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AXE171 PICAXE-14 Audio Kit © Revolution Education Ltd 2015 v1.1
May be copied for educational use.
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3.0 Loading MP3 files onto your micro SD card (not included)
IMPORTANT – Note the microSD card socket on the top of the MP3 module is a ‘push to eject’ style
socket (so you must press the card inwards slightly to eject it). If you simply pull hard on the card
without ejecting it you may cause physical damage to the socket and/or module!
MP3 music/speech files may be copied onto the card using a mobile phone, tablet or computer (a
separate SD card adapter may be required to insert the microSD card into a computer). MicroSD
cards from 1GB to 32GB are supported. Many people may already have a surplus micro SD card from
an old mobile phone which will be ideal.
The music filenames
must
have filenames starting with 0001.mp3, 0002.mp3, 0003.mp3 etc. and be
saved in a subfolder called \MP3 on the microSD card.
A set of sample MP3 files for testing may be downloaded from
www.picaxe.com/downloads/mp3.zip
So the MP3/WAV files copied onto the microSD card should:
Use a filename that starts with 4 numeric characters e.g. 0001.mp3, 0002.wav
Use a filename that starts with numbers between 0001.mp3 and 0255.mp3
End with .mp3 or .wav
Be saved within a folder called \MP3 on the microSD card
Be unprotected files - DRM ‘copyright protected’ music files are not supported
Once the music and speech files have been copied onto the micro SD card carefully and gently insert
the card into the socket on the MP3 module.