Thanks Chris, I bought a couple of these recently. I also found the speaker to be too loud, so I used the 3.5 mm jack to connect a powered speaker that has volume control. Please inform the channel if you manage to solve you speaker volume issue.
Their default YAML on their wiki isn't great. I wrote a new version using Microwakeword. It worked pretty well but on the HA forums there is some yaml that turns the device into a media player allowing you to control the volume. It also does timers and uses the XMOS more from my understanding. It's in the dedicated thread for the respeaker lite. I highly recommend trying it out. The 2 USB ports are because there are 2 firmware types, on for i2s like in this video and another for PC. You plug it directly into the Boardman flashing firmware and when using it in PC mode Unfortunately this doesn't do full-duplex over i2s, which is needed for a new PR in HA for XMOS chips. Their site is confusing on how to order also and they could make that much easier. I will say that with the YAML from the HA forums in the dedicated thread for this product works way better but my Wyoming satellite probably still beats it. With that said, it does seem the handle background noise is better than the S3 box does. XMOS on esp32 is very new, the firmware is still being worked out. This is a very beta product and development board, which is why there are external pads to the XIOS and XMOS chips.
Many thanks for the info. I can’t get mine working ( on a Mac) When compiling the code from their website, I get a error, referring to the i2s Any ideas would be appreciated
@@elisalant Did you flash the i2s DFU from Seeeds wiki using the DFUtil utility? I imagine so since the esp32 is being detected in ESPHome. Without knowing the exact error/warning it's hard to say. I recommend going to the HA forums, there is a dedicated thread there for the respeaker lite. That would be the best place to post the error you are getting. It also never hurts to clean the build files and try again from scratch. Sometimes things get hosed and cleaning the build files and doing a fresh install fixes the issue. You should be able to tell what firmware it's running by plugging the board into a PC, if it shows up as an audio input/output on the PC then it needs to be flashed with the i2s firmware. It won't show up if it has the i2s firmware installed, at least not as an audio device.
@@JoshFisher567 Many thanks Josh No, I have not flashed the firmware! That could be the issue. It does show up in ESP Home, but is always offline! Many thanks for your advice🙏
Thank you Chris nice tutorial! Has anyone tried this in comparison to building this on the Raspberry Pi 2 W? I built one of these satellites using a ReSpeaker hat with the P2W and it was pretty laggy and not as accurate as I hoped. Has anyone built both and does the ESP32 version function better? I assumed the Pi 2W would perform better.
Thanks Chris, I bought a couple of these recently. I also found the speaker to be too loud, so I used the 3.5 mm jack to connect a powered speaker that has volume control. Please inform the channel if you manage to solve you speaker volume issue.
Thanks Chris! We're getting closer to a drop-in replacement for cloud based voice assistants. Exciting times! Can't wait to ditch Google!
Their default YAML on their wiki isn't great. I wrote a new version using Microwakeword. It worked pretty well but on the HA forums there is some yaml that turns the device into a media player allowing you to control the volume. It also does timers and uses the XMOS more from my understanding. It's in the dedicated thread for the respeaker lite. I highly recommend trying it out.
The 2 USB ports are because there are 2 firmware types, on for i2s like in this video and another for PC. You plug it directly into the Boardman flashing firmware and when using it in PC mode
Unfortunately this doesn't do full-duplex over i2s, which is needed for a new PR in HA for XMOS chips.
Their site is confusing on how to order also and they could make that much easier. I will say that with the YAML from the HA forums in the dedicated thread for this product works way better but my Wyoming satellite probably still beats it. With that said, it does seem the handle background noise is better than the S3 box does.
XMOS on esp32 is very new, the firmware is still being worked out. This is a very beta product and development board, which is why there are external pads to the XIOS and XMOS chips.
Many thanks for the info.
I can’t get mine working ( on a Mac)
When compiling the code from their website, I get a error, referring to the i2s
Any ideas would be appreciated
@@elisalant Did you flash the i2s DFU from Seeeds wiki using the DFUtil utility? I imagine so since the esp32 is being detected in ESPHome.
Without knowing the exact error/warning it's hard to say. I recommend going to the HA forums, there is a dedicated thread there for the respeaker lite. That would be the best place to post the error you are getting.
It also never hurts to clean the build files and try again from scratch. Sometimes things get hosed and cleaning the build files and doing a fresh install fixes the issue.
You should be able to tell what firmware it's running by plugging the board into a PC, if it shows up as an audio input/output on the PC then it needs to be flashed with the i2s firmware. It won't show up if it has the i2s firmware installed, at least not as an audio device.
@@JoshFisher567
Many thanks Josh
No, I have not flashed the firmware!
That could be the issue.
It does show up in ESP Home, but is always offline!
Many thanks for your advice🙏
Thank you Chris nice tutorial! Has anyone tried this in comparison to building this on the Raspberry Pi 2 W? I built one of these satellites using a ReSpeaker hat with the P2W and it was pretty laggy and not as accurate as I hoped. Has anyone built both and does the ESP32 version function better? I assumed the Pi 2W would perform better.
I'm still confused, do I need to select the option for "with XIAO ESP32S3"? Bringing the total to ~$60?
Thanks for clearing up the order page. I couldn't figure out which to options to pick. I'm ordering mine now.
Now to test it for distance and interference. Then we can get rid of Alexa!
What about plugging in a speaker to the headphone jack?
Can it work using nabu-casa cloud instead of the local Faster Whisper/Piper?