Audio based provisioning of an ESP32 node

hi

i stumbled upon this and thought it may come in handy when building small embedded nodes without complex input interface (no/few buttons) but the need to feed in provisioning data at least once (wifi credentials/id-numbers/hive-id?)

it works by generating a wav sample inside the user-side browser (could be a app or a website) and modulating the data by FSK.
it also uses HDLC and base64 to encode the data and has some source for generator (js/css/html) and decoder (c++)

you can find more details in the authors blogpost
https://robdobson.com/2018/10/speakup-wifi-log-on-over-audio/

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Oh wow, this is totally “thinking outside the box” from my perspective. Have you tried it? Does it work well and would you recommend it for not-so-techie users?

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We met Peter at the Beep meetup and he showed us an ESP32 with two digital I2S mics, that record audio and send it via WiFi – in this cas UDP – to a local computer. Amazing!

Thanks for sharing that. On the other side, I just found Serial communication via audio on Android, which uses the Oboe C++ library for Android under the hood.

– via: Projects using Oboe or AAudio


It has been conceived for Androwobble.

This gem I’ve discovered recently also fits into this thread. Enjoy.

– discuss: Ggwave: Message people over sound | Hacker News

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