Custom Car Horn | How To with Adafruit Sound Board
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- Step by step of how to create ANY custom sound you want for your car. Links in full description.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro and Parts Overview
00:51 Adafruit Audio Board
01:58 Audio Amplifier
02:47 Cords, DC/DC Converter, Buttons, Audio Jack
05:22 Wiring it all up
07:24 Button for Sound Board
08:27 "Programming" Sound Board Files
10:52 Bench-Testing Sound Board
13:03 Dashboard Button
13:49 Installing in Car
18:06 Completed Installation
18:35 On-Road Testing
18:55 Conclusion
19:08 MORE COWBELL!
Materials used in the project:
Adafruit Audio FX Playback Board: amzn.to/3OWEI31
Loudspeaker: amzn.to/3QXHzdX
Audio Amplifier: amzn.to/3QThRau
12V to Micro USB Power Converter: amzn.to/3QThRau
Heat Shrink Tubing: amzn.to/3ywO0xn
12V Male Cigarette Lighter Cord: amzn.to/3OUGy4u
Push Button Multipack: amzn.to/3OBdvDh
While I chose sound effects that match the theme of the car, you can play ANY sounds you like, a song, a train horn, a recording of your own voice, a line from a movie, ANYTHING you want!
The volume on the project is adjustable. I had it set as I felt was an appropriate volume for pedestrians (Moms and Kids) who were on the sidewalk near the car, or in a parking lot. You may want to adjust the volume higher or lower, depending on how you plan to use the sounds.
Bonus points for anyone who can identify which video game some of the cow sound effects came from and mentioning it in the comments!
Adafruit Soundboard tutorial: learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-a...
Learn more about the Cow Car at: 300mpg.org/moo/
See how the Cow Car's graphics were made: • How to Make Custom Car...
Some inspiration taken from Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken in the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE "More Cowbell" sketch: • More Cowbell - SNL
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I have always said that I would like to replace the mostly inaudible pedestrian warning sound on my Bolt with the William Tell Overture, and now I know how. Thank you!
A V8 engine sound track would be fun at the lights 😄
I used the George Jetson Flying Car sound on my electric motorcycle!
As always, make sure to read the full video description for links and more info!
Thanks Ben, entertaining and useful info as usual. I didn’t know about the Adafruit sound board. Those drive by sound teasers at the end of the video are hilarious. And the sounds might actually be useful in the car park to warn the pedestrians as those little cars are near silent at low speeds.
I actually Moo'd the other day at a pedestrian standing in the middle of the road at a camp-ground. He was pretty oblivious.
Ironically, there's gas cars nowadays that are pretty darn quiet too!
My 2010 does not have any pedestrian warning system and I was just talking about something like this a wee while ago. Fabulous post! Thank you!
Pedestrian warning system? What's wrong with the actual car horn ? Is yours broken?😆
Thanks for sharing this video and information.
I love your project..😍🫰
This is so wholesome :)
It makes people smile.
Ahahahaha, such awesomness! Many moos!
thank you for making this video, whats the loudest speaker i can use in terms of all the specs as im not sure what ohm, Watt etc to reach something as loud as a police siren for my button box?
Awesome project, Can someone draw the electric circuit please?
This video is "milking" it a bit, don't you think? You should MOO-netize it and enjoy the cream! Oops-a-Daisy, my cow jokes are a total hoof!
can you give the correct link to the 12v to 5 volt converter? Thanks
Hey I’m a little confuse about the wiring for the 3.5mm jack. I have a different amp because the one in the description is no longer for sale. The one I have has a positive and negative wires for each speaker channel. I tried wiring it together and it is super quiet. I wired the positive and negative to each of their respective channels. The amp I have is a boss ce102.
Great video and handiwork! Appreciate the upload, and your time! About how long did it take you, from finding the parts to the finished product would you say?
It was really a pretty straight-forward project. Most of the parts were just mail-order. The project could be done in an afternoon.
