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ESP-BOX AIoT Development Framework
Important Note:
We recommend updating the application firmware when you first receive the product to have the latest features and bugfix.
The ESP-BOX is a new generation AIoT development platform released by Espressif Systems. The ESP32-S3-BOX and ESP32-S3-BOX-Lite are AIoT development boards that are based on Espressif’s ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5 (LE) SoC. They provide a platform for developing the control of home appliances using Voice Assistance + touch and screen controller, sensor, infrared controller, and intelligent Wi-Fi gateway. Development boards come with pre-built firmware that supports offline voice interaction, with the SDKs and examples provided by Espressif, you will be able to develop a wide variety of AIoT applications based on the BOX series products such as online and offline voice assistants, voice-enabled devices, human-computer interaction devices, control panels, multi-protocol gateways easily.
| Product Name | Product Figure |
|---|---|
| ESP32-S3-BOX |  |
| ESP32-S3-BOX-Lite |  |
Versions
| ESP-Box | Dependent ESP-IDF | Branch Note | Support State |
|---|---|---|---|
| master | release/v4.4 commit id: 35b20cadce65 |
esp-sr version: v0.9.6 commit id: a289a0c7 |
new feature develop |
Features
- Supports far-field voice interaction with 2 mics
- Offline voice wake-up with high wake-up rate
- Offline speech commands recognition in Chinese and English languages with high recognition rate
- Reconfigurable 200+ speech commands in Chinese and English languages
- Flexible and reusable GUI framework
- End-to-end AIoT dvelopment framwork ESP-RainMaker
- Pmod™ compatible headers support expand peripheral modules
Open-Source Content
Based on Apache 2.0 open source license, you can modify, develop, or distribute the contents freely.
User Guide
- For getting start of BOX serial development boards, please refer to the Getting Started
- For experiencing voice assistant, please refer to the Voice Assistance Control and Customization
- For defining the speech commands by mobile APP, please refer to the ESP-BOX APP User Guide
- For product exploded-view and disassembly tutorial, please refer to Disassembly Tutorial
- For more detils of hardware information, please refer to the Hardware Overview.
- For latest version firmware, please refer to the Firmware Update
Developer Guide
- Step 1. ESP-IDF (Espressif IoT Development Framework) is required to build the application. If this is your first time using the ESP-IDF, please refer to ESP-IDF development guide to understand the open-source drivers and components provided by Espressif.
- Step 2. Next, setting up development environment. Please refer to ESP-IDF(release/v4.4) Installation Step by Step.
- Step 3. Additionally, apply the patch files on current ESP-IDF, please refer Patch for ESP-IDF for details.
- Step 4. Take a small step, you can build and flash a simple example.
- Step 5. Moving further, please read ESP-BOX technical architecture to understand the technical details.
- Step 6. Going deeper, please read ESP Speech Recognition Application Guide, ESP RainMaker Programming Guide, LVGL GUI Quick overview.
- Step 7. For extended function, please read Pmod™ compatible headers and ESP-IDF API reference, to develop drivers for more extended devices.
Contact Us
- If you have any technical issues, please submit issue tickets at GitHub Issues or forum esp32.com for help.
- If you are interested in ESP-BOX project, welcome to the ESP-BOX forum to share with us your ideas.
- We welcome any open-source software or hardware contribution. Please commit to the Pull Requests to contribute your code.