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FAILED: Simple Soundboard with Raspberry Pi

Project Type: Electronic, Raspberry Pi, Coding
Software: Text Editor or Python IDLE
OS: Raspian
Kits/Part Source: Raspberry Pi B Starter Kit
Project Source: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi, 2nd Edition by Matt Richardson and Shawn Wallace

The purpose of this project was to teach the reader how to turn a Raspberry Pi into a simple soundboard but I failed.

Python Code for SoundBoard Project

1-10 Ratings

IKEA Rating - 1
I thought I did everything correctly but I just could not make the code work. The book does not have any troubleshooting steps.

The error I kept getting while trying to run the Python script

Tony Stark Rating - 2
The project assumes you know the basics of bread boarding a circuit.

Breadboard setup for the Simple Soundboard project

Mr. Wizard Rating -1
Since I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong, I can’t really say I learned anything fun.