board and I’ve not been able to get audio out of it. It’s a 32g unit and I’m using a 2g card.. been using various mp3 recording and or conversion apps and are naming the audio files 00001 but is it supposed to be 00001.mp3 or just the numbers? Right now it is 00001.mp3 so I’ll try again. My Mac did not recognize the board with the card so I transferred the mp3 files into the card with a usb adapter and then placed it into the board but nooooo sounds. I powered it with the usb and also with the direct power input but no success. Does the card have to be exactly a 32g or can it be a 2g like I have for now? The audio files are small because I’m just troubleshooting. Any assistance will greatly be appreciated 🙏🙏 been trying for a very long time so I’m getting stressed out, thanks.
I solved it!….., I needed to use a TF card and not an SD card!!!!😊😊😊😊
When these type of boards don't play it's usually because of the card.
Love your videos! I am a novice but would love to build a flux capacitor. Do you have any videos on how to connect a remote control for sound and LED lights?
Im looking for the same answers as I build custom 1/7 rc cars like the LIMITLESS.. his next vid is supposed to show how to do just that with arduino so that arduino needs to support PWM which most of them do support that and so do some of the Raspberry. I know a lot of things but I have never owned an arduino or Raspberry. I turned a Turbo key chain ornament into an audible turbo sound for my rc car. I used a PWM relay that responds to my transmitter and the relay opens and closed the circuit (the button) on the turbo and I soldered an earphone jack from the turbo’s speaker and plugged into a custom Bluetooth speaker in my rc car. So when I give throttle, the turbo plays through the rc car’s speaker. I built an intercooler for the front of the car and the speaker is inside the intercooler. You can check out the entire build series if the RC Skyline on my channel. If I succeed with my new current build I’m doing with the 1:7 scale Bugatti, you’ll definitely catch that on my channel for sure!
Hey Just recently stumbled onto you videos. Nice job finding value priced products to help out newer home haunters start to level up. I have been pondering how to build a small lightning effect. I have a couple of perfect storms that I use on the larger Vignettes which works great for them . I want to create a lightning effect inside a picture frame or shadow box and would love to have a mini lighting effect for this type of display. a perfect storm or a Pico controller would be overkill,(and over priced) for this.
thanks for your work
Thanks for watching, it's nice to know that my babbling videos are helping viewers! You must be sneaking into the Cave and looking at my project schedule. In the next week I'll have a video coming out on how you can do lightning with a simple sound board and volume meter.
great video. Question: do you connect two or three pins for different sounds together if you want them to play simultaneously? Added to this I would like to have some of the sound clips as ambient (background ) sound . Purpose is for a diorama of a Bar in the background and a street musician in the front and some street sounds all playing together. A controller for the volume of each sound may also be useful to control the volume of each of them.
Sadly it can only play one sound at a time. If you want to play all those sounds together at once at different volumes I would suggest using Audacity (free audio mixing software). Add each sound as a separate track, that way you can control the volume of each sound. Then make one MP3 file that plays.
Many thanks for your great videos.
I have installed a PIR sensor and a relay, all works great .
Question: With this MP3 board , is there a way to play different mp3 sounds every time the PIR is triggered ?
Mine keeps on playing the same sound.
Many thanks
You might want to take a look at this board. It has the motion sensor already built in and on every activation it play a different sound file. It has onboard memory and SD Card memory for mor and larger files. It also has the "Busy" pin so a relay can be used and the relay stays activated for the length of the sound file being played.
I want to see the in-depth build with an arduino and a sound device! Did I miss that video?
I know this video is a year old but very informative. Question ... how would we hook this board up to an RC controller? I have a project that needs just a few sound files to be played. I want to hook up this board to be triggered by an ON/OFF auxiliary switch on my RC controller. Advice? How would we hook up the servo wires coming from the receiver to the board?
Hi, thanks for watching, I really appreciate it! You mentioned you had several sound files. How did you want them to be played? Each activation plays a random sound?
