Boost That Audio
Two new Audio boards and a new Qwiic Boost board are now available at SparkFun Electronics!
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Friday Product Post here at SparkFun Electronics! This week, we have three new products to show off that should help with your next audio projects, or if you need a little help with 3.3V and 5V power requirements. We start the week with two new audio boards, each equipped with the MY1690X-16S, one as a breakout and the other as an Arduino Shield! Following that, we have another SparkX graduate, the Qwiic 5V Boost. Let's take a closer look at each of them, shall we?
$14.95
The SparkFun M71690X-16S Audio Player Breakout is a compact serial-controlled audio player designed around the MY1690X-16S decoder that supports both .WAV and .MP3 audio files played from a connected microSD card formatted to FAT16 or FAT32. The board includes a USB-C connector to mount it as a removable USB drive on a connected computer, a µSD card slot for connecting a compatible SD card, and a 3.5mm TRRS connector for headphone audio output.
The SparkFun MY1690X Serial MP3 Player Shield is an awesome decoder that can store music files onto a standard microSD card, allowing you to add music or sound effects to any project. With this board, you can pull .MP3 and .WAV files from a microSD card and play them using only one shield, effectively turning any Arduino into a fully functional stand-alone audio player!
The SparkFun Qwiic 5V Boost simplifies interfacing 5V I2C devices with the 3.3V Qwiic ecosystem. It takes the 3.3V I2C signals and power from its Qwiic connectors and boosts them to 5V, available on the PTH pins. This is perfect for powering peripherals like RGB LEDs or DC fans commonly used in SPS30, SEN54, and SEN55 air quality and particulate matter sensors.
That's it for this week for us at SparkFun. As always, we can't wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or let us know on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. Please be safe out there, be kind to one another! Happy hacking!
