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1,038 orders since Jan 30, 2022

Wrocław, Lower Silesia, Poland

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Oyvind | Nov. 2, 2024

Great first impression

For Louder ESP32

A compact and flexible module - my plan is to use it in a portable speaker

Anyone installed a display and rotary encoder? If so, model/connection info?

Miguel | Oct. 30, 2024

Excellent quality module

For Louder ESP32

First of all, I have to thank the seller for the excellent communication.
Regarding the Louder ESP S3 module, the build quality is very good, the sound is excellent.
I'm using it as a media player in Home Assistant with the Esphome firmware and my expectations were far exceeded.
I highly recommend it.

Hugo | Sept. 27, 2024

Simple development board for a reasonable price, works well!

For ATtiny1616 Development Board

Just as expected, a simple and easy-to-use development board around the ATTiny1616 processor. I needed to test this chip for a product that I am designing, and I am sure that this development board will work just fine for that. The only downside is that my board (REV. C) has no serial port because the UART converter is used for UPDI programming. Suggestion for designer: maybe use a switch (with two signals/channels) for switching between programming mode and serial mode. I cannot say anything about the communication since this sale was made without prior contact. Documentation has everything you might need.

Erik | Aug. 13, 2024

Bought one for music player for in the toilet

For Louder ESP32

It took a while to figure out how to configure it
bud now it works like a charm
used a ols raspbery housing to fit the print

Adrian | March 13, 2024

Great product, shipped quickly. Performs flawlessly (so far)

For Louder ESP32

Slightly dispapointed that a couple of pins on the Ethernet module were bent in transit. Although bagged, bubble wrapped and jiffy bagged, I can easily see how the items can be damaged.

On first power up (with a 12.6V battery pack), wifi hotspot quickly established and connected to, took a couple of goes to connect it to my home wifi, but once there, it is extremely stable, no stuttering. The sound out of my test speakers is great.

A couple of questions:

1. The board marking suggests a Vin of '5..26v'; is it safe to go to 24v?
2. What GPIO pins are available for connecting, for example, a small display, and/or a rotary encoder for volume control?
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Response from Sonocotta | March 13, 2024
Hey Adrian. Sorry about the damaged pins. Hope you were able to use it despite the damage.

1. Voltage is limited by the DAC, 26V is the recommended maximum voltage, absolute maximum is 30V. 24V is well within recommended range.
2. List of pins in use is here https://github.com/sonocotta/esp32-audio-dock?tab=readme-ov-file#louder-esp You can use any of the remaining pins.

Maickel | Dec. 30, 2023

Squeezelite-ESP32 works with Ethernet but stutters with Wifi

For Louder ESP32

I bought the Louder ESP32 with the Ethernet module and pre-installed firmware for Squeezelite-ESP32. The Louder ESP stutters a lot when set to WiFi. It works well when the Ethernet module is used. I hope the seller can help with a solution for the problem with WiFi
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Response from Sonocotta | Jan. 1, 2024
Hey Maickel. I’m working on the version of the board with onboard esp32 module and external antenna to address wifi issues. Right now those are of-the-shelf esp32 modules and I cannot make wifi perception better

Dean | April 26, 2023

I can't find the clock on my network

For ESP8266 Led Matrix Clock DIY Kit

I followed the setup instructions and can't find the clock on my network.
Is there any way to start over at the beginning ?
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Response from Sonocotta | April 26, 2023
Hi Dean. As soon as you configured WiFi it is stored internally, but clock will only go online once per day to sync the clock and stay offline the rest of the day. If WiFi credentials will not work, clock will go into AP mode, and you can configure them again. Easy way, just switch off your router for a moment. Hard way, ESP.eraseConfig() should do the trick. But you have to reflash the clock afterwards.

Jim | March 20, 2023

Very good price for a nice 24 hour clock...

For ESP8266 Led Matrix Clock DIY Kit

I've been looking for a clock for the ham shack for a while and this one caught my eye. It can be set for any time zone and connects to NTP servers periodically to stay accurate. It is easy to build with what would be the tough part (the surface mount chips and headers for the LEDs) already installed. I bought the kit without the remaining headers installed. It took me about 30 minutes from start to finish and less than 10 of that was with a solder iron (and the rest involved a lot of double checking I was doing things right). Not a lot of documentation on construction, but it is very straight forward an easy to figure out. The only downside to me was having to install yet another (I've lost count of how many I have installed) tool-chain to program the microcontroller. I don't use VScode, so I installed the CLI only on my main Linux box. I have a pitifully slow internet connection, so that took a few minutes. It is pretty easy to figure out which files you need to move to which directory. Then a './pio run -t upload' and things started. The first time, there was a lot of downloading and installing. (After all was said and done, the directory it creates and uses had 2.9 GB of 'stuff'...) But things uploaded. I connected to the serial port, rebooted it, and saw the WiFi come up. It was easy to build and easy to configure. I need to spend some time in the code because I'd rather just see the clock and not have the day of week and date appear periodically. This is a great kit and a great value for the money. The only two complaints I have are the new tools taking 2.9 GB on my machine that I'll probably never use for any other project and that the code doesn't seem to have all of the things you can configure (time zone, brightness settings, etc.) clumped together in one place for ease of use. But if you're a bit of a geek who has messed with Arduinos and other microcontrollers, those are just minor in the overall scheme of things. The result is a nice looking clock that will stay accurate.

Richard | Dec. 9, 2022

Have not got it yet? **Update**

For ESP8266 Led Matrix Clock DIY Kit

All received, built and working! Slow delivery was down to the British postal system.

Nice little kit. This kit could be assembled by beginners, but might need a little help with programming the device.

On the whole, good value for money and nice quality PCB.


Sorry I have to do it this way….

I tried to contact you via Tindie ‘contact store’ but get the message ‘user does not exist’.

Still waiting for my clock…. …all I know is that it has left Poland? Have been waiting 16 working days since ordering - delivery to UK.

Will update this review if and when it arrives.

Update

**Thank you for making contact via email - much appreciated and comforting. As you say, I will wait a little longer**
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Response from Sonocotta | Dec. 9, 2022
Hi Richard, sorry to hear that. According to tracking information package left Poland 2022-11-22, I can only assume it being delayed at customs, you should expect some delay during holiday season unfortunately. If it will not arrive by 2022-12-19 (1 month since shipping) I will issue full refund.
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