ESPHome config - Raspiaudio Muse Luxe as a voice assistant satellite in Home Assistant

README.md

Introduction

The purpose of this ESPHome config is to be able to use the Raspiaudio Muse Luxe as a voice assistant satellite in Home Assistant.

Features

• wake word, push to talk and continuous conversation support
• response playback
• service exposed in HA to start and stop the voice assistant from another device/trigger
• visual feedback of the recording/success/error status via the Luxe's onboard LED

Pre-requisites

• Home Assistant 2023.10.0 or newer
• A voice assistant configured in HA with STT and TTS in a language of your choice
• ESPHome 2023.10.1 or newer

Known issues and limitations

• the media_player component in ESPHome does not play raw audio coming from Piper TTS. It works with cloud STT, though
• the battery percentage is calculated using info from this Reddit post, which either doesn't seem to be very accurate or it relies on inaccurate ADC values from the ESP.

Installation instructions

If the Muse Luxe has already been added to ESPHome

Edit your config and paste the one below. Double check Wifi connection details, API encryption key and device name/friendly name to make sure you use your own.

If the Muse Luxe is not already in ESPHome

Add a new ESP32 device in ESPHome, using the configuration below.

After the device has been added to ESPHome

Compile and install the firmware on the speaker. If auto discovery is turned on, the device should appear in Home Assistant automatically. Otherwise, check out this guide.

Credits

• Muse Luxe pinout from here https://github.com/RASPIAUDIO/Simple_Bluetooth_Speaker_ESP32
• Base ESPHome config from here https://github.com/esphome/media-players/blob/main/raspiaudio-muse-luxe.yaml
• A basic voice assistant config from here https://forum.raspiaudio.com/t/muse-luxe-voice-assistant-now-possible/726/14?u=tetele

or

muse-luxe.yaml

substitutions:
  name: "muse-luxe"
  friendly_name: "RaspiAudio Muse Luxe"
  wifi_ap_password: ""

esphome:
  name: ${name}
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  min_version: 2023.10.1
  on_boot:
    then:
      - output.turn_on: dac_mute
      - light.turn_on:
          id: top_led
          effect: slow_pulse
          red: 100%
          green: 60%
          blue: 0%

esp32:
  board: esp-wrover-kit
  framework:
    type: arduino

logger:
api:
  services:
    - service: start_va
      then:
        - voice_assistant.start
    - service: stop_va
      then:
        - voice_assistant.stop
ota:

i2c:
  sda: GPIO18
  scl: GPIO23

wifi:
  ap:
    password: "${wifi_ap_password}"

captive_portal:

improv_serial:

external_components:
  - source: github://RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe@main
    components: [es8388]
    refresh: 0s

es8388:

globals:
  - id: wifi_connected
    type: bool
    initial_value: "false"
    restore_value: false

interval:
  - interval: 1s
    then:
      - if:
          condition:
            and:
              - lambda: "return !id(wifi_connected);"
              - wifi.connected:
          then:
            - globals.set:
                id: wifi_connected
                value: "true"
            - light.turn_on:
                id: top_led
                effect: pulse
                red: 0%
                green: 100%
                blue: 0%
            - delay: 1s
            - light.turn_off: top_led

output:
  - platform: gpio
    id: dac_mute
    pin: GPIO21
    inverted: true

i2s_audio:
  - i2s_lrclk_pin: GPIO25
    i2s_bclk_pin: GPIO5

media_player:
  - platform: i2s_audio
    name: None
    id: luxe_out
    dac_type: external
    i2s_dout_pin: GPIO26
    mode: stereo
    on_state:
      if:
        condition:
          media_player.is_playing:
        then:
          output.turn_off: dac_mute
        else:
          output.turn_on: dac_mute

microphone:
  - platform: i2s_audio
    id: luxe_microphone
    i2s_din_pin: GPIO35
    adc_type: external
    pdm: false

