Human Annunciator II

High Quality, Multi Phrase, Audio and Sound Effects, Information, or Warnings “Recorded Human Playback” Card with Parallel or Serial Port Triggering for Stand Alone Playback of Long or Short Recorded Sound Effects From On Board Memory. Stores Over 12 Minutes of Speech and/or Sound Effects at Super Quality, and Over 24 Minutes at Standard Quality. Mono or Stereo Input and Output.

Features Audio is recorded, not synthesized, and sounds great...

Interface is via serial or parallel port

Stores over 12 minutes of mono speech and/or sound effects in nonvolatile memory with excellent voice quality

Stores over 24 minutes of mono standard quality speech and/or sound effects

Stereo or mono audio output single ended or differential

Audio may be divided into a maximum of 512 phrases selected via parallel port or 999 selected via serial interface

Sound sources include equations, WAV files, your audio on tape or CD/DVD, or word list

Parallel interface is switch closure or TTL/CMOS compatible – the board has pull ups on all parallel input signals

Serial interface is RS-232 or USB 2.0

On board processor control for computer interface or stand alone applications

Embedded Processor with internal over sampled audio chain

Board is pre-programmed with your desired audio files

Program available for customers who wish to program the board themselves

Previous Applications

Grocery Store Robot Checkout Registers Military Simulators Training Systems Exhibit Voice Announcements Disaster Warning Systems Warn of possible hazards in industrial areas Medical Training Manikins Flight Simulators Transportation Ticketing Machines Theme park announcements or ride enhancements Communicate choices from a vending machine Announce weight from a scale Elevators

Overview Human Annunciator II™ is designed to provide a highly reliable method of storing and reproducing high quality audio using nonvolatile memory to store phrases. This audio playback unit needs no computers and easily mounts on machinery or in instruments, and works with an AC or DC adaptor and speaker. The quality of the output is far superior to “synthesized” speech. Since the audio is recorded, the tone and inflection of the person speaking are accurately reproduced by the module.

In the development of this product, we paid particular attention to the audio output quality. Our goal is to deliver the finest quality audio. The sweet spot for most applications using either male or female voices and still giving a good long play time is 11 KSPS and 16 bits – this is true for mono or stereo. If you want to reproduce a singer and have it sound really good to just about everyone then up the sampling rate to 22 KSPS and keep the 16 bits.

There are many applications where Human Annunciator II provides superior performance. These include military simulators, danger announcements for high-speed machinery and vehicles, voice feedback for remote control and audio echoes for computer input applications over local telephone lines or via radio.

Programming of purchased boards is included. Sound sources include equations, WAV files, your audio on tape or CD/DVD, or a word list. A one time charge for studio recording and talent. You can use broadcast professionals in a studio environment to create thesource materials for the products. If you provide a WAV file we can program the Human Annunciator II using our convenient file generation program. This program is available to our customers should you decide to program the boards. The programs are stored in Flash Memory and can be erased and reprogrammed using any Windows® PC with a serial interface, either RS-232 or USB 2.0. An adapter is available to convert USB 2.0 to RS-232 if you do not have an RS-232 port on your PC.

Please contact our technical support to review your electrical interface, board sound source materials, or special requirements. Many functions have been implemented to meet our customers’ special needs.

Computer Modules, Inc.

11409 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127

Tel: 858-613-1818 Fax: 858-613-1815 www.dveo.com

Playing Times

Playing Time in Minutes at Sampling Rates (KSPS) and 16 Bit Resolution

Megabytes 8.000 11.025 22.050 44.100 8 8.3 6.0 3.0 1.5

16 16.7 12.1 6.0 3.0 24 25.0 18.1 9.1 4.5 32 33.3 24.2 12.1 6.0

Board Controls

Block Diagram

Ordering Info Human Annunciator II Module, preprogrammed with your

desired audio files part number PA2D-xxxx where the xxxx is assigned to your programmed source files.

Custom Enclosures: Available

© 2016 Computer Modules, Inc. DVEO and Human Annunciator II are trademarks of Computer Modules, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Specifications Audio Sampling rates 8 KBPS, 11.025 KBPS, 22.050 KBPS

and 44.100 KBPS Resolution 8 bits per sample and 16 bits per sample Bandwidth 3 kHz - 16 kHz Speaker 8 ohm Output Power 1 W

General Parallel Port Number of Inputs 9 Start and Done Control Input Yes Maximum Number of Phrases 512 Parallel

999 Serial I/O Serial Control (RS-232) Yes Other Controls USB Memory Type SPI FLASH (NOR) Maximum Memory (Mbits) 256 DAC bits 16 Number of DACs 2 Sampling Rate(s) 8, 11.025, 22.050,

44.100 KSPS Maximum Playing Time (sec) 1980 (Mono) Maximum Quality Playing Time (sec) 726 (Mono) Audio Output (Stereo/Mono) Mono/Stereo Volume Control(s) Manual Mute Between Phrase Outputs Yes Audio Output Maximum Watts Into 8 Ohms per Channel

1

Digital Parallel Interface 9 address lines to select 512 phrases, also

has start and done pulse lines Serial Interface All functions and parameters are printable

ASCII characters. Commands include phrase selection, programming Flash Memory and erasing Flash Memory.

RS-232 Serial Port Settings

Rate: 115.2 KBaud Stop: 1 bit Data: 8 bits Parity: None Flow Control: None

USB Driver and Settings

The USB interface uses the FTDI Serial to USB interface IC. The drivers are available on the Web at no cost. The serial settings are the same as for the Serial Port.

Physical and Power Power Requirements AC: 9 VAC at 50/60 Hz

DC: 9 to 12V Dimensions 4 x 5 inches Conformities RoHs

Computer Modules, Inc.

11409 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127

Tel: 858-613-1818 Fax: 858-613-1815 www.dveo.com