The purpose of this thesis is to create and evaluate an honors project for the CSE 325 Embedded Microprocessor Systems course at Arizona State University (ASU). It encourages students to expand upon the skills they learn in class and practice new skills that prove to be useful in industry. This is accomplished through implementing an Adafruit mini sound board using the UART communication protocol. The project’s success was measured with a survey taken by the participating students. The results indicated that the project was enriching and provided valuable experience. After further improvements, the goal is for this project to be offered each semester for students of Barrett, the Honors College in CSE 325 to complete as an honors contract.