Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00:00 Stream Greetings
00:03:40 Home Assistant Voice Shenanigans
00:20:00 Custom Sentences and intents
00:54:00 Let's try the Dig2Go for this task
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01:39:30 Muse Proto Board. Will it Work?
01:49:00 Really Excited Signoff

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Unverified ESPHome code for Dig2Go with 2 I2S busses, one for internal mic, the other for you to add an external amplifier for using a Dig2Go as a voice assistant.

substitutions:
name: "dig2go-voice"
friendly_name: "Dig2Go Voice"

esphome:
name: "${name}"
comment: "${friendly_name}"

esp32:
board: esp32dev
framework:
type: arduino

wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_password

logger:
api:
ota:

i2s_audio:
- id: bus0
i2s_lrclk_pin: GPIO04
i2s_bclk_pin: GPIO18
- id: bus1
i2s_lrclk_pin: GPIO21
i2s_bclk_pin: GPIO22

microphone:
- platform: i2s_audio
id: mic
i2s_audio_id: bus0
i2s_din_pin: GPIO19

voice_assistant:
microphone: mic

binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: GPIO00
inverted: true
name: "${friendly_name} Button"
id: echo_button
on_press:
- voice_assistant.start:
on_release:
- voice_assistant.stop:
# on_click:
# - media_player.toggle: media_out

#media_player:
# - platform: i2s_audio
# id: media_out
# name: "${friendly_name} Media Player"
# dac_type: external
# i2s_audio_id: bus1
# i2s_dout_pin: GPIO23
# mode: mono