KinCony AS ESP32-S3 voice assistant For Home Assistant by ESPHome

KinCony ESP32-S3 voice assistant based on ESP32-S3-WROOM-1U (N16R8) wifi chip. It use by I2S INMP441 microphone and MAX98357A amplifier. SD card socket on PCB. there are WS2812B RGB LED you can use for assistant. It also have IR receiver and many free GPIOs on PCB.

Model No. KinCony AS
Description: KinCony ESP32-S3 voice assistant – AS
Power supply: 5V DC by USB cable
Processor: ESP32-S3-WROOM-1U (N16R8)
Size: 118mm*70mm*70mm
interfaces: WiFi,Bluetooth,USB-Mini
SD Card: inside of BOX
WS2812B RGB LED: 2 different channel of GPIO
IR receiver: HS0038
433M receiver PCB pins reserved
Microphone: INMP441 (I2S bus)
Amplifier:MAX98357A (MAX:3.2W)
free GPIOs for DIY extend： 13 pins

hardware details:

software solution:

1. install Speech-to-text add-on “faster-whisper” on home assistant.
2. install Text-to-speech add-on “piper” on home assistant.
3. download AS’ ESPHome yaml file from KinCony forum, modify wifi router SSID and PASSWORD.
4. download firmware to AS(ESP32-S3).
5. begin use in home assistant.

Easy integrate KinCony ESP32-S3 voice assistant to home assistant by ESPHome. You can download yaml file from KinCony forum.

If you want to write your own software code. You can write any code by Arduino IDE / MicroPython / ESP-IDF development tool to ESP32 module. We will supply Arduino / ESP-IDF demo code for different samples. Everyone can modify and change the code for your own smart home automation system project.

many arduino demo source code:

[arduino code examples for AS]-01 internet radio
[arduino code examples for AS]-02 how to use INMP441 Microphone
[arduino code examples for AS]-03 how to output simple wave to speaker by MAX98357A
[arduino code examples for AS]-04 how to output dynamic wave to speaker by MAX98357A
[arduino code examples for AS]-05 how to use SD Card
[arduino code examples for AS]-06 how to play MP3 file by SD Card
[arduino code examples for AS]-07 how to use WS2812B RGB LED by vertical direction
[arduino code examples for AS]-08 how to use WS2812B RGB LED by bottom direction

Related technical information
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ESP32 I/O pin define: https://www.kincony.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6889
config yaml file for ESPHome: https://www.kincony.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6890
arduino demo source code: https://www.kincony.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=64
how to use AS ESP32-S3 voice assistant in home assistant

YouTube video tour: https://youtube.com/shorts/n6ftsVGNdx0

programmable RGB LED strip ws2812b: