Interactive IOT WiFi Board Voice Recognition LED Light With Micro SD Card

Espressif ESP32 RTOS solutions Alexa supported IOT board

ESP32-LyraTD-MSC, one of Espressif’s Audio Development Boards, is an Acoustic Echo Cancelation (AEC) solution supporting voice recognition, near-field and far-field voice wakeup. Audio files in the format of AAC, FLAC, OPUS and OGG can be decoded and output without quality loss. It also supports connection to Baidu’s DuerOS and Amazon’s AVS (Alexa Voice Service) .

1.1. ESP32-LyraTD-MSC

ESP32-LyraTD-MSC is based on ESP32-WROVER, a BT/Wi-Fi combo module, and a digital signal processor (DSP) that features a three-microphone array for noise reduction, echo cancelation, etc.ESP32-LyraTD-MSC is integrated with peripheral devices and consists of two development boards. The upper board mainly consists of the microphone array, function keys and LED lights. The lower board is integrated with power management, Wi-Fi and audio modules.

1.2. Hardware Resources

1. USB power input

Provides power supply to the whole system. It is recommended that the system be connected to a power adapter for sufficient current supply.

2. Battery interface

Provides power supply to the whole system when the USB power interface is not used. The development board integrates the AP5056 power management IC to support battery charging.

3. Power switch

Turn on the switch and the system will be powered on. Turn off the switch and the system will be powered off.

4. I²S port

An I²S bus transmits audio data between ESP32 and the DSP.

5. ESP32-WROVER module

This is a powerful, general-purpose, Wi-Fi+BT+BLE MCU module, targeting a wide variety of applications ranging from low-power sensor networks to the most demanding tasks, such as voice encoding, music streaming and MP3 decoding.

6. MicroSemi DSP

This audio co-processor is used for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications. It captures audio data from an external microphone array and outputs audio signals through its Digital-to-Analog-Converter (DAC) port.

7. I²C/SPI port

ESP32, as an I²C master, can access slave devices via the I²C bus. ESP32, as an SPI master, can access the DSP to read/write data via the SPI bus.

8. Earphone jack

Used for plugging in earphones.

9. Dual speaker output port

Supports two external speaker outputs.

10. Audio driver

This audio power amplifier sends audio signals from the DSP to external speakers for playback.

11. DC-DC boost power supply

This fixed-frequency DC-DC voltage booster powers the audio driver. 

12. Micro SD card

The development board supports a Micro SD card in SPI/1-bit/4-bit modes, and can store or play audio files in the Micro SD card.

13. JTAG port

This standard JTAG interface is compatible with the ESP32 programming board and supports debugging functions.

14. CP2102N USB-UART Chip

An upgraded version of the CP2102 chip supports USB-to-UART conversion.

15. Programming port

This programming and debugging interface of ESP32 is compatible with the ESP32 programming board. 16. USB Communication Port

This is a normal USB communication port between PC and ESP32 module.

Interactive Function

1. Voice Recognition

When ESP32-LyraTD-MSC is connected to DuerOS, ESP32 supports “Alexa” as a wake-up phrase. Saying “Alexa” to the board prompts the following response in Chinese: “nin hao you shen me fen fu” (meaning: “Hi! How can I help?”). Users can talk to the board and instruct it to play songs and news, or they can perform other similar voice interactions. Here is an operation sample:

• Say “Alexa” to the board, and it will respond in Chinese by saying: “nin hao you shen me fen fu” (meaning: “Hi! How can I help?”).

• Then, ask the following question in Chinese: “tian qi zen me yang” (meaning “How is the weather?”).

• The board will respond in Chinese by saying: “jin tian yin zhuan duo yun” (meaning “It’s getting from overcast to just cloudy today.”).

2. Buttons

• The “Play” button can be used to play or pause the audio streaming.

• The “Vol+” and “Vol-” buttons can be used to adjust the volume of the sound. Press them repeatedly until you reach the desired sound volume.

3. Interactive Function

1. Voice Recognition

When the device boots up and connects successfully to the Wi-Fi network, the blue LED light will blink once, indicating that it is ready to accept commands.

Then, you can wake it up with the “Alexa” keyword. When it is woken-up and listening, the LED light will glow in solid blue. When it is in a “thinking” mode, the LED light will rotate.

We presently support “Tune-In Radio” as a music service. Other music services are not supported as of yet. You can interact with the board, using normal free speech. Some examples can be:

• “Alexa, what is the weather like?”

• “Alexa, sing a song”

• “Alexa, stop”

• “Alexa, tell me a joke”

• “Alexa, play Radio City on ‘Tune-In Radio’ ”

2. Buttons The “Vol+” and “Vol-” buttons can be used to adjust the volume of the sound. Press repeatedly until you reach the desired sound volume.