The build is as easy as it can get.

It sounds 100% like the real thing, because it is the real thing, no emulators here.

And it comes with a lots of examples so you can use it with your arduino, teensy, rasperry and even with a OPL3 Bank Editor than runs in the computer. I had a little problem setting up this one ans Maarten has solved the doubth in no time.

Also, the packet arrived in less than a week and the packaging was delicious. So Im so happy with this board and I recommend it to anyone that is reading

Slavi | Feb. 9, 2020

Cannot stop smiling

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Kit worked on the first try. Instructions couldn't be more clear. There's a whole library to work with. What more can you want? I've been sitting here resetting the Arduino for the past half hour just to hear the same demo melody again. 100/10 project and that's not a typo.

Daniel | April 13, 2019

Excellent quality, great fun kit.

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This was just what I was looking for - aside from being a great nostalgia trip to revisit the music from games I enjoyed years ago, this kit is great for understanding more about how the hardware works, and experimenting with its capabilities. Since the board is essentially a nice serial interface to the YM3812 (plus a DAC and amplifier), you have full control over the chip.

The kit is very easy to assemble, with concise but clear instructions. I was concerned I might have to source the YM3812 and Y3014B chips myself but all the parts, including all the ICs and sockets, are included and carefully packaged.

There's comprehensive software support too - I haven't used it with an Arduino yet, but for Raspberry Pi there's a library that takes care of communication with the board and some great example code, including a player program that can handle a few different file formats. There are even a few sample tunes included, so it takes very little time to get up and running.

Very happy with my purchase!

Richard | Dec. 11, 2018

Great little board

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Board arrived well packaged and quickly. The PCB is high quality and great value for the price. Was easily able to follow the instructions and example code to get the board up and running with an Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Now ordered a Teensy to explore Midi.

Gregory | Nov. 12, 2018

Really cool little board

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Works great, super easy to assemble, and really cool to hear some real OPL2 tunes. I was pleasantly surprised to find a complete set of IC sockets supplied even though the assembly instructions mention them as optional. I look forward to getting it up and running as a MIDI controlled device. Remarkably, it runs fine on a 3.3V supply being controlled and powered by a Teensy 3.5.

Timothy | Sept. 20, 2018

Great quality and fun to build

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I put this together while on discord with my friend. It was really easy and then I got to listen to some nice chip tunes when I was finished. Connected it to the adafruit metro, same as the Uno. Worked great, wiring was easy enough too.

Steven | Aug. 8, 2018

Awesome product!

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My board arrived today (shipping 3 days to Belgium), just soldered it up and I'm over the moon !
I cannot give this product & merchant enough thumbs up. Open sourced design, nicely packaged & excellent documentation. It's a very easy soldering job, good clearance between components, while still keeping the board size small. Loaded up the demotune sketch on a teensy 3.2 and it works like a charm. If you are considering this, just go for it, you'll love it.

Manuel | July 5, 2018

Amazing - easy and genuine!

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The kit arrived super fast - 4 days from Netherlands to Switzerland.

Kit was very easy to assemble and worked out of the box:

https://twitter.com/mazevedo77/status/1014914668538859525

Nice retro sound and good examples.
I'm very satisfied!

Carrie | June 20, 2018

This thing is great!

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I spent part of a Saturday soldering it up and it worked like a charm. Tons of sound files available online to play through it. Sound quality is excellent.

Sky | April 28, 2018

Works a charm

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Built the kit before breakfast, tested it after, easy build, good board layout and it works a charm. Thanks!

Mario | April 3, 2018

Great retro sound!

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The kit arrived very fast and was easy to assemble, everything is clearly marked on the PCB and the guide explains things like polarity of elements where it might not be obvious. I accidentally swapped two LMxxx OpAmps so it didn't work on first try but thankfully nothing happened to them :) Library and other source codes look great too, clean and with enough comments. Thank you!

William | Feb. 21, 2018

Yamaha 3812 OPL2 Board

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Very nicely built kit.

I was surprised how fast it was shipped, since it traveled half way around the world.

Took no time at all to solder up and worked the first time I powered up and loaded demo code to arduino.

Build instructions were easy to follow. The demo code and library files are easy to follow with comments to make it easy to custom write your own code.

The sound is rich and like I remember from my DOS days.

The maker of the kit answered my questions right away and makes a solid cool sounding product. I look forward buying more kits from him.

Christian | Aug. 20, 2017

Sehr gutes PCB-Design, klasse Sound!

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Das OPL2-Audio Board ist jeden Cent wert. Er ließ sich problemlos sowohl an meinem Pi, als auch am Arduino Uno und am Teensy 2.0 ++ als Midi-Gerät anschließen. Hierfür ist allerdings zwingend Python 3 zu installieren, da es ansonsten zu Fehlermeldungen auf dem Pi kommt.
Der Sound klingt wie aus der guten alten Soundblaster-Zeit.
Ich will nicht sagen das es ein Manko ist, aber selbstaufgenommene (mit DOSBOX RAW-OPL gestreamte) aufnahmen brechen nach ein paar Sekunden ab (ca 60 - 120 Sekunden)
Ansonsten kann ich nichts negatives zu diesem Projektboard sagen.

Würde mich über Updates des Quellcodes freuen. (mehrere Datei-Typen)

Vielen Dank für dieses Stück Nostalgie!

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The OPL2 audio board is worth every penny. It could easily be connected both to my Pi, as well as to the Arduino Uno and the Teensy 2.0 ++ as a Midi device. For this, however, it is mandatory to install Python 3, since otherwise there will be error messages on the Pi.
The music sounds like from the good old Soundblaster.
I do not want to say that it is a shortcoming, but self-recorded (with DOSBOX RAW-OPL streamed) recordings break down after a few seconds (about 60 - 120 seconds)
Otherwise I can say nothing negative about this projectboard.

I would be happy about updates of the source code. (Multiple file types)

Thank you for this piece of nostalgia!

Juho | July 13, 2017

Very good kit.

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I have been using this with an arduino to experiment with connecting an opl2 to my midi keyboard, and at least the opl2 part of it is working perfectly like I hoped for. With small tweaks to the arduino examples in the github I can easily change between the included midi instruments. I feel like the 20 usd price is almost too low for this kit and would recommend this for anyone wanting to play with an opl2. The only thing I would improve would be some of the markings on the pcb, mainly the electrolytic capacitors negative terminals could have been marked with a clearer black bar instead of the - sign but all of this is very well documented , this was just the only thing i had to look up from the build guide. Also I put an 24 pin socket under the YM3812 which was not included since it is not necessary.

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Super recomendable

Cannot stop smiling

Excellent quality, great fun kit.

Great little board

Really cool little board

Great quality and fun to build

Awesome product!

Amazing - easy and genuine!

This thing is great!

Works a charm

Great retro sound!

Yamaha 3812 OPL2 Board

Sehr gutes PCB-Design, klasse Sound!

Very good kit.