I'll be hanging out, Subscribed. I've done the Arduino,Nrf24, servos, lights, more lights of many kinds. ESP's and anything called Nano. Time to have a voice.
Thanks for watching! I did a video on another board that has a built in motion sensor. What's nice about that board is that is will sequentially play the next found file on activation, great for random sounds.
sry , super noob. this is actually my first video ever, thank you for explaining everything. The purpose of the relay is to have the input turn on the different sounds by various type of inputs (ie motion center, sounds activation, button, know... ) so each I00-I07 lead you would another input(button) and then to the relay?
Very informative, oddly enough, I'm designing a talking security system for my custom utility truck 😀👍
Thanks for watching! If you need any help just let me know.
hi
thanks for the video
i have a question. how can I play an audio once only when power is connected?
thanks
Hey brother, thank you for your videos! I'm sure your historical content is shifting a bit on the internet. The web link for the "Sound Board Mega Kit" does not appear to be functional at this time. Peace out!
Delay relay timer with adjustable timer is also good with this
This is so helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for watching.
Did you make the video of adding a motion sensor to this?
definitely the type of solution I've been looking for. How could I trigger this from an output on a prop controller?
I have a rather complex room that runs a whole show where, when triggered, a bunch of different animations happen in sequence. Think like a supernatural zoo where things breakdown one by one... I'm planning on running the whole thing off a frightprops flexmax2, but that only has one audio output and I'll need to send a sound to 6 separate speakers for different animations. I certainly don't want to buy a $100-$200 card for each speaker just to get the audio. So this would be great if I could run it off of the flexmax.
question i have little to no electronical engineering experience is it possible to use regular, maybe AAA, or AA battery to power the module? If so, how many are required?
Thanks, a very informative video! However I was waiting for the power leads to short out! 16:26 ⚡
They certainly were close! I usually use something to separate the leads but I must have forgotten to do it.
Awesome video ! I'm using these boards in our haunted houses for ages, and I never realized there was a busy signal on them. Could have saved me a whole lot of fiddling with extra boards, lol.
Glad I could help!
which video shows how to play random audio files with the MP3 player? Great job!!!
Hi, thanks for watching, I appreciate it. Here's the video with the new board that has the motion detection and MP3 all on one board.
gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
It doesn't really randomize the songs, it plays the files in sequence. I actually find that better because if you only have a few files you won't have the same sound playing back to back if it ramdonizes the same song twice. Here's a link for the actual board: gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
Steve is there a way or taking the sound from those output nodes, straight into the pc and play it through a pc speaker? would it need a certain software to do this? i dont want an external speaker. i want it to be played with all other sounds through windows operating system
Sorry if this is a stupid question. if you can use a usb phone charging plug and a usb cable to power this board could you use a mobile phone usb battery pack to do the same you think? many thanks
Yep, you sure can. I would just make sure the battery pack is 2amps.
What size wire do you recommend for these projects?
The versions I received look identical but had some things to take note of:
1. The board will not play or respond to I/O triggers while USB is connected for file transfer; while a PC is connected and the board detects a data link, button presses to the board I/O will do nothing. But if a "stand-alone" power source is used to power the board, like a common USB power bank, the board will function as expected using its USB port. This means that even when the board is powered by an external source using its +5 VDC pins, the audio triggers applied to its I/O will cease until the USB data link is disconnected.
2. The board requires a power-cycle after changing the mode switches. Changing DIP switch positions do not cause the board to change modes until the power has been disconnected then restored.
I will be using the "key combination mode" which isn't working as expected, and I'm not sure if audio files beyond DEC #9 should continue with decimal numbering, 00001 - 00255, or with hexadecimal 00001 - 000FF, but I suspect decimal will be fine. I expect the files to be triggered by applying typical boolean patterns to the 8 selector lines, from 0h, to FEh.
I also have found that these boards like to run in "stand-alone" mode and it be honest almost everyone uses them in that manner. And yes, after a mode change you have to power fail it. It reads those setting only once at power up. I haven't played with the "key combination" mode much, I'll have to take a look.
