Maestro Mini 12 in combination with sound

Support Servo controllers and servos
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Hello,

Is it possible to combine sound with the Mini 12 servocontroller? I use the servo controller for animatronic 1/6 scale action figures in a big scale German Panther tank. A sound board is available in the tank but it would be nice to have servo operation of the figures be accompanied by sound(spoken phrases. For example: if the tankcommander raises his binocular and his head/body turns to look around it would be nice if the controller activates a spoken phrase like: I spotted the enemy. Hope someone here can tell me if this is possible and what is needed. wav files are available.
Thanks in advance.

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Hello.

You might be able to accomplish what you’re trying to do by combining the Maestro with Sparkfun’s MP3 Trigger. I don’t know much about it beyond what is on the product page, but I believe it lets you trigger prerecorded sounds with a digital outputs.

- Ben

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Hi Ben,

Thanks for the feedback. I am however a complete nitwit concerning this material. I managed to get the Polulu working thanks to the comprehensive tutorial. So if the solution you brought up might work, I need someone to tell me what to do and buy of course. Any help will be much appreciated :exclamation: