I have received a VS1005 board this morning and have been looking for a quickstart guide for the last hour. The board doesn't come with any printed material.
I figured out browsing through the forums where to download a serial driver.
I am getting a bit aggravated and a bit disappointed. Does one have to buy this book to use the board?
VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
Re: VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
The vs1053 book does not help you much with vs1005. There is material for vs1005 in the VSOS forum, there are also some videos.
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Re: VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
Hello Pasi,
Thanks for your answer.
I got most of my stuff working.
I do MP3 recording and log GPS position on the SD card. I want to be able later to connect my device to a PC and see the SD card and its data as a drive on the PC. The acquisition software would not operate when the VS1005 USB is connected to a host.
The GPS is currently connected to the VS1005 through the serial interface but I am considering using the SPI interface instead, if I can get it to work. I would be reserving the serial port as debug, particularly because the GPS is sending data all the time and that interferes with the OS when rebooting.
I still have a few problems, mostly with the FAT32 of the SD card:
- how to use the directories
- how to append to a file (the "a" of fopen doesn't seem to work, is there a work-around?)
- ability to use metadata with the MP3 file - (I suspect I might have to make a copy and add the meta-data at that time)
- how to switch to a mode where I can mount the SD card as a USB slave, (it works fine for the flash but I want to access the flash only in software upgrade mode)
Thanks for your answer.

I got most of my stuff working.
I do MP3 recording and log GPS position on the SD card. I want to be able later to connect my device to a PC and see the SD card and its data as a drive on the PC. The acquisition software would not operate when the VS1005 USB is connected to a host.
The GPS is currently connected to the VS1005 through the serial interface but I am considering using the SPI interface instead, if I can get it to work. I would be reserving the serial port as debug, particularly because the GPS is sending data all the time and that interferes with the OS when rebooting.
I still have a few problems, mostly with the FAT32 of the SD card:
- how to use the directories
- how to append to a file (the "a" of fopen doesn't seem to work, is there a work-around?)
- ability to use metadata with the MP3 file - (I suspect I might have to make a copy and add the meta-data at that time)
- how to switch to a mode where I can mount the SD card as a USB slave, (it works fine for the flash but I want to access the flash only in software upgrade mode)
Re: VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
The last 4 messages will be moved to the VS1005 section next week.
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Re: VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
Hello, Support.
May I order this book from VLSI webstore in PDF file format or not?
May I order this book if I am not company and I am radio-hobbyst?
May I order this book from VLSI webstore in PDF file format or not?
May I order this book if I am not company and I am radio-hobbyst?
Re: VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
Hello,
Kind regards,
- Henrik
The book is only available in printed format.devicedeveloper wrote:May I order this book from VLSI webstore in PDF file format or not?
Yes you may. It is available at VLSI's Web Shop, here: http://webstore.vlsi.fi/VS1053-Book .devicedeveloper wrote:May I order this book if I am not company and I am radio-hobbyst?
Kind regards,
- Henrik
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Re: VS1053 / VSIDE / VSDSP Book
Henrik, thanks for reply!
Multiple delivery methods - they can choose? Express delivery is available (at an additional cost)?
Multiple delivery methods - they can choose? Express delivery is available (at an additional cost)?