I am having a hard time getting my computer to recognize the usb sd card. Any ideas?
@@chuckfulton7634 Assuming your computer has no problem seeing other USB devices:
* Make sure the cable you are trying to use is not defective, and is for "full USB data and power", since some cables will only supply power but no data (and the ones that ship with the module aren't that great)...
* Does your PC even acknowledge that "something USB" was connected? If not, you might see if the module is recognized in a friend's PC; if so, your PC needs troubleshooting, if not, the module is likely defective...
You probably know already that if some "other" USB device is detected and works as expected, but the sound module does not, the module is probably bad since its connectivity is very straightforward as these thing go, and the only other possibility is a bad or wrong type of USB cable.
@@mbunds Thank you for responding, trying those things now...
@mbunds I was able to load the sd card using a card reader on my wife's laptop. It all worked. I think I was using a USB cable that was only a power supply. THANK YOU for the help.
@TheMakersCave Thank you for a great video!
Very good explaying . Thanks .
But this plate works always must be the cd card in the slot to work...yes ? Is not memory the files .
Thanks for watching. There is no on board memory, you will have to use a Micro SD card.
Did you need to do any coding? I have watched some other videos that are coding these sort of projects, but I like how yours looks like it is just a matter of triggering the pin?
Hi, thanks for watching! Yep, it's that simple. Just short ground to one of the pins and the associated sound file will play. This board is good if you want activation with buttons. Look at this board if you want something with motion activation, this board also supports automatically playing the next sound file on each activation. Scroll down on the item page and you'll see the video I did on it.
gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
Great content! Thank you so much
Glad you liked it! And thanks for watching!
If this board can't do it then what would? I would like this same concept but I would like one button press to trigger any sound track at random. If not random then at least rotating tracks. Thanks
Hello, thanks for the video. I need the board to play a track when I activate a button, but not to restart the sound if I press it again, that is, to play it from start to finish without being able to interrupt it when I press it again. Could this be done by configuring the dip selectors?
Hi Steve,
How do you add the sound tracks, "songs" to the SD card? How would you write them? How big of speakers can I connect to the sound module via the mm jack? Please let me know, thank you.
You can add tracks via the USB socket
Thank you!
You can use a USB card reader attached to your computer to write directly to the card or you can use the USB cable from the board to the computer and transfer that way, that would be the easier of the two ways. Once you plug the board into your computer via the USB cable it will show up as a drive that you can copy to.
Great tip! Thank you!
Do you know what happens if a sound is activated before another sound finish playing.
Will it cut it out or will it play on top?
What speaker are you using?
Hi, i am building something close to this but the problem i have is the activation of each of the music tracks here is via a "momentry" grounding of a supply ... basicly i have a box, as someone approches it the pir operates a sound effect and some LEDs via a relay is turned on then when the box is opened another sound effect and group of LEDs are switched on and i cant see a way around this "momentry grounding"... am i missing something? I don't want to use an arduino if i can help it. Many many thanks
check out this video, I think using both boar.ds might be the answer. Here's what I'm thinking. The motion board detects a person and plays the sound and a relay activates the lights. Using some type of switch, snap, lever, plunge, on the box lid to do activate a relay using ground(neg). That relay would cut power to the first sound board and and the ground signal would also go to one of the pins on the non-motion board. That would activate that board which would play a sound and activate another relay that turns on the box lights. I can do a drawing to explain it better, it's actually pretty easy, I just don't think I did a good job describing it :)
Hi! I was really excited to try this and it works! Only issue is , it looks that there's always a delay uppon trigger when the sound play and when the relay activate. It is possible to synchronize that to match perfectly?
Sorry for the delay, we've been under the weather this week. I'm not exactly clear on where the delay is, maybe I'm a little slow this week :) Is it that the relay latches and then the sound plays, or is it the sound plays and then the relay latches. Let me know.
