Tag: Esparagus
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Audio Brick sales are open
As all Crowd Supply orders have been shipped to backers now, Esparagus Audio Brick sales are finally open in both EU stores (Tindie, Lectronz) and Elecrow (ships globally) The DUAL DAC version is limited to a few units only, but fear not; a new batch is already being produced and will soon be available at all…
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Stock update: Louder-ESP32-Mini and HiFi-Esaparagus
Hey folks, I just received a large box from my Chinese Santa. Louder-ESP32-Minis are in stock now in the EU store (Tindie, Lectronz). Also, both variants of HiFi Esapragus are refilled (Tindie, Lectronz).
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New onboarding experience for Esparagus boards
A new and updated web installer is now available on GitHub Pages for Esparagus devices. What is new The above approach was shamelessly copied from the voice-pe repository and replicated for each supported board. As a small bonus, you can also find links to the Airplay and Snapclient web-installers, in case that is what you’re looking…
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AirPlay 2 support for Sonocotta boards
In case you missed it, there is a great piece of ESP32 software that popped up recently, called Airplay-ESP32. A key feature of that is an Apple AirPlay 2 protocol implementation. V1 was implemented some time ago as part of squeezelite-esp32 firmware, and I think it is a good alternative to a Bluetooth player on…
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New Amped Esparagus is here
I’m genuinely excited; I really am. Here is the new Amped Esparagus It doesn’t look that much different from the old one, apart from the TFT screen, which is hard to miss. So what’s so important? I had a mental splinter with ‘old’ Esparagus devices pretty much since I created the first one – I…
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Esparagus Echo available at Elecrow
Due to issues with shipping to the US from the EU introduced by the latest tariff changes, I’m aiming to make all products available from the official partner, Elecrow. Today’s addition is an Esparagus Echo, Duo version only. I’m reviewing the Solo design at the moment, considering the idea of hosting it in the IKEA…
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Audio Brick production progress update
Hey folks, quick update on the production process after a slightly longer-than-usual break. Despite the summer holidays, as soon as we got the funds transferred, we were able to submit the order for production. Thanks to Elecrow’s flexibility, we were able to start with just two board samples, one per board version, and after just…
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Audio Brick Dual DAC prototype
I just got my hands on the new Audio Brick prototype, which is the first in the ESP32 family that has two DACs on the board. Both DACs use the same I2S bus, so they are exposed as a single device to the application, but having the second DAC has its benefits. The main motivation…
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Hifi Esparagus S3 – revision H is in stock
New revision of the Hifi Esparagus (ESP32-S3 variant) just came from the factory, and after some testing, it is available for purchase from Lectronz and Tindie (Elecrow availability comes later during the summer). The reason for redesigning the board was the weirdness of the USB-serial on the ESP32-S3. One of the features of the S3…
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Esparagus working with Snapclient
This is a copy of a post prepared for the Esparagus Audio Brick Crowd Supply campaign. After achieving multi-room sync with Sendspin, squeezelite-esp32, and Airplay-2, it is time to look at snapclient, which was, until recently, the only solution. Snapclient is an open-source remote audio playback protocol with a specific focus on near-perfect sync. Normally, you need to have…