Audio and Sound

Getting Started is EASY!!!


By now, you may have visited most pages in the Audio & Speech applications design center and may have a reasonable idea of the solutions we have to offer. If you would like to start system design with Microchip's products, we can provide you a few tips to help you get off to an easy start!

Based on your background, familiarity with Microchip and your objectives, please select one of the following options:

Download and install MPLAB® IDE outer link


MPLAB® IDE is made available with a free built-in software simulator capable of simulating peripherals as well.

 

Download and install a free student version of the MPLAB® C Compiler outer link


To select the correct processor to use, visit this page.

 

Download and Unzip the Libraries and Demos outer link


Evaluate from our list of audio and speech libraries

 

Purchase a Starter Kit or Development Board, Accessories and Plug-in Modules


If you are not sure which board to purchase, consider the development boards featured here.

Featured Development Boards


PIC32MX1XX/MX2XX Starter Kit

PIC32MX1/MX2 Starter Kit (DM320013)

Complete solution for exploring the low-cost, high-performance PIC32MX1/MX2 devices.

Audio Development Board for PIC32 MCUs (DM320011)

Audio Development Board for PIC32 MCUs (DM320011)

Provides developers a flexible platform for 24-bit audio record and playback, USB Digital Audio, MP3 Decode and Sample Rate Conversion.

MPLAB Starter Kit for dsPIC DSC (DM330011)

MPLAB® Starter Kit for
dsPIC® DSC
(DM330011)

The kit includes audio recording and playback features and a demo application

Speech Playback PICtail Plus Daughter Board (AC164125)

Explorer 16 Development Board & Speech Playback PICtail™ Plus Accessory Kit (DV164033)

The Speech Playback PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board is for evaluation and development of speech recording and playback applications using Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM).