DFPlayer (Mp3_Player) connection problems

Dear Forum, my name is Piet.
Currently im working on a preconfigured project as i dont have any experience in electronics (coming from Software) and Arduinos at all but its fun! :slight_smile:

Actually my DfPlayer (Mp3) is not powering at all,
these are the ErrorMessages:

Unable to begin:

  1. Please recheck connection
  2. Please insert SD-Card

Probably the voltage is to low?
How could i fix that?

Below is my Setup():

#include "Arduino.h"
#include "SoftwareSerial.h"
#include "DFRobotDFPlayerMini.h"


SoftwareSerial mySoftwareSerial(11, 10); // RX, TX
DFRobotDFPlayerMini myDFPlayer;
void printDetail(uint8_t type, int value);

void setup()
{
  mySoftwareSerial.begin(115200);
  Serial.begin(115200);

  int value = analogRead(A0);
  float voltage = value * 5.0/1023.0;
  Serial.println(voltage);

  Serial.println();
  Serial.println(F("DFRobot DFPlayer Mini Demo"));
  Serial.println(F("Initializing DFPlayer ... (May take 3~5 seconds)"));
  
  if (!myDFPlayer.begin(mySoftwareSerial)) {  //Use softwareSerial to communicate with mp3.
  //----Read imformation----
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readState()); //read mp3 state
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readVolume()); //read current volume
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readEQ()); //read EQ setting
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readFileCounts()); //read all file counts in SD card
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readCurrentFileNumber()); //read current play file number
  Serial.println(myDFPlayer.readFileCountsInFolder(3)); //read file counts in folder SD:/03
  
    Serial.println(F("Unable to begin:"));
    Serial.println(F("1.Please recheck the connection!"));
    Serial.println(F("2.Please insert the SD card!"));    
    while(true);
  }



Actually i only can post one picture for now!
Probably you have an Idea what is the case here?
Thank you very much!

Welcome to the forum

It looks like you have Rx and Tx the wrong way round. Rx on the Uno should connect to Tx on the MP3 player and vice versa

  mySoftwareSerial.begin(115200);

SoftwareSerial does not work reliable at such high baud rates

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