voice_assistant:
  id: va
  microphone: luxe_microphone
  media_player: luxe_out
  use_wake_word: true
  on_listening:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: top_led
        blue: 100%
        red: 0%
        green: 0%
        brightness: 100%
        effect: pulse
  on_tts_start:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: top_led
        blue: 60%
        red: 20%
        green: 20%
        effect: none
  on_tts_end:
    - media_player.play_media: !lambda return x;
    - light.turn_on:
        id: top_led
        blue: 60%
        red: 20%
        green: 20%
        effect: pulse
    # This is useful when you want to stream the response on another media_player
    # - homeassistant.service:
    #     service: media_player.play_media
    #     data:
    #       entity_id: media_player.some_speaker
    #       media_content_id: !lambda 'return x;'
    #       media_content_type: music
    #       announce: "true"
  on_client_connected:
    - if:
        condition:
          - switch.is_on: use_wake_word
        then:
          - voice_assistant.start_continuous:
  on_client_disconnected:
    - if:
        condition:
          - switch.is_on: use_wake_word
        then:
          - voice_assistant.stop:
  on_end:
    - delay: 100ms
    - wait_until:
        not:
          media_player.is_playing: luxe_out
    - script.execute: reset_led
  on_error:
    - light.turn_on:
        id: top_led
        blue: 0%
        red: 100%
        green: 0%
        effect: none
    - delay: 1s
    - script.execute: reset_led
    - script.wait: reset_led
    - lambda: |-
        if (code == "wake-provider-missing" || code == "wake-engine-missing") {
          id(use_wake_word).turn_off();
        }
sensor:
  - platform: adc
    pin: GPIO33
    name: Battery voltage
    device_class: voltage
    unit_of_measurement: "V"
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    state_class: measurement
    entity_category: diagnostic
    update_interval: 15s
    attenuation: auto
    filters:
      - multiply: 2 # https://forum.raspiaudio.com/t/esp-muse-luxe-bluetooth-speaker/294/12
      - exponential_moving_average:
          alpha: 0.2
          send_every: 2
      - delta: 0.002
    on_value:
      then:
        - sensor.template.publish:
            id: battery_percent
            state: !lambda "return x;"

  - platform: template
    name: Battery
    id: battery_percent
    device_class: battery
    unit_of_measurement: "%"
    accuracy_decimals: 0
    state_class: measurement
    entity_category: diagnostic
    update_interval: 15s
    filters:
      - calibrate_polynomial:
          degree: 3
          datapoints:
            - 4.58 -> 100.0
            - 4.5 -> 97.1
            - 4.47 -> 94.2
            - 4.44 -> 88.4
            - 4.42 -> 82.7
            - 4.41 -> 76.9
            - 4.41 -> 71.1
            - 4.37 -> 65.3
            - 4.35 -> 59.5
            - 4.31 -> 53.8
            - 4.28 -> 48.0
            - 4.26 -> 42.2
            - 4.23 -> 36.4
            - 4.21 -> 30.6
            - 4.19 -> 24.9
            - 4.16 -> 19.1
            - 4.1 -> 13.3
            - 4.07 -> 10.4
            - 4.03 -> 7.5
            - 3.97 -> 4.6
            - 3.82 -> 1.7
            - 3.27 -> 0.0
      - lambda: return clamp(x, 0.0f, 100.0f);

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO19
      inverted: true
      mode:
        input: true
        pullup: true
    name: Volume Up
    on_click:
      - media_player.volume_up: luxe_out
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO32
      inverted: true
      mode:
        input: true
        pullup: true
    name: Volume Down
    on_click:
      - media_player.volume_down: luxe_out
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO12
      inverted: true
      mode:
        input: true
        pullup: true
    name: Action
    on_click:
      - if:
          condition:
            switch.is_off: use_wake_word
          then:
            - if:
                condition: voice_assistant.is_running
                then:
                  - voice_assistant.stop:
                  - script.execute: reset_led
                else:
                  - voice_assistant.start:
          else:
            - voice_assistant.stop
            - delay: 1s
            - script.execute: reset_led
            - script.wait: reset_led
            - voice_assistant.start_continuous:

light:
  - platform: esp32_rmt_led_strip
    name: None
    id: top_led
    pin: GPIO22
    chipset: SK6812
    num_leds: 1
    rgb_order: grb
    rmt_channel: 0
    default_transition_length: 0s
    gamma_correct: 2.8
    effects:
      - pulse:
          name: pulse
          transition_length: 250ms
          update_interval: 250ms
      - pulse:
          name: slow_pulse
          transition_length: 1s
          update_interval: 2s

script:
  - id: reset_led
    then:
      - if:
          condition:
            switch.is_on: use_wake_word
          then:
            - light.turn_on:
                id: top_led
                blue: 100%
                red: 100%
                green: 0%
                brightness: 100%
                effect: none
          else:
            - light.turn_off: top_led

switch:
  - platform: template
    name: Use Wake Word
    id: use_wake_word
    optimistic: true
    restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON
    on_turn_on:
      - lambda: id(va).set_use_wake_word(true);
      - if:
          condition:
            not:
              - voice_assistant.is_running
          then:
            - voice_assistant.start_continuous
      - script.execute: reset_led
    on_turn_off:
      - voice_assistant.stop
      - lambda: id(va).set_use_wake_word(false);
      - script.execute: reset_led

