ESP8266 WiFi Microphone

NodeMCU ESP8266

Arduino IDE 2.0 (beta)

<html><body><h3>Introduction</h3>This project is an ESP8266 WiFi Microphone firmware arduino source code (.ino) which can play live sound and voices with up to 80Kbps (10bit @8KHz) quality. (To using more powerful WiFi microphone and voice recorder arduino project, please refer to our website: https://wicard.net/projects)There are the following files in this project:1-	ESP8266WiFiMicrophoneFree.ino (Main handler file)2-	AC.h – Project global variables and definitions file.3-	AC.ino – Project WiFi settings and config file.4-	MicPage.ino – This file contains the WiFi Microphone WebApp’s script.Uploading the projectFirst open one of the files with Arduino program, then set the settings as the following:Board revision to 3.1.2Board type to NodeMCU or other esp8266 options•	The “Board” must be set on one of the ESP8266 Modules before doing anything. <h3>WaveShare Sound Sensor</h3>WaveShare sound sensor is an audio amplifier and sensor with LM386. This module is compatible with this project. <figure><img src="https://wicard.net/projects/upload/content/wifimicrophone6.jpg"/><figcaption>undefined</figcaption></figure><h3>The ESP8266 WiFi Microphone Web Application</h3>After upload, the program will run automatically.Then the blue LED on the board would be turned on. Then you’ll be able to see the module’s hot spot ssid via the WiFi networks in your PC or smart phone.The default SSID is WiCardMp and the default password is 12345678. Connect and go to 192.168.4.1/config with a web browser.<figure><img src="https://wicard.net/projects/upload/content/wifimicrophone2.jpg"/><figcaption>undefined</figcaption></figure><h3>The WiFi configuration page</h3>In the “Modem Configuration” section, you’re able to view/edit the SSID and password of WiFi modem/router and then click on “Save” after inserting. The module would connect to the modem after about 30 seconds in case of validity of ssid and password.•	This page is also available via the DHCP IP of the module.In the “Device Hot Spot Configuration” section, you can set the module hotspot’s SSID and password. Also you can set a password for the internal page with Secure Link section. (Example: the secure link is ABCD and the root page would be at 192.168.4.1/ABCD/ address)The “Hidden HotSpot” button will set the module’s hot spot as hidden hotspot and the “Disable HotSpot when is connected to the modem” would disable the module’s hotspot, when is connected to the modem.<h3>The stream configuration</h3>The stream configuration is in the bottom of “config” page.With “Audio Stream Bitrate” the quality of the audio stream can be set in 60, 70 or 80Kbps.•	The signal strength must be higher for higher quality.The “Audio Stream Packet Length” sets the stream time in 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes.<h3>The Audio Stream Page</h3>This page is in the root address (192.168.4.1 or the router’s given IP) and decodes the received data from module to the audio stream.After opening the page, wait for a few seconds for the initial file loading. Then click on the “play”.This page records audio data to in the browser’s cache automatically. Also you can play the audio and listen to the audio lively at the same time. Figure 8-Live StreamThe preset time is 10 minutes. After this time spent, you can refresh the page and record again.To downloading the audio file directly, go to 192.168.4.1/s (or the router’s given IP).•	If you close the web page, recording will be aborted.Do not open two pages at the same time. The module can handle only one page at a time.<h3>Microphone Calibration</h3>There is a calibration page in “192.168.4.1/cal” which shows the audio signal. When there’s no noise and voice, the signal must be a straight horizontal line at the center of scope. So if the signal is lower than middle lines (like the following image), try to calibrate it with adding load, pull up and pull down resistors.Also you can see the input audio signal shape in this page and filter it with load and decoupling capacitors if it is necessary:The audio signal uses 8000Hz sample rate with 10 bits resolution which gives a low quality souond. To receive more quality sounds, please use the newer revisions of this project: https://wicard.net/projects To opening the calibration page:-	Close the root page (192.168.0.113), close all the pages and then after a few seconds open calibration page (192.168.0.113/cal) or Re-start the module, then open calibration page after the module connected to the modem.•	The WiFi signal strength takes effect on the module capability and the audio streams.The ADC voltage must be between 0 and 3.3V (power source).</body></html>

ESP8266 WiFi Microphone

With this Arduino source code, an ESP8266 module, a power source and a standard microphone module, build a 96kbps WiFi Microphone with a nice and responsive Web UI (WebApp).