Time to download the software and sounds. Click on the Download Project Zip button in the top left of the code listing below to get the code.py file and two subdirectories: /animals and /electronics.
Open the ZIP file in your computer File Explorer/Finder. Plug in your NeoTrellis and open the CIRCUITPY flash drive that appears when NeoTrellis is plugged in.
Copy code.py to the root/main directory.
Copy each directory of sounds, /animals and /electronics to the root directory so you'll have those two subdirectories. Each of those directories have files named the same, but one set is female voiced (E is for Electronics) and the other one male voiced (Animal ABCs).
Files that have a period in the first character of the filename may be made on Mac computers, no worries.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Anne Barela for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
#
# Talking A, B, Cs Soundboards: Animal ABCs and "E is for Electronics" ABCs
import time
import board
import audioio
import audiocore
import adafruit_fancyled.adafruit_fancyled as fancy
import adafruit_trellism4
# Custom colors for keys
RED = 0xFF0000
MAROON = 0xFF0044
ORANGE = 0xFF6600
YELLOW = 0xFFFF00
BROWN = 0x8B4513
GREEN = 0x008000
AQUA = 0x33ff33
TEAL = 0x66ffff
BLUE = 0x0000FF
NAVY = 0x24248f
PURPLE = 0x660066
PINK = 0xFF66B3
WHITE = 0xFFFFFF
EXTRA = 0x888888
# Select the folder for the ABC files, only define one,
# the other line should have a # to comment it out
#SAMPLE_FOLDER = "/animals/"
SAMPLE_FOLDER = "/electronics/"
# This soundboard can select up to *32* sound clips! each one has a filename
# which will be inside the SAMPLE_FOLDER above, and a *color* in a tuple ()
SAMPLES = [("A.wav", RED),
("B.wav", MAROON),
("C.wav", ORANGE),
("D.wav", YELLOW),
("E.wav", BROWN),
("F.wav", GREEN),
("G.wav", AQUA),
("H.wav", TEAL),
("I.wav", BLUE),
("J.wav", NAVY),
("K.wav", PURPLE),
("L.wav", PINK),
("M.wav", RED),
("N.wav", MAROON),
("O.wav", ORANGE),
("P.wav", YELLOW),
("Q.wav", BROWN),
("R.wav", GREEN),
("S.wav", AQUA),
("T.wav", TEAL),
("U.wav", BLUE),
("V.wav", NAVY),
("W.wav", PURPLE),
("X.wav", PINK),
("Y.wav", RED),
("Z.wav", MAROON),
("01.wav", EXTRA), # Keys beyond the 26 alphabetic keys
("02.wav", EXTRA),
("03.wav", EXTRA),
("04.wav", EXTRA),
("05.wav", EXTRA),
("06.wav", EXTRA)]
# For the intro, pick any number of colors to make a fancy gradient!
INTRO_SWIRL = [RED, GREEN, BLUE]
# The color for the pressed key
SELECTED_COLOR = 0x333300
PLAY_SAMPLES_ON_START = False # Will not play all the sounds on start
# Our keypad + NeoPixel driver
trellis = adafruit_trellism4.TrellisM4Express(rotation=0)
# Play the welcome wav (if its there)
with audioio.AudioOut(board.A1, right_channel=board.A0) as audio:
try:
f = open(SAMPLE_FOLDER+SAMPLES[27][0], "rb") # Use 02.wav as welcome
wave = audiocore.WaveFile(f)
audio.play(wave)
swirl = 0 # we'll swirl through the colors in the gradient
while audio.playing:
for i in range(32):
palette_index = ((swirl+i) % 32) / 32
color = fancy.palette_lookup(INTRO_SWIRL, palette_index)
# display it!
trellis.pixels[(i%8, i//8)] = color.pack()
swirl += 1
time.sleep(0.005)
f.close()
# just hold a moment
time.sleep(0.5)
except OSError:
# no biggie, they could have deleted it
pass
# Parse the first file to figure out what format it's in
channel_count = None
bits_per_sample = None
sample_rate = None
with open(SAMPLE_FOLDER+SAMPLES[0][0], "rb") as f:
wav = audiocore.WaveFile(f)
print("%d channels, %d bits per sample, %d Hz sample rate " %
(wav.channel_count, wav.bits_per_sample, wav.sample_rate))
# Audio playback object - we'll go with either mono or stereo depending on
# what we see in the first file
if wav.channel_count == 1:
audio = audioio.AudioOut(board.A1)
elif wav.channel_count == 2:
audio = audioio.AudioOut(board.A1, right_channel=board.A0)
else:
raise RuntimeError("Must be mono or stereo waves!")
