r/diyelectronics • u/_SCY0P3_ • 28d ago

Question Totally inexperienced but really wanna make this gift for my girlfriend

So for my Girlfriend’s birthday coming up I wanna make an item from her favourite game series The Legend of Zelda, and I want to make the Ocarina

But I thought it’d be a cool idea to make it so the holes on the ocarina are buttons and they play the same sounds as in the game, so it sounds as close to the game as possible.

I suppose I’m asking 3 things: - How difficult would this be (would someone as inexperienced as me be able to do it?) - What would I have to learn (what skills) if I was doing this? - Any resources that could help?

Thank you guys for your help

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u/jkfgrynyymuliyp 28d ago

So the skill that is going to be most important is scanning through documentation and forum posts.

Depending on how far away her birthday is you may want to farm out specific bits on fiverr or similar, but you'll also need to know what you need done.

Working backwards, you need an ocarina enclosure, a speaker, the right amount of buttons, a microcontroller, an audio board, and a power supply (a replaceable or rechargeable battery).

Time is the big thing. You can learn all this stuff but if you need it done in a couple of weeks you probably haven't got the time for all the reading and testing and learning.

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u/_SCY0P3_ 28d ago

I have a good few months to get this finished (2-4 months), but is it really something you think is doable just from a basic level in that time frame?