Possibly the hottest mess I've seen in some time
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I have a little IoT audio development board - an AI Thinker ESP32 Audio Kit Version 2.2 rev 2957. The thing is supposed to able to be developed into an Alexa type device. The problem with it is the documentation is maybe the worst I've ever seen. It claimed that the audio chip was an ES8388. It's an AC101, which isn't even similar. Worse, there are at least 3 different versions of "Version 2.2" with different pinouts, none of which are specifically documented, requiring you to piece together snatches of old documentation, messageboard responses, and just random detritus from google and wave a dead chicken over the whole thing and maybe it will work. I've been working on it all day and am not at the point where it produces sound yet. I can turn an LED off and on. Would not recommend to a friend. Skip AI-Thinker and an get an Espressif LyraT board instead. Meh. Edit: I got mine making sound finally but who knows how many boards this works for.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I have a little IoT audio development board - an AI Thinker ESP32 Audio Kit Version 2.2 rev 2957. The thing is supposed to able to be developed into an Alexa type device. The problem with it is the documentation is maybe the worst I've ever seen. It claimed that the audio chip was an ES8388. It's an AC101, which isn't even similar. Worse, there are at least 3 different versions of "Version 2.2" with different pinouts, none of which are specifically documented, requiring you to piece together snatches of old documentation, messageboard responses, and just random detritus from google and wave a dead chicken over the whole thing and maybe it will work. I've been working on it all day and am not at the point where it produces sound yet. I can turn an LED off and on. Would not recommend to a friend. Skip AI-Thinker and an get an Espressif LyraT board instead. Meh. Edit: I got mine making sound finally but who knows how many boards this works for.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Possibly the hottest mess I've seen in some time
Word for word what I thought when I met my wife :-D
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I have a little IoT audio development board - an AI Thinker ESP32 Audio Kit Version 2.2 rev 2957. The thing is supposed to able to be developed into an Alexa type device. The problem with it is the documentation is maybe the worst I've ever seen. It claimed that the audio chip was an ES8388. It's an AC101, which isn't even similar. Worse, there are at least 3 different versions of "Version 2.2" with different pinouts, none of which are specifically documented, requiring you to piece together snatches of old documentation, messageboard responses, and just random detritus from google and wave a dead chicken over the whole thing and maybe it will work. I've been working on it all day and am not at the point where it produces sound yet. I can turn an LED off and on. Would not recommend to a friend. Skip AI-Thinker and an get an Espressif LyraT board instead. Meh. Edit: I got mine making sound finally but who knows how many boards this works for.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
Don't know if this is what you're looking for but I bought one recently and it's a pretty decent device. I was looking for an Alexa type device but not cloud based. Audeme - Home[^]
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Possibly the hottest mess I've seen in some time
Word for word what I thought when I met my wife :-D
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
This is what I thought of mine when I met her. Trashy Women (Remastered Version) - YouTube[^]
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Don't know if this is what you're looking for but I bought one recently and it's a pretty decent device. I was looking for an Alexa type device but not cloud based. Audeme - Home[^]
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Cool. I'm looking to avoid the Arduino ecosystem, as it's more bulky, pricey and less powerful than I'm used to as a general rule. I ordered a couple of different ESP32 based LyraT boards which are sort of gold standard boards for doing this sort of thing in the ESP32 world. But yeah, that's basically what I'm doing. I intend to release a library for it, so maybe I'll end up supporting the Arduino boards down the road, but I'm really focused on the ESP32 line.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Cool. I'm looking to avoid the Arduino ecosystem, as it's more bulky, pricey and less powerful than I'm used to as a general rule. I ordered a couple of different ESP32 based LyraT boards which are sort of gold standard boards for doing this sort of thing in the ESP32 world. But yeah, that's basically what I'm doing. I intend to release a library for it, so maybe I'll end up supporting the Arduino boards down the road, but I'm really focused on the ESP32 line.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I'm fixing to convert it to use with ARM, I going away from Arduino. I'd eventually like to do some Home IoT stuff...if I ever get the time.
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I'm fixing to convert it to use with ARM, I going away from Arduino. I'd eventually like to do some Home IoT stuff...if I ever get the time.
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Mike Hankey wrote:
if I ever get the time.
Time is such a precious commodity when you are retired ... sometimes I wonder how I found time to work :laugh:
Mircea
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Mike Hankey wrote:
if I ever get the time.
Time is such a precious commodity when you are retired ... sometimes I wonder how I found time to work :laugh:
Mircea
You got that right. I work more now than I did when I worked full time. Difference is there's no pressure to get them done.
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You got that right. I work more now than I did when I worked full time. Difference is there's no pressure to get them done.
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Mike Hankey wrote:
I work more now than I did when I worked full time. Difference is there's no pressure to get them done.
Yeah, Ain't that the truth. I left salaried employment to start my own shop, but I worked twice as hard as I did when I had an actual job! Then I retired, or at least I drew my retirement, so now I only spend about 8 or 9 hours in front of the keyboard tinkering with projects that interest me!
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Mike Hankey wrote:
I work more now than I did when I worked full time. Difference is there's no pressure to get them done.
Yeah, Ain't that the truth. I left salaried employment to start my own shop, but I worked twice as hard as I did when I had an actual job! Then I retired, or at least I drew my retirement, so now I only spend about 8 or 9 hours in front of the keyboard tinkering with projects that interest me!
DrWalter PE wrote:
I worked twice as hard as I did when I had an actual job! Then I retired, or at least I drew my retirement, so now I only spend about 8 or 9 hours in front of the keyboard tinkering with projects that interest me!
Yep, but lately I've had to finish some woodworking projects so it's taken me away from the keyboard, temporarily anyway.
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Possibly the hottest mess I've seen in some time
Word for word what I thought when I met my wife :-D
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
Don't you keep working on stuff like that just for the great feeling when you finally make it work? Been there, done that, but not on that particulr board.
