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Specification:
Processor: ESP32-S3 SoC with 16MB Flash storage and 8MB PSRAM
Audio Processing: XMOS XU316, featuring echo cancellation, noise removal, and auto gain control
Wireless Connectivity: 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy
Audio Output: 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, TI AIC3202 digital-to-analog converter with 48 kHz sampling rate
Power Supply: USB-C, 5V DC, 2A
Dimensions & Weight: 84 x 84 x 21 mm, 96 g (unit), or 94 x 94 x 30 mm, 120 g (with packaging)
Features:
1. Open-Source Software: Preloaded with ESPHome firmware for seamless integration into home automation setups.
2. Expandable Design: Equipped with a Grove port for sensor and accessory connections.
3. Physical Controls: Includes a rotary dial for LED brightness and volume control, along with multifunction buttons for customizable inputs.
4. Dual Microphones: Provides advanced voice recognition and audio clarity with noise filtering capabilities.
5. Multicolored LED Ring: Offers visuals feedback for status, activity, and voice interactions.
6. Compact Build: Injection-molded white and semi-transparent enclosure for an unobtrusive appearance.
Overview:The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition, is the first voice assistant built to seamlessly integrate with Home Assistant. This open source, privacy-focused device has advanced audio processing all contained in a premium design that blends into the home.Note: Voice Preview Edition requires Home Assistant to operate. Weaker Home Assistant hardware can lead to slow speech processing. If you have lower-power Home Assistant hardware, you should offload speech processing to Home Assistant Cloud.Feature:1. Built for Home Assistant: The first voice hardware designed by the team driving the development of Home Assistant, and built from the ground up to work with Home Assistant. 2. Preview the future of voice today: Home Assistant is rapidly advancing their open source, privacy-focused voice assistant for the home. Preview Edition was built to help more people participate in development and allow anyone to preview the future of voice today.3. The easiest way to start with Assist: Just connect it to USB-C power (cable and power supply not included) and it will connect with Home Assistant via an intuitive installation wizard. No assembly required.4. The private voice assistant: Pairing Voice Preview Edition with powerful Home Assistant hardware can allow it to run fully locally, or offload its audio processing to the privacy-focused Home Assistant Cloud - Home Assistant. It also includes a hardware mute switch that physically cuts power to the microphones.
5. Language Support: Assist aims to support more languages than other voice assistants, but this is still under development, and Home Assistant needs your help. Please see the 'Talking with Home Assistant - Getting Your System Up and Running - Home Assistant' section in the Home Assistant documentation. 6. Advanced Audio Processing: Dual microphones and the XMOS audio processor cuts through noise to hear your voice clearly.7. Visual and audio feedback: The multicolored LED ring displays when it's listening, volume levels, and more. Get sensor readings, timers and other feedback via its speaker. Connect an external speaker for media playback via its 3.5mm headphone jack.8. Physical controls: The rotary dial lets you control volume and LED brightness, while the multifunction button can trigger Assist or be customized in Home Assistant.9. Blends into the home: Its small, unobtrusive design is injection-molded giving it a premium look, and its tactile controls give it a premium feel.10. Expandable: Built on ESPHome, sensors can be added via the included Grove port.11. Fully open and community-driven: Completely open software, firmware, and hardware lets you make it work the way you want. All backed by a dedicated community customizing and adding functionality.
Package Includes:
1 x Voice Assistant Device
| SoC | ESP32-S3 SoC with 16 MB of FLASH storage 8 MB octal PSRAM |
| Audio Processing | XMOS XU316 Featuring: Echo cancellation. Stationary noise removal. Auto gain control |
| Power/data | USB-C, 5 V DC, 2 A |
| Radios | 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy |
| Audio output | 3.5 mm (1/8'' ) stereo headphone jack. Digital to analog converter (DAC): Tl AIC32Q2 48 kHz sampling rate |
| Physical controls | Multipurpose button. Rotary dial for volume and other input. Mute switch that physically cuts power to the microphone |
| Microphone & speaker | Internal speaker Internal dual-mic array. Hardware mute switch. Dedicated I2S lines for audio input and output |
| Expandability | Grove port to connect sensors or other accessories. Easy to open - no dips, only screws to access internals Exposed pads on PCB for modding |
| Software | ESPHome preloaded Fully open-source firmware for both the ESP32 and XMOS chip |
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