Is it possible to implement this in nissan leaf?
Is it not possible to use the built in horn of the vehicle for custom audio? Which I guess leads into my other interests of customizing audio files of various parts of the car (entry sound, seat buckle sound, warnings, startup/shutdown sounds etc.); which apparently require reverse engineering? Do you know anything about this? Is it possible? Would love a response, solid video :)
Any alternative for the audio board pls?
You forgot as link to the perfboard.
I need an AMP, the one you listed in the description isnt avaliable in the UK. Anyone got any alternatives?
Any suggestion on how to set up one of the triggers to play the files at timed intervals? I am thinking of using this car shows where I won't be sitting in the vehicle to keep pushing a button.
Hmm. I guess that based on my skill set, I’d use an arduino to trigger the sound board and have it programmed with a series of delays between activations.
I’m sure there’s lots of different ways it could be done.
That amp is currently out of stock. Anyone have a substitute?
it this posibble to direct to horn not speaker?
Can you use the existing pedestrian audio alert system to produce your customized sound? I hear your vehicle has both sounds together.
Most of the time I've used the custom horn so far has actually been with the vehicle stopped at a traffic light or stopped in a parking lot. In either case, the UFO pedestrian warning sound isn't playing.
I don't really have any urge to mess with the low speed warning sound. Nice and simple just to add the sound card and speaker.
would there be a way you could explain how you wired up your speakers? i cant seem to figure out which pin to use ( I should specify that I mean the green and black wires not the actually loud horn)
The amplifier has a very simple diagram with it showing how to connect the sound.
Sounds like the moos from the cow level in diablo II. That sound board is pretty expensive now at $35, and it just rotates through the various clips without the ability to select?
Yep! The sound effects are from the Cow Level! Except for one of them. One of the audio files is just me saying "Moo" into the microphone on my computer. It blends in really well, and it's hard to tell which one is mine.
As for the sound board, I used it because it was something that I already had. It can be set up to play sequentially, random, continuous, etc. It can also be set up with multiple inputs (buttons, typically) to choose the individual sounds, but I only wanted one button in the car, not multiple.
There are other sound board out there which can work nearly as well for a similar project.
Even if a person doesn't use the exact same components, I hope the video shows the general idea so that anyone can build something similar for their car other other custom audio project.
the diablo 2 moo noise lol
I always loved the secret Cow Level!
Is the speaker under the hood impacted by weather elements though?
No, I haven’t had any issues with it.
Can you just use a micro USB Cable for those cigarette lighter plugs from the gas station? How much power does this soundboard need?
The soundboard itself is similar to an Arduino or other small microcontroller. It doesn't take much power at all. It can easily be run from a small USB cigarette lighter adapter. This project has several components that need to be powered, so it was easiest to tie them together.
What is the power for speaker/horn? Is it 12V or 5V?
12v
Is it possible to make it so that select what sound to play instead of random?
It can be made to loop, only play while holding down the button, play one then the next then the next.
I'm only using ONE button to do this. You can simply add more buttons to choose which found effect you want to play.
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@@BenjaminNelsonX well preferably i would want it to play the same tune, until i pressed another button, at which point it should select the next tune to be played. If that makes sense
Bob?
Cost
I have links in the description to all the components in the project. Following those will give you current pricing.
Thanks for not using the car horn button. Multi-toned horns and horns with sound effects are illegal in a number of countries.
For example, repurposing the car horn button in Britain would cause the vehicle to fail the annual MOT inspection, and you can be fined and have penalty points added to your license for using nonstandard (or what can be deemed to be 'novelty') sounds for the 'clear and efficient warning device', according to our legislation.
Great project as an unofficial and polite signal though!
Absolutely! We never want to change any of the standard safety features on a car!
In an emergency, a person's natural reaction is to hit the center of the wheel horn button. And we WANT that emergency warning to work!