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Updated: Apr 19, 2025—2 min read

Local Voice Assistant with OnBoard Wake Word Detection - ReSpeaker Lite

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Where to get itSoftwareFlash XU316 48Khz FirmwareFlash ESPHome VOICE PE FirmwareLinux Non-root accessCase for 3D printing

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Where to get it
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respeaker lite
  • Aliexpress
  • Amazon

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Software
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Special thanks to formatBCE

ATTENTION! This step is now mandatory: Solder USR to D2 and MUTE to D3 pins

Flash XU316 48Khz Firmware
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Follow DFU Util installation instructions on Seeed Studio Wiki

Download the XU316 firmware from the GitHub Repo

Flash XU316 firmware

dfu-util -R -e -a 1 -D 

Flash ESPHome VOICE PE Firmware
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You can grab the YAML file from the GitHub Repo

Linux Non-root access
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Flash XU316 firmware

sudo gpasswd --add ${USER} dialout && echo 'KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]", GROUP="dialout"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/50-myusb.rules && echo 'KERNEL=="ttyACM[0-9]", GROUP="dialout"' | sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/50-myusb.rules

Case for 3D printing
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respeaker lite case

You can find assembly instructions here

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