# Turn on, maybe play all of the buttons
for i, v in enumerate(SAMPLES):
filename = SAMPLE_FOLDER+v[0]
try:
with open(filename, "rb") as f:
wav = audiocore.WaveFile(f)
print(filename,
"%d channels, %d bits per sample, %d Hz sample rate " %
(wav.channel_count, wav.bits_per_sample, wav.sample_rate))
if wav.channel_count != channel_count:
pass
if wav.bits_per_sample != bits_per_sample:
pass
if wav.sample_rate != sample_rate:
pass
trellis.pixels[(i%8, i//8)] = v[1]
if PLAY_SAMPLES_ON_START:
audio.play(wav)
while audio.playing:
pass
except OSError:
# File not found! skip to next
pass
def stop_playing_sample(playback_details):
print("playing: ", playback_details)
audio.stop()
trellis.pixels[playback_details['neopixel_location']] = playback_details['neopixel_color']
playback_details['file'].close()
playback_details['voice'] = None
current_press = set()
currently_playing = {'voice' : None}
last_samplenum = None
while True:
pressed = set(trellis.pressed_keys)
# if pressed:
# print("Pressed:", pressed)
just_pressed = pressed - current_press
just_released = current_press - pressed
# if just_pressed:
# print("Just pressed", just_pressed)
for down in just_pressed:
sample_num = down[1]*8 + down[0]
print(sample_num)
try:
filename = SAMPLE_FOLDER+SAMPLES[sample_num][0]
f = open(filename, "rb")
wav = audiocore.WaveFile(f)
# is something else playing? interrupt it!
if currently_playing['voice'] != None:
print("Interrupt")
stop_playing_sample(currently_playing)
trellis.pixels[down] = SELECTED_COLOR
audio.play(wav)
# voice, neopixel tuple, color, and sample, file handle
currently_playing = {
'voice': 0,
'neopixel_location': down,
'neopixel_color': SAMPLES[sample_num][1],
'sample_num': sample_num,
'file': f}
except OSError:
pass # File not found! skip to next
# check if any samples are done
if not audio.playing and currently_playing['voice'] != None:
stop_playing_sample(currently_playing)
time.sleep(0.01) # a little delay here helps avoid debounce annoyances
current_press = pressed
If you would like to use the "E is for Electronics" soundboard first with no customization, you can skip to the Use page.
The Code and Customization
The code first imports five libraries for use:
import time import board import audioio import audiocore import adafruit_fancyled.adafruit_fancyled as fancy import adafruit_trellism4
Next is a list of numeric values for the colors displayed on the board. If you think the individual colors need tweaking, you can do it here. If you want the color keys in a different order, you'll change the dictionary SAMPLES below the color values. SAMPLES contains 32 tuples (groups) which each contain a file name and a color for each button. So Button 1 will play the sound file A.wav and display on the NeoTrellis in color RED.
Changing Soundboards
Next is where you would change between from the Animal soundboard and the "E is for Electronics" soundboard. The code:
# Select the folder for the ABC files, only define one, # the other line should have a # to comment it out #SAMPLE_FOLDER = "/animals/" SAMPLE_FOLDER = "/electronics/"
When you load the code above, the soundboard will work as the "E is for Electronics" soundboard and get the phrases in subdirectory /electronics.
To change the NeoTrellis to the Animal ABCs soundboard, use Mu or a text editor to make the following changes to that section of the code:
# Select the folder for the ABC files, only define one, # the other line should have a # to comment it out SAMPLE_FOLDER = "/animals/" # SAMPLE_FOLDER = "/electronics/"
This change pulls the sound files for the Animals ABC phrase set.
Each directory contains the same file names but they are different phrases. A.wav to Z.wav play the alphabet phrases. The last 6 keys play different phrases. The code will also play phrase 28 on startup.
If a key is pressed, it will play the corresponding sound file as defined in the SAMPLES dictionary. Press a key before the phrase finishes and the phrase will stop and play the new phrase so keys can interrupt other keys.
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