Say "Computer" -> chime + listening -> speak -> AFE VAD detects you
stopped -> auto-sends. No taps. Touch still works as a manual override.
- esp-sr 2.4.6 added; wn9_computer_tts model packed into a new "model"
flash partition (MODEL_IN_FLASH). App moved to 8M, model 4M.
- audio.c: replaced the on-demand capture_task with an AFE pipeline —
feed_task is the SOLE mic reader (-> afe->feed); detect_task fetches,
watches wakeup_state for the wake word and vad_state for end of
speech, and forwards AFE-cleaned audio upstream during an utterance.
One mic reader ever.
- short rising chime acknowledges the wake audibly.
Fixes from adversarial review before trusting it:
1. utterance framing (blocking WS sends) moved OFF the AFE fetch thread
onto an app_task event queue (EV_TOUCH/EV_WAKE/EV_SPEECH_END) — a
1.5s send could stall fetch and drop the first ~1.5s of speech.
2. app_task is now the single serializer of start/end -> no TOCTOU
double-start (was: two utterance_start on a tap during wake).
3. VAD accounting resets on every streaming (re)start (wake OR tap),
not just wake -> a tapped utterance can no longer end instantly on
stale silence.
4. chime/reply set s_playing (+DMA tail hold) and detect_task skips the
mic while s_playing -> our own audio no longer streams into STT or
false-triggers the wake at a playback boundary (no AEC yet).
5. NULL-checked AFE create + feed buffer; tasks only start if AFE is up.
Verified on hardware: model loads, AFE inits with the Computer word,
boots and connects clean, no crash/wedge.
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Root cause of the dead data path (assoc/scan/RPC fine, zero data
frames): esp-hosted 1.4.x is formally incompatible with IDF 5.5
(esp-hosted-mcu#47) and the factory C6 slave firmware was ancient
(couldn't even answer a version RPC). Waveshare's examples pin 1.4.* —
do not follow them.
Fix:
- host: espressif/esp_hosted ^2.12 (+ esp_wifi_remote 1.6)
- slave: 2.12.11 network_adapter.bin embedded in the app (c6_ota.c
streams it to the C6 over the SDIO RPC channel at boot when the
reported version is < 2.x; ~10s, no wires, idempotent)
- RAM diet for hosted 2.x's footprint (MEMPOOL_PREFER_SPIRAM,
reduced WIFI_RMT buffers) — without it internal SRAM famine
boot-loops in xTaskCreateStaticPinnedToCore before app_main
- conservative 20MHz SDIO clock for first verified data path
Verified on hardware: DHCP lease (even that healed), 8/8 pings to
router and tower-of-joy at 1-5ms, WebSocket to the gateway connected,
device registered at /devices as desklock-p4 with fw version.
Also: wifi_diag.c L1 SoftAP diagnostic mode (DESKLOCK-DIAG) with
review fixes, boot ping ladder in net.c, static-IP fallback,
face_status() line, docs for the whole failure taxonomy.
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The device now runs the complete face contract on glass: seven states
with glyph expressions (custom 140px face font), matrix rain as pooled
label streams (22px DejaVu+Noto katakana font), rage kaomoji frames
(64px), orbit arc + elapsed counter wait cues, blink/talk/thought
animations, idle clock (SNTP, Europe/Amsterdam), and the power ladder
(active/ambient 35%/dormant 5% with rain parked).
Voice path: ES7210 mic capture task streams 16k PCM over
esp_websocket_client to the gateway; reply PCM buffers to PSRAM and
plays via the audio task; touch-to-talk (tap to speak, tap to send).
Protocol mapping per docs: thinking->effort, audio->speaking,
error event->rage (auto-composes after 2 loops), WS loss->error face.
Bring-up fixes: 8MB factory partition (fonts overflowed 1.5M),
bsp_display_lock(0) is try-lock in this adapter (use UINT32_MAX),
gong synth yields to feed IDLE0, wifi scan diagnostics (found SSID
case mismatch), esp_websocket_client pinned ~1.3 (1.4 needs IDF>5.5).
Verified on hardware: boots, connects to Wi-Fi and holds an open
WebSocket to the gateway. Sauron (iMac TTY endpoint + ops console)
planned in architecture.md.
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DeskLock gives the Tatlock butler a face and voice on a Waveshare
ESP32-P4-WIFI6-Touch-LCD-3.4C round display in the living room.
- firmware/: ESP-IDF project targeting esp32p4 with the Waveshare XC BSP
- gateway/: FastAPI voice bridge (faster-whisper STT, Tatlock chat, Piper TTS)
- docs/architecture.md: component design and device<->gateway WS protocol
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