@@TheMakersCave the relay latches and then the sound play. I was able to get rid of it by using an arduino and expand the project but I was curious if you knew how to get rid of it without an arduino
Sir I am from Sri Lanka. This video is very valuable! Thank you very much for that. I have been looking for this circuit for a long time. Can you please explain how to get it?
Hi, Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciated it! We offer what I show you how to build on or site: gravedecor.com. You can buy the parts individually or as a completed product. If you have any other questions or need help with anything please let me know :)
Plan on adding a sound system to a statue that I sculpted, would be cool to have a remote and an SD card for over 100 sounds. Will this board work for that? Looking for something simple and small/compact.
You probably want a card like this. It has a Miro SD slot that you can use to hold a lot of sound files. It has a built in motion sensor and a 3W sound amp. Like the other board it has a "busy" pin so you can have it activate a relay. What's nice is that on every activation it'll go the next file. If you want to use a step pad or button instead of the motion sensor, you can just cut off the sensor and by shorting the sensors yellow and red wires it will activate.
gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
@@TheMakersCave Thanks for getting back to me, I was just looking at your video on this after finding it on Aliexpress. Think this will be perfect for my needs, thanks.
Great video !! Is there any way to hook a motion sensor up to this
I'm getting ready to do a video on this very thing. I found another sound card that should allow attaching a motion sensor with ease.
Do you make these for anyone and shipping them to them?
I have been working for days on a similar board. Have you used a HC-Sr04 ultrasonic sensor to power the sound?
No, i do have those sensors in the Cave and have been meaning to see how they can be integrated without a microcontroller. If you need any help just ask, maybe I can assist :)
And thank you for responding! I hope to get half as skilled as you one day 🤗
Nice tutotorial Sir,will this goes the same as in an animatronic battery operated prop? but what about cutting off the sound?
Hi! Are you looking to replace the sound in a prop?
@@TheMakersCave No Sir, i'm thinking if it's possible to just shut off or mute the sound.
Do you have a link in amazon?
Hey, great video. I need some help.... am using an MP3 trigger board to play a sound to sync with lights from a prop but there always seems to be a 1.5 sec delay for the MP3 to play when triggered (even using a relay). Do you have any tips as to how to make a sound play instantly as soon as a trigger voltage (high 3.3v) is applied so it syncs perfectly with the prop I am using (which triggers instantly). Delaying the prop is not an option in this case unfortunately. Thanks in advance as flashing of the lights needs to sync with the sound
Hi, thanks for watching, I not ignoring comments, just been really busy. I'll get to you later today :) Steve
In response to your reply: Can single relay added to the board be used to run my leds when each of the different MP3 files I assign to it. Or do I need to add a relay to each MP3 file?
You can use one relay. It'll work when each file/pin is activated.
I have been searching for a way to do this, but the Module I used had no volume, even with an amp. What are the specs on your speaker, I wonder if that was my issue. Also even for test purposes I would hate to have an accidental short. I have used the Wago connectors which you may want to check out.
Was just about to comment this, use wagos to prototyping things out and then use solder or terminate the wires properly when done prototyping... Great tutorial none the less, can't wait for the rest of the series.
Wagos are a good way to go and I have them. When I went to get them I couldn't find them. I put them somewhere in the move to the new cave 😀. Speaker was a small 3w 4 ohm. Go to any thrift or goodwill store and look for mismatched computer speakers. That's where I source a lot of my project speakers.
@@TheMakersCave Great suggestion. I also get older audio appliances for $3-$5 , Bose stereo alarm clocks, ipod stereo stations, under the counter radio/cd players, etc. In some projects I'll do my best to keep the ported enclosures with the speakers intact. This is one build where the entire ipod player enclosure was kept intact (but gutted of original electronics) and used as a base for a ray gun build. ruclips.net/video/t-4IWkrXu9E/видео.html
Hey there, How would I add 7 a buttons to the board that will house 7 different sounds on the lines? I would need the sounds to stop playing and not repeat it self. Thank you very much
Just use any momentary push button. We have these if you want an arcade style momentary button, but Amazon has a vast array of choices. The ground of the card would get wire to the terminal of each button. The other terminal of the button would go to each pin. Then each button would play a different sound.
