I have 2 Atom Echo M5’s and setup assist on them and that’s great however the speaker and mic on them are not useable really other that just playing for proof of concept. Are there any devices yet one can use to replace an Amazon Echo or Google Home speakers? I’m not talking the software capabilities, just want something completely local and compatible with Assist with a really good speaker and mic that can be used across the room. Or are we still in the needing to piece something together stage with it?
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Was going to post something similar, got everything working well, just need a beefed up version now.
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I’ve also been looking at this as well. There is one ESP32 speaker I know of, but haven’t tried it yet, nor have I seen a review as to how well it works.
I’ve also seen references to using a conference speaker on a pi.
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The speaker is fine in that. The microphone not so much.
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The Luxe or the conference speaker?
If you’re feeling adventurous, there is this little board. You’re most likely on your own though.
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Luxe.
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Thanks for the ideas! I may see about doing a pi and maybe something like a ReSpeaker Mic Array.
There is also this which was referenced in the newsletter this month
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I like the idea of dropping that into a google nest mini! I will need to check which one I have. its sitting in a box somewhere lol. Thanks for posting that!
Just ordered 5 of those PCBs built and a google nest mini 2nd gen. Mine was a Gen 1 
Cant wait to give this a try.
what options did you choose when ordering?
the first selection asks for
Only PCB / PCB+Assembly
once the above is chosen, there are multiple items that need to be selected
Edge connector
Solder Mask
Surface Finish
Silkscreen
I did PCB+Assembly. As for the options I left those at default.
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Anyone have an extra PCB+Assembly they would like to sell? (asking because it looks like minimum order on the pcbway site is quantity 5. At 5 for $57, comes out to about $11.40 each, then shipping)
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Thats just for the PCB, after adding in the other parts and the assembly it cost me $180 total for 5 pcbs built from pcbway. I believe I saw on the github issues page where some where coming together for group buys. Might be worth a look. It will probably come out to be more along the lines of $36 for one I believe. I do not know atm if I will be using all of mine will depend on how well it works out for me. Hope to have mine in a week.
How did yours turn out? Been thoroughly disappointed with the atom S3. S3-Box has been better. I’m awaiting my PCB order finish date expected 3/9/24
I have the muse lux working fine with openwakeword, mic is not the greatest but does work.
since this device does have PSRAM, has anyone tried using microwakeword?
I gave it a go too but my experience was different.
First wake word detection from about 1.5m away → no problem command executed.
Second wake work detection recognised but caused the device to stop responding.
You can improve the mic response with this:
voice_assistant:
id: va
microphone: luxe_microphone
media_player: luxe_out
noise_suppression_level: 2 ### <- Add this
auto_gain: 31dBFS ##### <- And this
volume_multiplier: 2.0 ##### <- And this
use_wake_word: true
I had to step away from the project for a bit. I got the pcb flashed and i opened up a nest and hooked everything together but not closed. I couldn’t get it to respond to my wake word but like 2-3 times. Also had no audio. But the leds were changing colors. I tried different boards and a different nest, both gen 2. I hook the nest speaker back up and it works. I got frustrated with it so ill probably try again in a couple weeks.
I understand we need a quality mic but don’t understand why need a hardware with speaker integrated? Shouldn’t using various speaker integration in HA provided the max flexibility for DIYers?