This is a **fork** of the popular [Tonuino-project](https://github.com/xfjx/TonUINO) which means, that it only shares the basic concept of controlling a music-player by RFID-tags and buttons. **Said this I want to rule out, that the code-basis is completely different**. So there might be features, that are supported by my fork whereas others are missing or implemented different. For sure both share that it's non-profit, DIY and developed on [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc/).
This is a **fork** of the popular [Tonuino-project](https://github.com/xfjx/TonUINO) which means, that it only shares the basic concept of controlling a music-player by RFID-tags and buttons. **Said this I want to rule out, that the code-basis is completely different and developed by mysql**. So there might be features, that are supported by my fork whereas others are missing or implemented differently. For sure both share that it's non-profit, DIY and developed on [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc/).
## What's different (basically)?
The original project makes use of microcontrollers (uC) like Arduino nano (which is the [Microchip AVR-platform](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_AVR) behind the scenes). Music-decoding is done in hardware using [DFPlayer mini](https://wiki.dfrobot.com/DFPlayer_Mini_SKU_DFR0299) which offers a uSD-card-slot and an integrated amp as well. Control of this unit is done by a serial-interconnect with a uC using the API provided.
The core of my implementation is based on the popular [ESP32 by Espressif](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/hardware/esp32/overview). Having WiFi-support out-of-the-box makes it possible to provide further features like an integrated FTP-server (to feed the player with music), smarthome-integration via MQTT and webradio. However, my primary facous was to port the project to a modular base. Said this mp3-decoding is done in software with a dedicated uSD-card-slot and music-output is done via I2S-protocol. I did all my tests on [Adafruit's MAX98357A](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-max98357-i2s-class-d-mono-amp/pinouts). Hopefully, not only in theory, other DACs can be used as well.
The core of my implementation is based on the popular [ESP32 by Espressif](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/hardware/esp32/overview). Having WiFi-support out-of-the-box makes it possible to provide further features like an integrated FTP-server (to feed the player with music), smarthome-integration via MQTT and webradio. However, my primary focus was to port the project to a modular base. Said this mp3-decoding is done in software with a dedicated uSD-card-slot and music-output is done via I2S-protocol. I did all my tests on [Adafruit's MAX98357A](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-max98357-i2s-class-d-mono-amp/pinouts). Hopefully, not only in theory, other DACs can be used as well.
## Basic concept/handling
The basic idea of Tonuino (and my fork, respectively) is to provide a way, to use the Arduino-platform for a music-control-concept that supports locally stored music-files instead of being fully cloud-dependend. This basically means that RFID-tags are used to direct a music-player. Even for kids this concept is simple: place an RFID-object (card, character) on top of a box and the music starts to play. Place another RFID-object on it and anything else is played. Simple as that.
Torsten Stauder
5 years ago