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ESP8266 Digital Radio

Digital Radio made just from an ESP8266 and a speaker

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ESP8266 Digital Radio

Things used in this project

Hardware components

NodeMCU ESP8266 Breakout Board
NodeMCU ESP8266 Breakout Board
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Speaker: 0.25W, 8 ohms
Speaker: 0.25W, 8 ohms
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

Wirering Diagramm

This is how you need to wire the esp with the speaker. You connect the speakers positive to RX of the ESP and Ground to Ground. You can put a 50 µF capacitor in series, to improve sound quality by filtering noise

Code

Installing the ESP8266 Board Library + sketch with example stations

Arduino
You need to install the Board Library, to upload the sketch. Go to FILE, then to Preferences and paste the following link into Additional Boards Manager URLs:http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json
Now to the code you could use. It is in the examples of the library to, but I entert two German Radio Stations for Testing(you can replace these of course). When uploading you should set the CPU Frequency to 160 MHZ.
#include <Arduino.h>

#ifdef ESP32
    #include <WiFi.h>
#else
    #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#endif
#include "AudioFileSourceICYStream.h"
#include "AudioFileSourceBuffer.h"
#include "AudioGeneratorMP3.h"
#include "AudioOutputI2SNoDAC.h"

// To run, set your ESP8266 build to 160MHz, update the SSID info, and upload.

// Enter your WiFi setup here:
const char *SSID = "ssid";
const char *PASSWORD = "password";

const char *URL="http://mms.hoerradar.de:8000/rst128k";//Radio RST(German)
//const char *URL="http://ndr-edge-206c.fra-lg.cdn.addradio.net/ndr/njoy/live/mp3/128/stream.mp3";//NJOY (German)

AudioGeneratorMP3 *mp3;
AudioFileSourceICYStream *file;
AudioFileSourceBuffer *buff;
AudioOutputI2SNoDAC *out;

// Called when a metadata event occurs (i.e. an ID3 tag, an ICY block, etc.
void MDCallback(void *cbData, const char *type, bool isUnicode, const char *string)
{
  const char *ptr = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(cbData);
  (void) isUnicode; // Punt this ball for now
  // Note that the type and string may be in PROGMEM, so copy them to RAM for printf
  char s1[32], s2[64];
  strncpy_P(s1, type, sizeof(s1));
  s1[sizeof(s1)-1]=0;
  strncpy_P(s2, string, sizeof(s2));
  s2[sizeof(s2)-1]=0;
  Serial.printf("METADATA(%s) '%s' = '%s'\n", ptr, s1, s2);
  Serial.flush();
}

// Called when there's a warning or error (like a buffer underflow or decode hiccup)
void StatusCallback(void *cbData, int code, const char *string)
{
  const char *ptr = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(cbData);
  // Note that the string may be in PROGMEM, so copy it to RAM for printf
  char s1[64];
  strncpy_P(s1, string, sizeof(s1));
  s1[sizeof(s1)-1]=0;
  Serial.printf("STATUS(%s) '%d' = '%s'\n", ptr, code, s1);
  Serial.flush();
}


void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  delay(1000);
  Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi");

  WiFi.disconnect();
  WiFi.softAPdisconnect(true);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  
  WiFi.begin(SSID, PASSWORD);

  // Try forever
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.println("...Connecting to WiFi");
    delay(1000);
  }
  Serial.println("Connected");

  audioLogger = &Serial;
  file = new AudioFileSourceICYStream(URL);
  file->RegisterMetadataCB(MDCallback, (void*)"ICY");
  buff = new AudioFileSourceBuffer(file, 2048);
  buff->RegisterStatusCB(StatusCallback, (void*)"buffer");
  out = new AudioOutputI2SNoDAC();
  mp3 = new AudioGeneratorMP3();
  mp3->RegisterStatusCB(StatusCallback, (void*)"mp3");
  mp3->begin(buff, out);
}


void loop()
{
  static int lastms = 0;

  if (mp3->isRunning()) {
    if (millis()-lastms > 1000) {
      lastms = millis();
      Serial.printf("Running for %d ms...\n", lastms);
      Serial.flush();
     }
    if (!mp3->loop()) mp3->stop();
  } else {
    Serial.printf("MP3 done\n");
    delay(1000);
  }
}

ESP8266Audio Library by earlephilhower

This is the library we will use. It has some great examples you could use to. just click Download .zip below and install it in the IDE under Sketch, then Include Library, and then choose it after clicking on Add .ZIP Library...

Credits

earlephilhower

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