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Seeed Technology Co., Ltd                                                                                             ReSpeaker Core v2 User Guid 

 

Getting Started 

Preparation

 

 

How to install image 

 

How to access the serial console 

 

How to set up WiFi 

 

How to connect to SSH & VNC 

 

How to set up Bluetooth 

 

Audio record and play test 

 

Prerequisites 

 

ReSpeaker Core V2.0 

 

Wi-Fi Network 

 

4GB (or more) SD card and SD card reader 

 

PC or Mac 

 

USB To Uart Adapter

 (Optional) 

 

5V 1A Micro USB adapter for power (Optional) 

 

two Micro-USB cables 

 

Grove Cable with ferrite 
Note: the ferrite shall be placed within 10cm to ReSpeaker Core V2. 

 

Caution 

Please plug the USB cable gently, otherwise you may damage the interface. Please use the USB cable 

with 4 wires inside, the 2 wires cable can't transfer data. If you are not sure about the wire you have, you 

can click 

here

 

to buy 

 

Image Installation 

 

Similar to the Raspberry Pi, you need to install the ReSpeaker Core v2.0 image from an SD card to get up and 

running. We offer two ways to boot the Respeaker core v2.0. You can either boot from the SD card or boot 

from the eMMC 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ReSpeaker Core v2.0

Page 1: ...x operating system It benefits from a powerful and active community allowing for the use of existing software and tools for development testing and deployment enabling rapid product development ReSpeaker Core v2 0 is designed as a feature rich development board for businesses to evaluate To this end the board consists of two main sections the first being the center core module containing the CPU M...

Page 2: ...USB OTG USB device WiFi b g n and Bluetooth V4 1 dual mode Detect range 5 meters Grove socket for other sensor 3 5mm audio jack JST2 0 connector 8 channel ADCs for 6 microphone array and 2 loopback hardw are loopback Debian based Linux system C SDK and Python w rapper SDK for speech algorithm w ith Full documents Speech algorithms and features ...

Page 3: ...5V 80 pins on module PMU on module Peripheral Networks WiFi b g n Bluetooth V4 1 dual mode Ethernet USB 2 x USB Host 1 x USB OTG 1 x USB power Grove 1 x Grove socket I2C and Digital Vedio HDMI 2 0 with HDCP 1 4 2 2 up to 4K 60Hz Audio 6 Microphone Array 3 5mm Audio Jack JST2 0 Audio output connector Storage 4GB eMMC on board SD slot Others 12 x RGB LEDs 8 GPIO pins Power Consumption Standby Mode 2...

Page 4: ...t the ReSpeaker Core v2 0 with your computer via this UART port 8 Pins GPIO General Purpose Input Output interface for extended applications SD Card Slot To plug in micro SD card eMMC You can burn the image into eMMC so that the ReSpeaker Core v2 0 can boot from the eMMC USB Host You can plug USB device such as USB mouse USB keyboard and USB flash disk Ⓐ Ethernet Access to the Internet Ⓑ HDMI Outp...

Page 5: ...Seeed Technology Co Ltd ReSpeaker Core v2 User Guid System Diagram ...

Page 6: ...Seeed Technology Co Ltd ReSpeaker Core v2 User Guid Pin Out Pin index definition for headers GPIO Pins ...

Page 7: ...ser Guid I2C Pins Dim ensions Applications Smart speaker Intelligent voice assistant systems Voice recorders Voice conferencing system Meeting communicating equipment Voice interacting robot Car voice assistant Other scenarios need voice command ...

Page 8: ...ional two Micro USB cables Grove Cable with ferrite Note the ferrite shall be placed within 10cm to ReSpeaker Core V2 Caution Please plug the USB cable gently otherwise you may damage the interface Please use the USB cable with 4 wires inside the 2 wires cable can t transfer data If you are not sure about the wire you have you can click here to buy Image Installation Similar to the Raspberry Pi yo...

Page 9: ...SD card with other image writing tools Click the Plus icon to add the image you just download the software will automatically select the SD card you plug Then click Flash to start burning It will take about 10 minutes to finish Step 4 After writing the image to the SD card insert the SD card in your ReSpeaker Core v2 0 Power the board using the PWR_IN micro usb port and DO NOT remove the SD card a...

Page 10: ... do not remove the SD card while it s flashing During the flashing process you ll see the USER1 and USER2 LEDs blink alternately It will take about 10 minutes to complete When the LEDs turn off you can power off the board pull out the SD card and power again If the LEDs light up that means the image was flashed to the eMMC correctly You can also check the image version with this command cat etc is...

Page 11: ...d your PC Mac with an USB To TTL Adapter Note that the voltage of RX TX are 3 3V If you don t have an USB To TTL Adapter you can click here to get one Step 2 Use the following Serial debugging tools with 115200 baud Windows use PUTTY select Serial protocol fill in the correct COM port of ReSpeaker Core v2 0 115200 baud 8Bits Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control None Linux Depend on your USB To TTL...

Page 12: ...a ssh or VNC going forward Netw ork Setting Up A Wi Fi Setting Up Configure your ReSpeaker s network with the Network Manager tool nmtui nmtui will already be installed on the ReSpeaker image Select your Wi Fi for ReSpeaker v2 0 and type your Wi Fi password and press Enter Key again When you see a mark it means that your ReSpeaker has successfully connected to your Wi Fi network Now find the IP ad...

Page 13: ... that SEEED implemented drives both the capture device and the playback device So there s no discrete capture or playback sound card in ALSA device list They re all named seeed 8mic voicecard The simplest way to heard sound from the board is to plug in a headset If you prefer loud speaker the board can output up to 8W of drive capability C Bluetooth Setting Up Activate the Bluetooth Please tap the...

Page 14: ...er OK let s hacking Step 1 Tap bluetoothctl to open the bluetooth shell Step 2 Tap scan on to scan your bluetooth device Step 3 When the ReSpeaker Core v2 0 find your target device tap scan off For this wiki say MDR 1000X headset is our target mark the device ID Device 04 5D 4B 81 35 84 Step 4 Now using the command pair device ID to match bluetooth device with the ReSpeaker Core v2 0 Step 5 When y...

Page 15: ...Seeed Technology Co Ltd ReSpeaker Core v2 User Guid If Connection successful pops up configuration ...

Page 16: ...the device still complies corresponding FCC Rules SDoC compliance statement set out in Section 2 1077 shall be implemented properly Host manufacturer provides appropriate Part 15 user and labeling information including any appropriate RF exposure warnings Labeling Instruction for End User Device Integrator Section 15 19 Labelling requirements shall be complied on end user device Integrator shall b...

Page 17: ...is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the e...

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