I'm looking for a cheap chip that I can periodically wake up to play some sounds on and then turn the chip back off to save power. The application is a small battery powered audio player that you put in the woods near a trail camera and at certain times or events it plays audio to get an animal to come closer for a picture.

I've looked for a chip that does this and haven't found anything great but I assume there must be a ton out there with all the audio applications these days. Any suggestions on a circuit of chip for this project? Hard to beat these but I was hoping for a more elegant solution without memory card limitations:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Min...a08de53&transAbTest=ae803_1&priceBeautifyAB=0


Adafruit has some ok solutions but I'd like to keep it relatively cheap so I can build a lot of them. Thanks in advance

 

The only thing I find on your link is shipping details. Nothing to compare to.

What is your budget per unit for this function?

https://seeeddoc.github.io/Music_Shield_V2.0/

https://www.seeedstudio.com/Music-Shield-V2.0-p-1372.html

Plug and play.

 

It's a personal project so don't have a real budget but ideally like to stick around $10 for a speaker, PVC housing, and electronics if possible..


Thanks for the links!!

 

I use WT588D modules.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WT588D-...788311?hash=item41cba9f897:g:b7EAAOSwu55ZeuU2
They directly drive a speaker and sleep at very low power. You will need the programmer too.

 

RE-Recordable PUSH BUTTON Sound Module/Chip (104 seconds) $9.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006NFHLL...tz&pd_rd_r=90KARM5HXDHRNZTES2PR&pd_rd_w=9QLvB