Love it how long of a sound file could you use
I would think as long as could fit on the SD card
I’m making the Clark Griswold hanging guy for Christmas. I have a two wire motion sensor set up to activate the 12v wiper motor but I want to add sound. Would this system work for that and how?
Hi, thanks for watching. This board would defiantly work. You would have the motion sensor activate the sound board. Once activated the board would start to play the sound and at the same time activate busy pin which would activate the relay for the wiper motor. I would use the heavy duty relay as wiper motors draw some amperage. If you want us to wire together a package that includes the PIR, Relay, and sound board just drop me an email. That why all you have to do is load your sound file and wire the motor to the relay. Sales@GraveDecor.com
Could you recommend a sound module or device for playing ambient fishing noises or pond sounds that continuously plays while someone plays with a particular toy?
The board in the video will play the same sound continually if the pin is kept shorted to ground, don't know if that will help?
Very helpful video! Thank you ☕📻👻
I'm getting ready to do a video on animating that Sinister Doll using some of the things I've showed.
One more question: Do I need a on-off button or a momentary button to activate each sound file?
A momentary switch is what you would want to use.
This is just what I am looking for. I have a project whee I want at the push of one button a sound will play and 2 or 4 led lights will light and will turn off when the sound is finished. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can do this?
What you want to do is pretty straightforward. Attach a push button with one connector to the pin sound you want activated and the other button connector to the ground pin. Use the boards busy pin to activate a relay the makes the lights go on while the sound plays. Here's a couple of links to help you. Audio Mega Kit: gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-5w-audio-amp/. Button: gravedecor.com/product/arcade-button-lighted/. If you have other questions just ask :)
would this be about the same as using a cheap mp3 player and tearing it apart to hook up the sensor and relay to it?
You could, I have a video showing how to hack an inexpensive MP3 Motion Sensor from Amazon.
I have a question: How many leds can you add to one relay? Do you need a relay for each mp3 file?
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it. No, each pin will activate the busy pin for as long as that sound file plays. I'm not sure what you on your question of how many leads on the relay. Can you elaborate :)
how do i set it to play random tracks when its triggered off any pin?
There are video players that don't have a black screen effect between the looping video and the triggered video. completely seamless.
There sure are :) But they usually come at a higher price range. If you know of any that are low cost please let me know, I'm always looking for new items to show the viewers.
Hi I’m very interested in the working of the sound board . My question to you is what happens when the ground wire that selects the music stays connected?
On that particular board the sound file will keep playing.
Is there a board that I can use for a keyed ignition switch ?
Hi I’m not very experienced in using Arduino how do you use one to control the board ?
The easiest method for this board is to simply connect each of the eight pins to a pin on an Arduino and a PIR/Motion sensor to an Arduino pin and the relay trigger pin to the busy pin of the sound board. A simple Arduino code would look for a trigger from the Arduino and then pick a random sound pin to activate. The busy line of the sound board would keep the relay activated for the length of the sound. With this method you could have 8 different sounds for the one prop. Let me know what help you need. Here's a link to our Nano board: gravedecor.com/product/arduino-compatible-nano-atmega328p. If you like I can send you the code.
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Thanks for the information I have ordered a couple of boards I already have some arduino not sure which model will have to find them out I might need help with the basic wiring and certainly the code would be very helpful thank you
Question! I am using a photoelectric beam sensor to trigger a relay that grounds the pin to play the audio. However using that sensor allows the audio to restart if re-triggered. Is there a way to allow the audio complete even if it gets multiple trigger inputs?