Hi all
after several attempts I manage to configure my muse as voice assist thanks to the efforts of @tetele. THANKS!
Now I just got the problem that I don't receive feedback from the speaker. Although it should work with cloud STT (as stated above mine isn't working now. Is that correct or probably there is something wrong with my setup?

if now it doesn't work even with cloud then If I understand right we have 2 options
to add a speaker

# This is useful when you want to stream the response on another media_player
# - homeassistant.service:
#     service: media_player.play_media
#     data:
#       entity_id: media_player.some_speaker
#       media_content_id: !lambda 'return x;'
#       media_content_type: music
#       announce: "true"

But when I try I get the following:
Can someone give me the right code for this option please?

`INFO ESPHome 2024.10.2
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/muse-voice-assist.yaml...
ERROR Error while reading config: Invalid YAML syntax:

while parsing a block collection
in "/config/esphome/muse-voice-assist.yaml", line 142, column 5
expected , but found ''
in "/config/esphome/muse-voice-assist.yaml", line 150, column 6`

---

or
2. change the code as per @AnthonyJWinslow above example.
if I just copy and paste this code from 'improv_serial and below will work?
`improv_serial:

button:

• platform: safe_mode
  id: button_safe_mode
  name: Safe Mode Boot`

---

Since I just manage to set up the assist after several hours of testing I am afraid to "touch" anything right now :)
So if possible someone advice if my above assumptions are correct and help me out with my questions in bold.
Thanks

any help for the above please?

any help for the above please?

Not with that unformatted code. YAML is super sensitive to whitespace and that's exactly the error you are getting. Paste the full config on something like dpaste.org and link it here if you want help

is this ok?
https://pastebin.com/y22mCFj9

edit: I am not sure what you are asking. I am just deleting the # in the above yaml like this
https://pastebin.com/xnKSaMJ6
and I get the error when I try to validate the code

Do you need something else? (sorry english is not my native language)

The errors above don't seem consistend with the second config you've sent.

First off, on line 142 replace !lambda return x; with !lambda 'return x;'

Then compile again and paste the errors you get. If yoy change anything else, also upload the config to pastebin again.

now that you told me that is the yaml indentation problem I deleted the # and one more "space" and the code is working!
Thanks!

2 more question if I may
I see that there are 2 more options in the below card

1. if I change the to "assist" it will use the local assist that I made? or do I need to make more changes? (this assist is in Greek)

2. Now I have it in Default. What "relaxed" and "aggresive" meaning?

1. Yes
2. Relaxed means it has to be pretty quiet for a while after you speak for the recording to stop. Aggressive means that as soon as you stop talking or lower your voice, the recording stops and it's sent to the STT

1. Yes
2. Relaxed means it has to be pretty quiet for a while after you speak for the recording to stop. Aggressive means that as soon as you stop talking or lower your voice, the recording stops and it's sent to the STT

Thanks!
(greek language is not working, probably I have to change the HA in Greek. Now is in English. I can see that it listens Greek and it reply in Greek but it "doesn't understand")

Excuse my ignorance, but does this implementation of voice assistant on the muse box include the timer feature? This is a deal breaker for my wife if it's to replace our google nests. I have messed around with the M5stack echo and this firmware which includes timer, but before I start adding code to your yaml, @tetele, I wanted to make sure this didn't already work. (My muse is on backorder so it will be a while before I can attempt to implement)

I'm missing something.

I cannot assign a wake word, with your comprehensive yaml, I get:

but when I use M5stack's code (on a m5 stack), I get

Any ideas how I can get it to use the Pis wakeword detection?

@SvenPaterson no, timers are not included. The config is a little outdated, to be fair 😅

Any ideas how I can get it to use the Pis wakeword detection?

