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Sound Generation and Musical Microcontrollers - Electronics with Becky Stern | DigiKey

In this video, @BeckyStern explores sound generation and musical microcontrollers. Whether you’re building a talking robot or your own DIY synthesizer, this episode will help you choose the right parts for adding audio to your projects.

In past episodes of the Electronics with Becky Stern YouTube series, Becky covered topics like addressable LEDs and microcontroller selection. This video builds on those skills but instead uses piezos, speakers, audio playback modules to craft interactive audio.

3/20/2026 7:19:08 PM

Alarms, Buzzers, and Sirens

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BUZZER PIEZO 3V 12.2MM THPS1240P02BTBUZZER PIEZO 3V 12.2MM TH4647 - Immediate$0.88View Details
BUZZER ELECTRO 24V 32X17 FLANGEIE320425-1BUZZER ELECTRO 24V 32X17 FLANGE374 - Immediate$9.07View Details
BUZZER ELECTRO 3V FLANGIE330403-1BUZZER ELECTRO 3V FLANG51 - Immediate$8.01View Details

Audio Amplifier Evaluation Boards

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EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8302A2130EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8302A36 - Immediate$6.08View Details
EVAL BOARD FOR MAX98357DFR0954EVAL BOARD FOR MAX9835769 - Immediate$8.09View Details
EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8403DFR0119EVAL BOARD FOR PAM84035 - Immediate$8.52View Details

Evaluation and Demonstration Boards and Kits

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FX SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG2133FX SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG42 - Immediate$28.82View Details
FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 2MB2210FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 2MB35 - Immediate$36.04View Details
FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 16MB2217FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 16MB56 - Immediate$43.27View Details
FX MINI SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG2342FX MINI SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG50 - Immediate$21.60View Details

Expansion Boards, Daughter Cards

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DFPLAYER - A MINI MP3 PLAYERDFR0299DFPLAYER - A MINI MP3 PLAYER588 - Immediate$8.52View Details
DFROBOT DFPLAYER PRO - A MP3 PLADFR0768DFROBOT DFPLAYER PRO - A MP3 PLA494 - Immediate$12.86View Details

Single Board Computers (SBCs)

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SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAMSC0020SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAM0 - Immediate$21.67View Details
SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAMSC0065SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAM177 - Immediate$23.11View Details
SBC 1.2GHZ 1 CORE 1GB RAMSC0149SBC 1.2GHZ 1 CORE 1GB RAM7715 - Immediate$36.12View Details

Speakers

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SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 90DBSP-3605SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 90DB4780 - Immediate$5.58View Details
SPEAKER 4OHM 2W TOP PORT 100DBCMS-40504N-L152SPEAKER 4OHM 2W TOP PORT 100DB2650 - Immediate$7.53View Details
SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 80DBCMS-23558N-L152SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 80DB2720 - Immediate$7.76View Details