Sending commands from nextion display to df mp3 player

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Nextion display AND DFPlayer MP3 module

Hello friends, if you want to try my photon-less MP3 player for 2.4" Nextion display, you can download this zip and give it a try. Since there is no MCU involved, you might see some occasional timing issues and the play button doesn’t pop out once a file is played, but this might be a building block. To play a specific song from the MP3 folder tap the SongNr input box (second top left) and type in the number and hit play. If you want to try a folder loop (as discussed in the other thread) t…