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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 TH3758 - Immediate$0.83View Details
BUZZER ELECTRO 24V 32X17 FLANGEIE320425-1BUZZER ELECTRO 24V 32X17 FLANGE374 - Immediate$8.58View Details
BUZZER ELECTRO 3V FLANGIE330403-1BUZZER ELECTRO 3V FLANG49 - Immediate$7.57View Details

Audio Amplifier Evaluation Boards

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EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8302A2130EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8302A0 - Immediate$5.75View Details
EVAL BOARD FOR MAX98357DFR0954EVAL BOARD FOR MAX98357104 - Immediate$7.64View Details
EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8403DFR0119EVAL BOARD FOR PAM8403334 - Immediate$8.59View Details

Evaluation and Demonstration Boards and Kits

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FX SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG2133FX SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG15 - Immediate$29.05View Details
FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 2MB2210FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 2MB33 - Immediate$36.33View Details
FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 16MB2217FX SOUND BOARD 2X2W WAV/OGG 16MB60 - Immediate$43.61View Details
FX MINI SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG2342FX MINI SOUND BOARD WAV/OGG89 - Immediate$21.77View Details

Expansion Boards, Daughter Cards

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DFPLAYER - A MINI MP3 PLAYERDFR0299DFPLAYER - A MINI MP3 PLAYER3066 - Immediate$8.59View Details
DFROBOT DFPLAYER PRO - A MP3 PLADFR0768DFROBOT DFPLAYER PRO - A MP3 PLA485 - Immediate$12.96View Details

Single Board Computers (SBCs)

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SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAMSC0020SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAM1766 - Immediate$21.84View Details
SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAMSC0065SBC 1.0GHZ 1 CORE 512MB RAM0 - Immediate$23.30View Details
SBC 1.2GHZ 1 CORE 1GB RAMSC0149SBC 1.2GHZ 1 CORE 1GB RAM7623 - Immediate$36.40View Details

Speakers

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SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 90DBSP-3605SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 90DB3000 - Immediate$5.27View Details
SPEAKER 4OHM 2W TOP PORT 100DBCMS-40504N-L152SPEAKER 4OHM 2W TOP PORT 100DB2630 - Immediate$7.12View Details
SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 80DBCMS-23558N-L152SPEAKER 8OHM 1W TOP PORT 80DB2688 - Immediate$7.34View Details