ESP32 a1s Audio kit for voice assistant

ESPHome
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Everything but the microphone.

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Hi, I got the ESP32-A1S audio kit microphone working, but it is not straightforward … this is still under development in the es8388 driver support:
https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/3552#issuecomment-1556031035
Please report your boards configurations to check how many of you have capacitors placed in the wrong positions !

ESP32-A1S cap mod
ESP32-A1S cap mod1200×661 287 KB

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I just received your exact same board (ESP32 Audio Kit V2.2 A247) and the capacitors are in the lowest position and the second from last positions are empty. So I will move them tomorrow night and test out the code. Thanks for the work.

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Same here. I got one move okay but then tweezers flicked the other across the room. Looks like they were 140nF 0402 package.

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my dog ate my electronics?

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I’ll need to take your advice and buy the spare upfront

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I put the @Night.Dav3 patches from the PR3552 discussion in a repository if anyone wants to test them out. Change the external_components section from above yaml as shown below.

external_components:
  - source: github://mulcmu/esphome-es8388-a1s@nightdav-patch
    components: [es8388]
    refresh: 0s

  #### Not needed if on 2023.5.0 or later
  # - source: github://pr#4775
  #   components: [adc, i2s_audio, microphone]
  #   refresh: 0s
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Moving the caps looks easy enough do you need to also update the register too or is that in the new patch ?

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The external component I posted above now has the setup changes recommended by @Night.Dav3 up through this post. So the register changes to get mics working and now enable automatic gain correction for improved voice detection.

It compiles fine for me but I haven’t tested as I messed up while moving one of the capacitors.

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You have to modify the caps and use the new code to have it working.

@mulcmu : voice assistant uses the right mic in mono mode, so if you do the mod on the right mic only it might work…

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I can’t find anywhere what the size of the JST connectors are for connecting the speakers.
Can anyone provide information?
Thank you

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Jst-xh 2.54mm

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Thanks for your hard work and assi6 have it working now after moving the caps and using the new code

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I have the same v2.2 A247 board.
I will move the capacitors to the correct positions.
I would just like to know what is the distance from the microphone so that the assist recognizes the voice command correctly?

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I had the beard at arms length on the desk and it could still function

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if got everything working but i wanted to connect a screen to the i2c buss what io pins are these where on the board has to be scl sda ?

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Nevermind if got it working but the voice recognition or mic is not really god. Is there a possibility to add a external i2s mic ?

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The esp32 v 2.2 A149 board also had misplaced capacitors. After the fix, voice control works.
I must be doing something wrong. Pressing KEY6 and saying the command to turn the light on and off works, but no voice from the player.
Player esp32-A1s tested via NabuCasa (play voice) and it works.
What else do I need to set in HA for the esp32-A1s player to work (voice response).

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I would like to use an external Mic with mine as well. Did you ever get this working?

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Has anyone managed to get the wake word assist to work on this board?