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Edzelf / Esp-radio

Internet radio based on Esp8266 and VS1053.
MIT License
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adding oled vu meters #122

Open perlix opened 6 years ago

perlix commented 6 years ago

Just built this radio and it works flawlessly! As a finishing touch, I would like to add two small oled displays for emulating analog vu meters. I'm already using a second (serial connected) Esp for driving the TFT display, so there's enough free pins for the (I2C) oleds.

I have a working sketch for the vu meters, and know how to wire an external audio signal with a voltage divider for DC bias. However, applying this wiring for reading the VS1053's output would require its audio GND to be connected to the common Esp/VS1053 GND. Something tells me that this is not a good idea (and might even cause damage). Any suggestions?

Edzelf commented 6 years ago

You may use some 600:600 ohm transformers. They are cheap on Aliexpress.

perlix commented 6 years ago

Thanks, that looks like exactly what I need.