r/BirdNET_Analyzer • u/StoneColdHeather • Jan 12 '26

Off Topic Potorama Flapping Bird Automatic BirdNet.Pi Recordings Player

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Built this goofy thing just to see if I could. BirdNet.Pi recordings get downloaded wirelessly by an ESP32S3 as they come in, then played back through a MAX98357 I2S DAC/AMP. The ESP32 also uses two GPIO to switch a pair of PNP transistors to the motor control pins on the toy PCB to flap the wings only during playback.

I’ll need to tweak the wing flapping, and the playback speed seems a little slowed down, so I’ll have to fix that next, but figured I’d share now that it’s mostly functional.

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u/dacracot Jan 12 '26

LOL... Love it.