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Hello,

At work, we have two separate stations about 20 feet apart. I want there to be a button at each station that once pushed play a different MP3 at a speaker in the next room. I saw this project: https://learn.adafruit.com/playing-soun ... i/overview , but would I be able to make something similar with having such a distance between the buttons and the raspberry Pi unit?

Thanks,
Mike

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The short answer is yes.

This project on your link uses a 10k pullup. So there will be a current 3.3V/10k = 0.3mA. The internal weak pull-up (50k) is also good enough for 10 feet at least. I used push buttons hidden on a stage with 10 feet cables. The connections were directly to the GPIO pins with no extra components.

Today I am using more reliable techniques and longer distances on stage with optocouplers and ESD protection http://discohat.com. But even a simple setup is good enough for home use.

The resistance of the 20 feet cable is negligible. There is some discussion about long GPIO cables here:
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