I am making a treasure chest (from Ocarina of Time) for my nephew. I would like to have a player that plays one random sound from the game (from a choice of about 10 or so) when the lid opens. I know I would need a switch to activate it, but beyond that I don't know where to go with this idea. I don't have a lot of experience with electronics so I'm not even sure if it can be done, any advice on how to build or where to buy a device like this would be welcome.
Thanks
I do not own any of these myself but many folks have reported good results with...
http://www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/
Bear in mind it's a kit. You will have to solder it together (but everyone should know how to solder).
There is also this...
While considerably more than the Wave Shield it does include MP3 decoding (and lots of other unrelated goodies).
If you're willing to hack, it is possible to have an Arduino mimic pressing a button on an MP3 player.
You may be able to find a toy that does what you want. Crack open the toy, remove the interesting bits, install in the treasure chest, and, voilà, the nephew is one happy dude.
Hi,
In addition to Coding Badly's links above, this project using the Waveshield played random spooky sounds triggered by a distance sensor. You'll find some of what you want to do in there Halloween Pumpkin
Cheers, Geoff