# Newbie Compatibility Question (Electron with Adafruit VS1053)

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/newbie-compatibility-question-electron-with-adafruit-vs1053/44052>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/newbie-compatibility-question-electron-with-adafruit-vs1053/44052 "2018-09-18T19:05:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/newbie-compatibility-question-electron-with-adafruit-vs1053/44052/4 "2018-09-19T03:03:37Z")

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There has changed a lot since this library was contributed.  
I'd not use that version of it anymore as it brings its own outdated secondary libraries which weren't well ported back then.

So I'd rather add the two `.h`/`.cpp` files and copy/paste the contents of them into these files and then add the secondary libraries (if needed) via the library manager.

However, if you only want to playback a fix set of MP3s, there would be a cheaper/simpler module

> [@A great & very cheap MP3 sound module without need for a library!](https://community.particle.io/t/a-great-very-cheap-mp3-sound-module-without-need-for-a-library/20111):
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> Hello great community! wave I have just learnt how to use a very promising and very cheap ($2.64/pce incl. shipping) MP3 module ([TF Card U Disk Mini MP3 Player](http://www.ebay.com/itm/161871186828?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)) to generate the “Alert sounds” for my projects: Till now, I used a Text-to-speech module, but with good quality MP3 sounds it will be nicer and more efficient, I think… I start this new topic as I could find posts about some other “MP3 shield” in this forum, but not yet about this one. And the Web IDE does not contain a po…

There are also two libraries available in for that module

> **[Particle Web IDE](https://build.particle.io/libs/DFRobotDFPlayerMini/1.0.1/tab/DFRobotDFPlayerMini.h)**
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> Write and flash code to your Particle devices

> **[Particle Web IDE](https://build.particle.io/libs/DFPlayer/0.0.1/tab/DFPlayer.h)**
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> Write and flash code to your Particle devices

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