ESP32 Development Guide
ESP32 Development Guide
Complete ESP32-S3 development guide based on XiaoZhi AI voice robot project, covering hardware specifications, programming basics, advanced features development and troubleshooting.
📚 Learning Path
🎯 Getting Started
Learn ESP32-S3 hardware architecture, performance parameters and development board selection
Detailed wiring diagrams and assembly tutorials
ESP-IDF toolchain installation and configuration
💻 Programming Development
Complete programming tutorial from GPIO control to complex systems
Voice recognition, LLM conversation and intelligent control
Model Context Protocol integration development
🚀 Advanced Features
4G communication, local AI inference, multimodal interaction and IoT control
IoT communication protocol development
Voice emotion analysis and interaction optimization
🔧 Problem Solving
Common issues diagnosis and solutions
Application layer common questions and answers
Pre-compiled firmware download and flashing
🛠️ Development Tools
Essential Tools
- ESP-IDF: Official development framework (recommended v5.3.2)
- VS Code: Recommended IDE environment
- Serial Tools: Device debugging and log viewing
Hardware Platforms
- ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1: Standard development board
- WaveShare ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD: All-in-one development board
- XiaoZhi AI Expansion Board: Dedicated audio processing board
📖 Technical Features
🎤 Audio Processing
- High-quality voice capture (INMP441 digital microphone)
- Real-time audio playback (MAX98357A digital amplifier)
- Voice signal processing and feature extraction
🧠 AI Integration
- Local voice wake-up (Espressif Wake Word Engine)
- Cloud speech recognition (Multi-vendor ASR support)
- Large language model conversation (DeepSeek/GPT/ERNIE)
- Edge AI inference (TensorFlow Lite Micro)
🌐 Network Communication
- Wi-Fi 2.4GHz connectivity
- 4G Cat.1 communication (ML307R module)
- WebSocket real-time communication
- MQTT IoT protocol
🏠 Smart Home
- HomeAssistant integration
- MQTT device control
- Sensor data fusion
- Intelligent scene automation
🚀 Getting Started
Quick Start
- Hardware Preparation: Get ESP32-S3 development board and necessary peripherals
- Environment Setup: Install ESP-IDF development environment
- Firmware Flashing: Download and flash XiaoZhi AI firmware
- Testing Verification: Verify voice wake-up and AI conversation functions
Learning Recommendations
- 📖 Read technical specifications first to understand hardware capabilities
- 🔧 Complete assembly following hardware guide
- 💻 Learn basic development following programming guide
- 🚀 Explore advanced features for application expansion
Technical Support:
- 📧 Contact Email: [email protected]