That is the con's for that board. That's why I mostly use the HC-SR501 PIR sensor, it block repeated triggers. One thing you could try is using the "Busy" pin to activate a relay that can trigger on a "LOW" signal. Cut the the negative OR positive lead for the power going to the beam sensor, don't cut both. On the Normally Closed really terminal put one end of the cut and on the Common terminal attach the other end of the cut. You want to use the Normally Closed because we want the current to flow to the sensor when the relay is at rest. Now when the beam is broken it starts the sound and the board places a "LOW" signal on the Busy pin. That will activate the relay thereby cutting the power to the beam sensor so re-triggers can't happen. When the sound stops the Busy pin goes "HIGH" again releasing the relay and connecting power back to eh beam sensor. If you need any help just let me know. Here's the relay you would use: gravedecor.com/product/5v-activated-relays-with-standard-terminals-10a/
I've been wondered this board can use buttons for playing the audio just like using 4 buttons but each buttons can play like 4 audio?
Yes it can. Name your four audio files any way you would like just make sure they start with 00001 through 00004, i.e. 00001-Scream.mp3, 00002-Groan.mp3, etc. Then connect one side of each button to the ground pin, and the other side of each button the pin that would play for that button. Now the four buttons control the four different audio files.
@@TheMakersCave thanks for the information
I have another question about that, can we put four audio files inside the folders, then we transfer the folders to the board. It's gonna trigger 1 audio or 4 audio when we click each button 2-4 times?
Seems the controller board is no longer available.. 😢
I have this board but I need to use a tiny speaker. Would a 0.5 speaker work with this 3-5 W board?
Hi, thanks for watching, I appreciate it. What does the 0.5 represent? size or watts? It should work but I would turn the volume all the way down and slowly turn it up.
@@TheMakersCave it was a 0.5 W speaker. Got it working. Though as you said had to turn the volume down. Thanks for the brilliant video instruction! 😁
Hi how wire up five pin commentary to trigger the sound. Is there away it make it play all sounds one after each other with toggle switch no off down on up is off no lacking on the button? Thanks any help .I think I should be able to two wire ?
You probably want the following board. On each activation it will play the next file on the board. The board is set up for motion activation, but it's real easy to modify it for button use. Just cut off the PIR sensor. when the yellow and the red of the PIR wires on the board are shorted it creates an activation. gravedecor.com/product/mp3-player-with-motion-sensor-3watt/
Can button be replaced with motion sensor on this board? Or signal is not compatible with connections where button is? Thanks
Hi! If you are looking for something that as a motion sensor, take a look at this board. Has all the same features but is motion activated. All In One MP3 Relay Motion Sensor Board
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@@TheMakersCavethank you for that and thank you for all the videos I started doing Halloween parties for my son 10 yrs ago when he was 7 and as he grew older we started making it more scary and incorporating/making animatronics and raspberry pi’s, he’ll be going to college next year so this is our last year and trying to go big lol
Your videos are extremely helpful in learning and thinking out of the box :)
I did watch your other video but I already have this style board and was curios if PIR motion sensor would do same job as button does or buttons send different signals and won’t work.
Much appreciated!
I think I will be trying this soon wish me luck
Would it be possible to have the sound playing aslong as you keep the button pressed?
One this board if you set the DIP switches to Switches 1 & 2 ON, 3 OFF the file for that pin will play as long as that pin is grounded. Once the connection is broken the song stops. I think this is what you are looking for. Let me know if you need any help :) Steve
@@TheMakersCave that's is nice thank you! I also wanted to ask if you could wire up two buttons and have one Button play only one sound and the other button plays only another sound ?
@@TheMakersCave that allready helped. now heres a new problem. i just wanna have that thing play random songs as soon as i turn the power on. is there a way?
I’m looking for one that can power two speakers. Any suggestions?
Are the files you want to play have actual stereo(different left and right tracks), or is it mono that plays on both tracks?
Good afternoon I wanted to thank you for your content it’s amazing. I purchased your mp3 board with motion sensor attached to it. I have added a couple files from usb and it plays a Fanta commercial on it. I deleted the file when I plugged the board to the computer but it still plays. Also I deleted an old 2gb mini usb card and added a couple of test sounds on there and somehow plays one of the deleted songs that was on there. I’m lost lol any help would be greatly appreciated. Also when I remove the sd card from the board and plug it into the computer the sd card only shows the two test sounds which is great but when I put the sd card into the board it will play those two sounds plus one of the files I deleted before adding the test sounds lol.
