Help with configuration

[clever quarry]

I have an ESP32-S3, and I have connected an INMP441 and MAX98357A, but I don't know how to configure it . i have seen multiple vids but still it just fails when compiled

[kind vault]

there have been quite a few changes to various things recently and alot of videos are now out of date (even those only a few months old)

what do you have do far?
can you share your esphome config?
is it failing to build or just not working once built?
do you have it wired up using one i2s bus or two?

[clever quarry]

i have connected it using i2s bus

[kind vault]

i2s_audio
its definetly i2s 😛

[clever quarry]

i meant i2s**

[kind vault]

your not using a media player component in the chain which is what would normally be used

[clever quarry]

can u help me configure it idk what to do

i am new to this assist thing

[kind vault]

i have a mostly working config thats very simalar give me a moment ill adapt it for your setup. you might need to adjust some but hoepfully will get you to a working state and can maybe go from there

[clever quarry]

ok thanks

[kind vault]

whats with all the specific options set here?

  board: esp32-s3-devkitc-1
  framework:
    type: esp-idf
    sdkconfig_options:
      CONFIG_ESP32S3_DEFAULT_CPU_FREQ_240: "y"
      CONFIG_ESP32S3_DATA_CACHE_64KB: "y"
      CONFIG_ESP32S3_DATA_CACHE_LINE_64B: "y"
      CONFIG_AUDIO_BOARD_CUSTOM: "y"

psram:
  mode: octal
  speed: 80MHz```

[clever quarry]

I just saw a guide by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT_q0g8dtmY from this guy which kinda worked so i kept using his config

i think it is supposed to be like some performance thing

[kind vault]

i am assuming the pins in your non working code were correct

[clever quarry]

correct

[kind vault]

can give that code a try

[clever quarry]

yes i am compiling it

[kind vault]

it doesnt have mute and only has single wakeword loaded

this is my little project speaker 😛

[clever quarry]

oh nice

[kind vault]

old pc speaker i found in a box that i started messing with. although for the most part i just use voice-pe's

[clever quarry]

my speaker is a mmwave sensor with voice assitant built in

[kind vault]

ah thats cool. although you might get some false positives on the mmwave with speaker vibrations?

[clever quarry]

i took this pic before soldering the mic but here it is

[kind vault]

cool

[clever quarry]

thank you man it works

how do i add an led to it

[kind vault]

assuming your led section is correct you can add that back

[clever quarry]

ok

[kind vault]

from the most part from what i see in your orginal code, you had the right idea on placing the light calls

can add bits back in slowly and make sure it doesnt break

you might want fast and slow pulse for different things though

    effects:
      - pulse:
          name: "Slow Pulse"
          transition_length: 250ms
          update_interval: 250ms
          min_brightness: 50%
          max_brightness: 100%
      - pulse:
          name: "Fast Pulse"
          transition_length: 100ms
          update_interval: 100ms
          min_brightness: 50%
          max_brightness: 100%

there is an example HERE for the atom echo. which you can maybe take some inspiration from.
although its got some extra stuff which you wont need. but gives you an idea on how some devices work.

it uses some different components and only a single i2s bus so you cant directly copy much but gives you an example of some stuff

[clever quarry]

ok will take a look

[kind vault]

once you get the hang of the basics with esphome it starts slotting together nicely

[clever quarry]

i have made lot of esphome devices like i made a custom smart switch it is fractions of the cost compared to other switchs

btw, how do I make the microphone listen from a distance and a little more accurately

[kind vault]

i am not sure i understand what you mean by distance...

but you are only going to get a limited accuracy from a single INMP441

[clever quarry]

like from a far distance, it should hear my voice

[clever quarry]

any better mic for it?

[kind vault]

with single mic you are always going to be limited. voice satelites normally overcome this with a multi mic array but then you probably need dedicate audio processing chip

the voice pe and the respeaker use an XMOS chip to do this

you might be able to get some better results with other mics but realistically with a single mic and no dedicated audio processing you are going to be a bit limited

[clever quarry]

i did this because it is costly to import these or i would have bought it

[kind vault]

i find my custom thing mostly works for me at the desk. but falls off fast. the voice pe's i have work more consistantly at a better range but i think they are only specced for 3.5m

[kind vault]

i understand. realistically your going to be a bit limited. i like my setup for random testing but i probably wont use it for "production"

[clever quarry]

yes

[clever quarry]

i am going to make a v2 board of this with an actual PCB, 2 microphones, an xmos chip, all of it and mostly make it open source. I have multiple projects I want to do, but I am broke

also, am I able to play music on this device Just curious. With the help of a music assistant i tried but it just give me an error

[16:27:12][E][speaker_media_player:339]: The announcement pipeline's file reader encountered an error. [16:27:12][E][speaker_media_player.pipeline:112]: Media reader encountered an error: ESP_FAIL

[kind vault]

i have seen simalar errors at points, i am not sure what causes it