@jf1452 what Pi? This is for an ESP32-based device

Hi, thanks for responding. I'm using a PI5 running HAOS, the ESP device is the raspiaudio Muse.

@SvenPaterson no, timers are not included. The config is a little outdated, to be fair 😅

I appreciate your response. Unfortunately I had no luck with this yaml nor the “official” firmware at raspiaudio.github.com, nor the esphome projects page. I’ve come across a few different versions of yaml for voice assistant implementation of this hardware but they all either not installed properly / had issues at compile or exhibited poor performance (ie consistent wake word recognition or perform ain’t appropriate actions after receding a command) I’ve had to just fall back on using this as a squeezelite box and forget the VA functionality entirely for now. Seems a shame. Maybe someone better at esp programming will figure it out! Of course, could always just be my incorrect config in the end 🤣

I’ve noticed multiple discussions on Reddit and other forums where users have reported very low volume levels with the ESP Muse Luxe when using ESPHome.

I’m experiencing a similar issue—my ESP Muse Luxe outputs noticeably low volume when running ESPHome firmware. Despite experimenting with various YAML configurations, I haven’t been able to achieve full volume. Interestingly, with my custom Arduino sketch (muse-mqtt-audioplayer), the speaker outputs at maximum volume.

I tried to troubleshoot, so I attempted to modify the register values in the ESPHome ES8388 component (PR #3552) to align with those in the RASPIAUDIO Muse library (museS3.cpp), but this approach hasn’t yielded any improvements.

In my sketch, I utilize the ESP32-audioI2S library by @schreibfaul1. I noticed that ESPHome uses its own fork of this library, esphome/ESP32-audioI2S.

I tried too the new PR #6956 but volume problem persists.

Has anyone else faced similar issues with the ESP Muse Luxe and ESPHome? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tagging @jesserockz, @tetele and @RASPIAUDIO for their expertise. Thank you all for your great work!

@mguellsegarra you can try esphome/esphome#6956 (which supersedes https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/3552/files#diff-8a184938984a60dadf629e018497ded60f1eed994e3173ff1b9bf1dca360207c). I haven't used my Luxe in a long time, so I don't know if this config still works with newer versions of ESPHome.

@mguellsegarra you can try esphome/esphome#6956 (which supersedes github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/3552/files#diff-8a184938984a60dadf629e018497ded60f1eed994e3173ff1b9bf1dca360207c). I haven't used my Luxe in a long time, so I don't know if this config still works with newer versions of ESPHome.

It works, but it does not fix the volume thing. Thanks four your reply :)

Hi I have just updated the component here :
https://github.com/RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe/blob/main/components/es8388/es8388_component.cpp

at the end :

  //fully differential output Left -L1/R1
  this->write_byte(0x2E, 0x21);
  this->write_byte(0x2F, 0x21);

    //fully differential output Right -L2/R2
  this->write_byte(0x30, 0x21);
  this->write_byte(0x31, 0x21);

if you use this yaml it will call this component
https://github.com/RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe/blob/main/raspiaudio-muse-luxe.yaml

external_components:
  - source: github://RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe@main
    components: [es8388]
    refresh: 0s

I think I hear a difference in volume but if someone could confirm?

edit: I do hear a difference

@RASPIAUDIO, thanks for your response and the modifications! I tried something similar without success—it’s clear who really knows their stuff here, haha. I think I was missing setting the 0x21 value to the 0x30 and 0x31 registers. I’ll test out your suggestions and share my results here. 🎉

Hi I have just updated the component here : https://github.com/RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe/blob/main/components/es8388/es8388_component.cpp

at the end :

  //fully differential output Left -L1/R1
  this->write_byte(0x2E, 0x21);
  this->write_byte(0x2F, 0x21);

    //fully differential output Right -L2/R2
  this->write_byte(0x30, 0x21);
  this->write_byte(0x31, 0x21);

if you use this yaml it will call this component https://github.com/RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe/blob/main/raspiaudio-muse-luxe.yaml

external_components:
  - source: github://RASPIAUDIO/esphomeLuxe@main
    components: [es8388]
    refresh: 0s

I think I hear a difference in volume but if someone could confirm?

edit: I do hear a difference

I can confirm, I hear a difference with this most recent change.

I had to change these lines:

    on_click:
      - media_player.volume_up: luxe_out

to:

    on_click:
      - media_player.volume_up: 
          id: luxe_out