I on the road right now but I check with another unit as soon as i get back.
Like your vids working props. Fyi, the kit link is broke.
I am using this same chip, but I am attempting to use it as an infection in a spirit Halloween animatronic by only replacing the sound and keeping the factory movement and lighting, I am stuck on what wire I need to jump from on the PIR sensor to trigger the mp3 chip in unison with the factory items.
First, thanks for witching, I really appreciate it. I'm assuming the PIR you are talking about is the stock PIR on the prop. If so there should be three wires: Red, Black, and Yellow. In most instances the yellow is the signal wire from the PIR. Once you confirm that, email me back and I'll explain what you have to do next: Steve@GraveDecor.com or Steve@TheMakersCave.com.
Great Video Posting
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Steve, I'm trying to revive a spirit halloween deadly roots prop. I'm using the exact MP3 Player, with an arduino set up, just to move ( Talking skull set up) the mouth. I'm trying to activate the MP3 Player from the
Deadly roots board, so it can activate when motion is detected. Other than grounding out the MP3 players pin. Is there another way to activate the voices from the player?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance,🙂
Frank
If you are using an Arduino it's fairly easy. What Arduino are you using?
Thanks for getting back to me. I am using the arduino uno
Buenas tarde desde chile me gusto su video,pero me cuesta entender algunas cosas ya que no puedo traducir todo tendra algun video en español o con traducción ya que youtube no tiene sustitulos en español😞
Sí, intentaré hacer algo con subtítulos. Gracias por ver.
@@TheMakersCave hola nuevamente gracias ya puedo ver sus videos con sus títulos y eso me a aclarado algo más,yo soy una persona con casi nada de conocimiento en robótica solo he aprendido por estos medios algo ya que también le tengo respeto a la electricidad pero estos vídeos son muy buenos yo estoy realizando un proyecto para halloween ya que me encanta este tipo de cosas y crear para estas fiestas ahora quiero realizan uno que pueda funcionar con voz y prenda sus ojos y motor y el otro que mueva sus ojos y tenga voz ojalá UD realice un proyecto completo paso a paso terminado para poder guiarme mejor se los agradecería,saludos desde chile
How do I control this board using other microcontrollers such as Arduino? Can I control it to play specific recordings by using Arduino?
Hi, thanks for watching, I really appreciate it. If you want to use an Arduino, and I have quite a few times, there are several methods. The board has Tx/Rx pins for serial communication, I don't have the Arduino library driver for that since I usually use it in the following manner for simplicity. Just take the 8 pins on the sound board and attach each one to a pin on the Arduino. In your Arduino card set all those pins to Output and set them to High. Since Low activates a pin you need to set them to HIGH as soon as you can in your start up code. Then in your loop section of the code look for whatever activation method you want to use (motion, button, step pad). On activation just make the sound pin you want go LOW for .5 second and then go HIGH again. Example Code:
digitalWrite(Pin1,0);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(Pin1,1);
If you need any help just let me kow.
so does this play a background sound loop, untill a trigger is activated? or is it quiet untill triggered?
it's quiet till triggered
Is it possible to permanently ground out one pin to play just one song as power is applied to the board. I need my motion sensor to trigger/(apply power to) the sound board then my delayed timer relay will activate a pump motor for my prop. Once the motion sensor times out, all power is removed.
Yep, I just tested a board here on the bench. As long as a pin is grounded that particular file will play over and over again.
I have the set up that you sell.the board is this one, I really need to motion activate it. Can I just run the power to this board through a pir sensor?
If the pir sensor outputs 5V, then yes, you could power the board on the PIR trigger. You could just connect the ground to the pin that has the sound you want so when the board powers up it will play that sound. The trick is finding a PIR sensor that'll output 5V.
Thank you, I’ll look for one.