While I don’t have the jog wheel available on hand, I decided to start writing some code anyway while I wait for mine to arrive!
Using some parts laying around, I soldered up a beautiful button board for an ESP32, and wrote the ArylicHTTP library for interfacing an ESP32 with Arylic devices via the HTTP API.
Using the previously mentioned library, I build a small firmware package for the ESP32 which will grab button presses and interact with the API accordingly. I will need to make some modifications to work with the jog wheel once that arrives.
There are some improvements to be made for sure, currently the device supports only 5 functions:
- N: Set volume to 80%
- S: Set volume to 40%
- E: Next track
- W: Previous track
- C: Pause
The next two feature to work on are WiFi provisioning, and better volume control - Using the getPlayerStatus call I would like to fetch the existing volume and modify that vs setting an arbitrary level.
The firmware was designed to, on button press, wake and connect to WiFi; once the WiFi connection has been established, button presses will preform the above actions with minimal latency. After a period of inactivity, 15 seconds, the device will go into a low-power deep sleep mode to preserve battery power.
Some spare parts, an ESP32, and LiPos I had laying around, and now I’ve got myself v1 of an Arylic remote!
