SparkFun Music Instrument Shield

SparkFun Music Instrument Shield (DEV-10587)

The SparkFun Musical Instrument Shield is an easy way to add great sounding MIDI sound to your next Arduino project. This board is built around the VS1053 MP3 and MIDI codec IC, wired in MIDI mode. Simply connect a speaker/stereo/pair of headphones to the 1/8" stereo jack on the shield and pass the proper serial commands to the IC and you’ll be playing music in no time!

Repository Contents

• /Firmware - Example code
• /Hardware - Eagle design files (.brd, .sch)
• /Production - Production panel files (.brd)

Documentation

• Hookup Guide - Basic hookup guide for the Music Instrument Shield.
• SparkFun Fritzing repo - Fritzing diagrams for SparkFun products.
• SparkFun 3D Model repo - 3D models of SparkFun products.

License Information

This product is open source!

The hardware is released under Creative Commons ShareAlike 4.0 International.

The code is beerware; if you see me (or any other SparkFun employee) at the local, and you've found our code helpful, please buy us a round!

Please use, reuse, and modify these files as you see fit. Please maintain attribution to SparkFun Electronics and release anything derivative under the same license.

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.

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