I was wondering if its possible to have a Arduino play anything besides tones on a piezoelectric speaker. I know you need pwm for tones and i have a sd card(I have a 2.8" TFT Touch Shield for Arduino - 2.8" 2.8 TFT Touch Shield for Arduino [2.8] : ID 376 : $59.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits which has a microsd card slot) so i could store data on that. Someone tell me if this is possible with a arduino.
Yes, you can play tones out to a speaker too. One way is to use this before void setup:
#include "pitch.h"
// notes in the melody to play when a touch is scored:
int thisNote = 0;
int noteDuration = 0;
int pauseBetweenNotes = 0;
int melody[] = {
NOTE_B5, NOTE_G5, NOTE_B5, NOTE_G5, NOTE_B5, NOTE_G5, NOTE_B5};
// note durations: 4 = quarter note, 8 = eighth note, etc.:
int noteDurations[] = {
12,12,12,12,12,12,4};
and this in void loop
// create a warble once
for (thisNote = 0; thisNote < 8; thisNote++)
{
// to calculate the note duration, take one second
// divided by the note type.
//e.g. quarter note = 1000 / 4, eighth note = 1000/8, etc.
noteDuration = 1000/noteDurations[thisNote];
noTone(17); //apparent known bug - need this for the tone to play next.
tone(17, melody[thisNote],noteDuration);
// to distinguish the notes, set a minimum time between them.
// using the note's duration + 10%:
pauseBetweenNotes = noteDuration * 1.10;
delay(pauseBetweenNotes);
// stop the tone playing:
noTone(17);
}
pitch.h is this:
/*************************************************
* Public Constants
*************************************************/
#define NOTE_B0 31
#define NOTE_C1 33
#define NOTE_CS1 35
#define NOTE_D1 37
#define NOTE_DS1 39
#define NOTE_E1 41
#define NOTE_F1 44
#define NOTE_FS1 46
#define NOTE_G1 49
#define NOTE_GS1 52
#define NOTE_A1 55
#define NOTE_AS1 58
#define NOTE_B1 62
#define NOTE_C2 65
#define NOTE_CS2 69
#define NOTE_D2 73
#define NOTE_DS2 78
#define NOTE_E2 82
#define NOTE_F2 87
#define NOTE_FS2 93
#define NOTE_G2 98
#define NOTE_GS2 104
#define NOTE_A2 110
#define NOTE_AS2 117
#define NOTE_B2 123
#define NOTE_C3 131
#define NOTE_CS3 139
#define NOTE_D3 147
#define NOTE_DS3 156
#define NOTE_E3 165
#define NOTE_F3 175
#define NOTE_FS3 185
#define NOTE_G3 196
#define NOTE_GS3 208
#define NOTE_A3 220
#define NOTE_AS3 233
#define NOTE_B3 247
#define NOTE_C4 262
#define NOTE_CS4 277
#define NOTE_D4 294
#define NOTE_DS4 311
#define NOTE_E4 330
#define NOTE_F4 349
#define NOTE_FS4 370
#define NOTE_G4 392
#define NOTE_GS4 415
#define NOTE_A4 440
#define NOTE_AS4 466
#define NOTE_B4 494
#define NOTE_C5 523
#define NOTE_CS5 554
#define NOTE_D5 587
#define NOTE_DS5 622
#define NOTE_E5 659
#define NOTE_F5 698
#define NOTE_FS5 740
#define NOTE_G5 784
#define NOTE_GS5 831
#define NOTE_A5 880
#define NOTE_AS5 932
#define NOTE_B5 988
#define NOTE_C6 1047
#define NOTE_CS6 1109
#define NOTE_D6 1175
#define NOTE_DS6 1245
#define NOTE_E6 1319
#define NOTE_F6 1397
#define NOTE_FS6 1480
#define NOTE_G6 1568
#define NOTE_GS6 1661
#define NOTE_A6 1760
#define NOTE_AS6 1865
#define NOTE_B6 1976
#define NOTE_C7 2093
#define NOTE_CS7 2217
#define NOTE_D7 2349
#define NOTE_DS7 2489
#define NOTE_E7 2637
#define NOTE_F7 2794
#define NOTE_FS7 2960
#define NOTE_G7 3136
#define NOTE_GS7 3322
#define NOTE_A7 3520
#define NOTE_AS7 3729
#define NOTE_B7 3951
#define NOTE_C8 4186
#define NOTE_CS8 4435
#define NOTE_D8 4699
#define NOTE_DS8 4978
I ment anything besides tones, sorry if I caused any confusion.
Well, you could get a speakjet chip and make noises that way.
Or use an external 12/16 bit DAC and send it int's from the SD card.
Why external DAC? whats wrong with the built in PWM?
Sure, give that a try.
If you use analogWrite, you can pulses from 0/255 wide up to 255/255 wide switched at ~490 Hz.
Run the output thru a low-pass filter to smooth it some, and then amplify as needed.