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Music Shield

The Music Shield is a professional audio codec.It can work with Arduino, Seeeduino, Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega. It is based on VS1053b IC, and can play a variety of music formats stored on MicroSD cards with the Seeed provided Arduino Library. There are two versions for you to choose:

Music Shield V1.0Music Shield V2.0Music Shield V2.2

Here lists the comparison among various versions of Music Shield:

ParameterMusic Shield V1.0Music Shield V2.0Music Shield V2.2
Voltage+5V+5V+5V
Audio Interfac3.5mm Audio Jack3.5mm headphone jack3.5mm headphone jack
Supported SD CardMicro SD Card(the maximum size SD card is 2GB)Micro SD Card(the maximum size SD card is 2GB)Micro SD Card(the maximum size SD card is 2GB)
Standard ShieldNoYesYes
Supported music formatMP3,WAV,MIDI,Ogg VorbisMP3,WAV,MIDI,Ogg VorbisMP3,WAV,MIDI,Ogg Vorbis
CompatibilityArduino,Seeeduino, Arduino Mega, and Seeeduino MegaArduino,Seeeduino, Arduino Mega, and Seeeduino MegaArduino,Seeeduino, Arduino Mega, and Seeeduino Mega
Recording functiononly Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega supportonly Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega supportonly Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega support
MIDI Functiondo not supportsupportsupport
Control Volume and Select songs2 control-push buttons and 1 knob switcha Multifunction buttona Multifunction button
Library Filelibrary for Music shield V1.0library for Music shield V2.0library for Music shield V2.2

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